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What motivates common pool resource users? Experimental evidence from the field

2009; Elsevier BV; Volume: 70; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.jebo.2008.02.008

1879-1751

María Alejandra Vélez, John K. Stranlund, James J. Murphy,

Taxation and Compliance Studies

This paper develops and tests several models of pure Nash strategies of individuals who extract from a common pool resource when they are motivated by a combination of self-interest and preferences for altruism, reciprocity, inequity aversion, or conformity. Using data from experiments conducted in three regions of Colombia that depend critically on a local fishery, we test whether an econometric summary of the subjects' pure Nash strategies is consistent with one or more of these models. We find that a model that balances self-interest with a strong preference for conformity best describes average strategies.