Using player types to understand cooperative behaviour under economic and sociocultural heterogeneity in common-pool resources: Evidence from lab experiments and agent-based models

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 17; no. 5; p. e0268616
• Main Author: van Klingeren, Fijnanda
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.05.2022; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agent-based models; Biology and Life Sciences; Common property resources (Economics); Computer and Information Sciences; Cooperation; Cooperative Behavior; Earth Sciences; Economic analysis; Economic aspects; Economic development; Economic models; Economics; Ethics; Ethnicity; Experiments; Heterogeneity; Homogeneity; Humans; India; Management; Netherlands; Physical Sciences; Research and Analysis Methods; Social aspects; Social Sciences; Sustainable development; Sustainable use; Trust; United Kingdom; User behavior; United Kingdom; Netherlands; India

Rising migration numbers and the resulting increase in economic and sociocultural heterogeneity in societies all over the world are theorised to put pressure on the sustainable use of common-pool resources [CPRs]. Increased heterogeneity is argued to decrease trust and diversify interests between re...