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| Title: | Dynamic Simulation Model of Common Pool Resource Cooperation Experiments |
| Authors: | Castillo, Daniel
Saysel, Ali Kerem |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | The University of Bergen |
| Series/Report no.: | Working papers in system dynamics 5/03 |
| Abstract: | We investigate the decision rules adopted by individuals in local communities, whose
livelihoods depend on common pool resource stocks and who face the cooperation
dilemma in their everyday life. For this purpose, field experiments are modeled and the
model structure and output are confronted with experimental data and with the relevant
theory of collective action proposed by Ostrom (1998). The field experiments analyze
the cooperative action among coastal communities in Providence Island (Colombian
Caribbean Sea). The simulation model is built according to the principles and methods
of System Dynamics. The model formalizes the feedback causality among reputation,
trust and reciprocity as suggested by Ostrom (1998). Moreover, based on the payoff
structure used in the experiments, it considers other behavioral factors such as
temptation to free ride, profit maximization, and awareness of the individuals in
feedback perspective. Depending on the initial conditions and parameter values, model
behavior replicates major patterns of the experimental data. It reveals path dependent
characteristic to the initial trust of the individuals in the group. The variables and
decision rules built into the model structure provide the basis for a dialogue between the
theories of collective action and future experimental designs to test and improve such
theories. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1956/1980 |
| ISSN: | 1503-4860 (print version) |
| Appears in Collections: | Working Papers in System Dynamics
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