Course: Understanding Human Behaviour: Introduction to Game Theory and Shared Resources

We have to understand that the management of natural resources is traditionally being done by communities that have a deep relation with the ecosystem they depend on. Moreover, they are …

In this article we will present a typology of goods based on the concepts of non-excludable and excludable goods, and rivalrous and non-rivalrous goods introduced in the previous steps. We …

Much policy on protecting fish stocks is being developed from an economical point of view, implicitly assuming that fishers are economic maximisers. Moreover, policymakers sometimes do not have a clear …

In the previous steps we used many concepts from game theory to analyse the kitchen problem. In this step we will organize these concepts and point you to some other …

One policy that is being effectuated at the Dutch coast is the limitation of “sea days”, the days during the week fishers are allowed to go out fishing. Currently it …

In this article we will describe in more detail the problem of free riding and examine how this problem is related to different types of goods. We will say that …

Simulation models help us in understanding the often complex dynamics of socio-ecological systems. Simple models can illustrate some basic dynamics, and adding new elements to these models may help us …

In this video we will discuss the free rider problem that arises when you can use a certain good without paying for it. We will also discuss how it relates …

The original kitchen problem we started this week with can be described by a payoff matrix presented below. We can use this payoff matrix to look at the problem from …

In this article we will list the main characteristics of a Multi-Person Prisoner’s Dilemma and illustrate them with the student kitchen example. A Multi-Person Prisoner’s Dilemma is a game that …

In this article we will describe the situation shown in the video in more detail and explore how it illustrates the conflict between individual and collective rationality. As we saw …

This week we will investigate what happens when there are more people that share a good. We will also try out using charts in order to illustrate multi-person situations and …

Our everyday experience shows us that there are solutions that help us prevent freeriding, both in public transport, and more generally, in situations related to sharing or cooperating. Cities receive …

Now that we know the concept of Pareto optimality we want to apply it to the problem of Anna and Ben in the kitchen. To do this, we need to …

In the previous step we saw that sometimes it is possible to find solutions that are definitely not socially rational without comparing the happiness of different parties. In this step …