Cooperation, status seeking and competitive behaviour: theory and evidence
Cooperation, status seeking and competitive behaviour: theory and evidence
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DOI:
10.1016/s0167-2681(02)00139-7
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发表时间:
2003-05-01
影响因子:
2.2
通讯作者:
Seki, E
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作者:
Gaspart, F;Seki, E
We study whether a linear income sharing rule (pooling system) can achieve Pareto efficiency in a problem of joint exploitation of fishery resources. When agents are selfish, the homogeneity of individual outputs in equilibrium is a necessary condition for the efficient pooling system. When agents exhibit a preference for status (i.e. for being among the well-performing members of the group), the pooling system can be efficient even without this condition. This is because, on the one hand, relative status considerations enlarge the tolerable range of heterogeneity and, on the other hand, it generates an incentive structure that may homogenise individual output performances. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.