A 5-day field experiment on cooperation in the horticultural supply chain

Ngoc Thao Noet (), Marianne Lefebvre () and Serge Blondel
Additional contact information
Ngoc Thao Noet: GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Marianne Lefebvre: GRANEM - Groupe de Recherche Angevin en Economie et Management - UA - Université d'Angers - Institut Agro Rennes Angers - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Working Papers from HAL

Abstract: Through a field experiment based on the prisoner's dilemma, we analyze the determinants of cooperative behavior in the horticultural sector, specifically on the effect of group membership. We focus on the Flowers for Bees Week initiative, a collective action in the supply chain (in particular producers and landscapers). We compare the behaviors of professionals in a repeated prisoner's dilemma game over 5 days, in two treatments: in-group (the players have the same role in the sector) and out-group (one player is a producer and the other a landscaper). The results are threefold. First, cooperation is higher in the in-group treatment compared to the out-group treatment. Second, when they cooperate, it is because they believe that the other will also cooperate. Lastly, the two sectors share the same views on collective actions and cooperation. We suggest levers to encourage collective actions in the sector.

Keywords: Cooperation; Field experiment; In-group Out-group effect; Horticulture; Prisoner's dilemma (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-02-25
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr, nep-cdm, nep-des, nep-exp and nep-gth
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://univ-angers.hal.science/hal-04004727v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://univ-angers.hal.science/hal-04004727v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:wpaper:hal-04004727

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Working Papers from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().