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Extinction in common property resource models: an analytically tractable example

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  • Tapan Mitra
  • Gerhard Sorger

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We discuss an analytically tractable discrete-time dynamic game in which a finite number of players extract a renewable resource. We characterize a symmetric Markov-perfect Nash equilibrium of this game and derive a necessary and sufficient condition under which the resource does not become extinct in equilibrium. This condition requires that the intrinsic growth rate of the resource exceeds a certain threshold value that depends on the number of players and on their time-preference rates. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014

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  • Tapan Mitra & Gerhard Sorger, 2014. "Extinction in common property resource models: an analytically tractable example," Economic Theory, Springer;Society for the Advancement of Economic Theory (SAET), vol. 57(1), pages 41-57, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:joecth:v:57:y:2014:i:1:p:41-57
    DOI: 10.1007/s00199-013-0799-2
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    Keywords

    Tragedy of the commons; Extinction; Markov-perfect Nash equilibrium; C73; Q20;
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    JEL classification:

    • C73 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Stochastic and Dynamic Games; Evolutionary Games
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General

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