Using games to support collective action in the real world

The use of economic games in the field to explore how people's decisions affect individual and collective well-being has increased over the last few years as a tool to study economic behavior (Table 1). There are a number of applications of these games to issues of development and the environment, w...

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Autor principal: CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights
Formato: Capítulo de libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152606
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Sumario:The use of economic games in the field to explore how people's decisions affect individual and collective well-being has increased over the last few years as a tool to study economic behavior (Table 1). There are a number of applications of these games to issues of development and the environment, with quite a number of these addressing particular aspects of collective action such as cooperation, voluntary contributions to public goods, trust, reciprocity, altruism, and social norms.