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Advancing the Understanding of Behavior in Social-Ecological Systems: Results from Lab and Field Experiments

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  • Marco A. Janssen

    (Arizona State University)

  • Therese Lindahl

    (Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics, Royal Swedish Academy of Science
    Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University)

  • James J. Murphy

    (Department of Economics, University of Alaska Anchorage)

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  • Marco A. Janssen & Therese Lindahl & James J. Murphy, 2015. "Advancing the Understanding of Behavior in Social-Ecological Systems: Results from Lab and Field Experiments," Working Papers 2015-05, University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Economics.
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    Keywords

    experimental economics; social dilemmas; common pool resources; public goods;
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    JEL classification:

    • C90 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - General
    • C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • D70 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - General
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior
    • D91 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - Role and Effects of Psychological, Emotional, Social, and Cognitive Factors on Decision Making
    • H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
    • Q01 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - General - - - Sustainable Development
    • Q20 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - General
    • Q50 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - General
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics

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