Field Experiments on Cooperation Behavior
Nils Christian
Hönow
Environmental Economics
Resource
Economics
Wirtschaft
Field Experiment
Cooperation
Namibia
Social Dilemma
Development Economics
Crowding-Out
Resource Use
Land Use
This dissertation contains, next to an introductory chapter, four single essays. These essays investigate if and how people cooperate with each other. Three of the essays are based on economic field experiments conducted in the Kavango area in Northern Namibia as part of the SASSCAL research project. The research background is the sustainable use of natural resources. In particular, forest areas in the research region are being cleared in order to be converted into agriculturally used land, which does, in the long run, result in negative externalities on both, local and global scale. The principal questions that this thesis investigates are how scarcity affects resource use behavior, how external (monetary) incentives may be suitable as regulative measures and if simple communication between involved parties already results in more positive outcomes.
Philipps-Universität Marburg
Marburg
Deutschhausstraße 9, 35037 Marburg
Michael
Kirk
Prof. Dr.
2020
2021-03-08
2021-06-08
2021-06-08
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Philipps-Universität Marburg
Marburg
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https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/diss/z2021/0224/pdf/dnch.pdf
10.17192/z2021.0224
https://archiv.ub.uni-marburg.de/diss/z2021/0224
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