Spatial evolution of social norms in a common-pool resource game

J. Noailly, C.A.A.M. Withagen, J.C.J.M. Bergh, van den

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Abstract

We study the conditions for the emergence of cooperation in a spatial common-pool resource (CPR) game.We consider three types of agents: cooperators, defectors and enforcers. The role of enforcers is to punish defectors for overharvesting the resource. Agents are located on a circle and they only observe the actions of their two nearest neighbors. Their payoffs are determined by both local and global interactions and they modify their actions by imitating the strategy in their neighborhood with the highest payoffs on average. Using theoretical and numerical analysis, we find a large diversity of equilibria to be the outcome of the game. In particular, we find conditions for the occurrence of equilibria in which the three strategies coexist.We also derive the stability of these equilibria. Finally, we show that introducing resource dynamics in the system favors the occurrence of cooperative equilibria. Key words: common property, cooperation, evolutionary game theory, local and global interaction game, self-organization.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics
EditorsL. Bretschger, S. Smulders
Place of PublicationHeidelberg
PublisherSpringer
Pages191-216
ISBN (Print)978-1-40206292-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008

Publication series

NameThe Economics of Non-Market Goods and Resources
Volume10
ISSN (Print)1571-487X

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