Heterogeneity and Voting in Intergenerational Common Pool Problems
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2017-08-31
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en
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This experimental research studies an intergenerational commons dilemma, and assesses to what extend communication of intended decision and heterogeneity of wealth and an interaction between these two factors influences the provision of renewable resources in this dilemma. Based on the vast literature on social dilemmas and commons dilemmas, we make a comparison between the commons dilemma, and the intergenerational commons dilemma, and propose that two factors which are found to affect provision of renewable resources in commons dilemmas, might have the same effect in intergenerational commons dilemmas. We expect heterogeneity of wealth to have a negative effect on the provision of renewable resources, and communication of intended decision a positive effect. Also, we expect that the positive effect of communication will be less strong under the condition of heterogeneity of wealth. 84 students were recruited from the Radboud University, and participated in a modified variant of the Intergenerational Goods Game, initiated by Hauser, Rand, Peysakhovich & Nowak (2014).The results show indeed that heterogeneity of wealth had a negative effect on the provision of renewable resources in an intergenerational commons dilemma. No statistical significant effect was found for the main effect of communication of intended decision and the interaction between heterogeneity of wealth and communication of intended decision.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen