Social Dilemmas: Externalities, Sparse Institutions, and Behavior

Abstract

"This paper is organized around four principal sections. In the next two sections, the laboratory decision situation, theoretical benchmarks, and summary observations are presented for the public goods and common-pool resource environments. Following this summary discussion, a closer look is taken at individual decisions in these two environments. Following the discussion of experimental results, issues related to differences in behavior across these two social dilemmas situations are addressed."