Probabilistic Destruction of Common-Pool Resources: Experimental Evidence

James Walker and Roy Gardner

Economic Journal, 1992, vol. 102, issue 414, 1149-61

Abstract: Using experimental methods to test a game theoretic model of destruction in a common pool resource environment, this paper investigates whether the possibility of destruction will significantly alter choice behavior in the resulting game. When there is a nonnegligible probability of destruction at the subgame perfect equilibrium, the common pool resource is in every case destroyed and, in most cases, rather quickly. Even when there is a second subgame perfect equilibrium that is completely safe and yields near optimal rents, subjects do not stabilize at this equilibrium. The consequence of this destruction is in every case a significant loss in rents. Copyright 1992 by Royal Economic Society.

Date: 1992
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