Challenging conventional wisdom: Experimental evidence on heterogeneity and coordination in avoiding a collective catastrophic event
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- Waichman, Israel & Requate, Till & Karde, Markus & Milinski, Manfred, 2021. "Challenging conventional wisdom: Experimental evidence on heterogeneity and coordination in avoiding a collective catastrophic event," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 109(C).
- Waichman, Israel & Requate, Till & Karde, Markus & Milinski, Manfred, 2018. "Challenging conventional wisdom: Experimental evidence on heterogeneity and coordination in avoiding a collective catastrophic event," Economics Working Papers 2018-05, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Department of Economics.
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Keywords
global public good; change negotiation; collective-risk social dilemma; endowmentheterogeneity; loss heterogeneity; focal point;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C92 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Laboratory, Group Behavior
- D74 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Conflict; Conflict Resolution; Alliances; Revolutions
- H41 - Public Economics - - Publicly Provided Goods - - - Public Goods
- Q54 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Climate; Natural Disasters and their Management; Global Warming
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-CDM-2019-11-04 (Collective Decision-Making)
- NEP-ENV-2019-11-04 (Environmental Economics)
- NEP-EXP-2019-11-04 (Experimental Economics)
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