模棱两可
确定性
阈值模型
风险分析(工程)
概率分布
计算机科学
资源(消歧)
计量经济学
经济
精算学
业务
统计
数学
几何学
计算机网络
程序设计语言
作者
Ahsanuzzaman,Leah H. Palm‐Forster,Jordan F. Suter
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.jebo.2021.12.012
摘要
Tipping points can occur in many complex environmental systems and often produce abrupt and irreversible change. Thresholds associated with tipping points are difficult to predict in many cases, leading to considerable challenges associated with the management of natural resources. We use a common pool resource (CPR) framework to investigate the impact of different types of threshold uncertainty on CPR use and the efficacy of coordination among group members. Participants in an economic laboratory experiment made decisions on the use of a CPR under three types of threshold treatments – a known threshold (certainty), an uncertain threshold with a known probability distribution of possible thresholds (risk), and an uncertain threshold with an unknown probability distribution (ambiguity). We also tested the effect of communication on coordination among participants in each treatment. We find that while threshold uncertainty (both risk and ambiguity) tends to increase CPR use, communication reduces the use of shared resources and increases social efficiency. Communication reduces the incidence of coordination failure in the presence of both types of threshold uncertainty. A takeaway from our results is that encouraging communication is likely to improve CPR management, while improving information about the probability of specific thresholds may only be useful if thresholds can be identified with certainty.
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