Identity switching and conservation on the commons

Shinji Teraji

International Review of Economics, 2019, vol. 66, issue 2, No 2, 113 pages

Abstract: Abstract This paper considers identity switching in the conservation of a common-pool resource, arguing the interplay of selfish and pro-environmental identities. Common-pool resource exploitation is known as the tragedy of the commons, which is based on the assumption that human behavior is driven by selfish identity. Besides material payoff, the pro-environmental identity obtains psychological payoff related to the resource conservation. By increasing the probability of identity switching from selfish to pro-environmental, an agent is expected to provide a higher activity level to the conservation. Then, resource sustainability can be achieved.

Keywords: Identity; Commons; Selfish; Pro-environmental; Sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D03 Q20 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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