Intergenerational sustainability dilemma and a potential resolution: Future ahead and back mechanism

Shibly Shahrier, Koji Kotani and Tatsuyoshi Saijo ()

No SDES-2023-7, Working Papers from Kochi University of Technology, School of Economics and Management

Abstract: We examine whether the future ahead and back (FAB) mechanism improves intergenerational sustainability (IS) in competitive societies, conducting lab-in-the-field experiments of IS dilemma games. In baseline, each generation of three members in a lineup decides between maintaining IS (sustainable option) and prioritizing their payoff by imposing costs on subsequent generations (unsustainable option). In FAB, members in each generation first role-play those in the next generation, requesting what they want the current generation to choose. Second, they decide between two options as the current generation. Results demonstrate that FAB enhances IS, changing generations of proself people to choose sustainable options.

Keywords: Intergenerational; sustainability dilemma; proself people; future ahead and back mechanism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 pages
Date: 2023-10, Revised 2023-10
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Published in SDE Series, October 2023, pages 1-41

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Working Paper: Intergenerational sustainability dilemma and a potential solution: Future ahead and back mechanism (2017)
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