Séminaire Fondation HEC Montréal | Chaire de théorie des jeux et gestion | GERAD

Titre : An Experimental Study of a Common Property Renewable Resource Game in Continuous Time

Conférencière : Dina Tasneem, McGill University, Canada

Résumé :
We experimentally study behavior in a common property renewable resource extraction game with multiple equilibria. In the experiment, pairs of subjects competitively extract and consume a renewable resource in continuous time. We find that play evolves over time into multiple steady states with heterogeneous extraction strategies that contain components predicted by equilibrium strategies. We find that simple rule-of-thumb strategies result in steady-state resource levels that are similar to the best equilibrium outcome. We also find that the sensitivity of more aggressive strategies to the starting resource level suggests that improvement in renewable resource extraction can be attained by ensuring a healthy initial resource level. Our experiment provides empirical evidence for equilibrium selection in this widely used differential game.