Does environmental connotation affect coordination issues in a experimental stag hunt game?

We introduce illustration identifying environmental degradation or improvement into a 2x2 coordination game with two pareto-ranked equilibria. Theoretical as well as experimen­tal investigations do not give a clear eut about which equilibrium players should coordinate on in this kind of game. Our contribution focuses on the environmental nature of the information provided through illustration, and its effects on possible pro-environmental be­haviour. The experiment considers: a one-shot stag hunt game, a repeated stag hunt game (without and with illustration), a simple portfolio choice to analyze risk aversion and a ques­tionnaire to capture the subjects' sensitivity to environmental concerns. Results show that environmental connotation has an influence in terms of strategy choice, and the positive or negative nature of the environmental connotation positively or negatively affects the fre­quency of players' choices. In particular, our analysis suggests that environmental negative signais impact more on players' behaviour over a repeated session than positive signais. Our findings have some important consequences in terms of public policies. Incentives based on sensitization campaigns for environmental issues can be a valid alternative to economic instruments for environmental management.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Dubois, Dimitri, Farolfi, Stefano, Tidball, Mabel, Desole, Mathieu, Hofstetter, Annie
Format:	monograph biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	LAMETA
Subjects:	P01 - Conservation de la nature et ressources foncières, U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques, 000 - Autres thèmes,
Online Access:	http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580234/ http://agritrop.cirad.fr/580234/1/DR2015-12.pdf
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