RT Journal Article
SR 00
ID 10.1007/s00355-022-01400-y
A1 Ouvrard, Benjamin
A1 Ambec, Stefan
A1 Reynaud, Arnaud
A1 Cezera, Stéphane
A1 Shivamurthy, Murudaiah
T1 Sharing Rules for a Common-Pool Resource in a Lab Experiment
JF Social Choice and Welfare
YR 2022
FD 2022-10
VO vol. 59
IS n° 3
SP 605
OP 635
AB Natural resources such as water, for which the availability to users is random, are often shared according to predefined rules. What determines users’ choice of a sharing rule? To answer this question, we designed an experiment in which subjects: (1) vote on sharing rules; (2) choose the technology that transforms the resource into payoffs; and (3) respond to a survey on their adhesion to principles of fairness. We find that although subjects tend to vote for the sharing rule that is aligned with their self-interest, they become more egalitarian if they report their views on the fairness principles before voting. Furthermore, the adhesion to fairness principles affects the subjects’ votes not directly but rather indirectly through the choice of technology.
PB Springer Verlag
LK https://publications.ut-capitole.fr/id/eprint/47120/
UL http://tse-fr.eu/pub/127976