Behavior in the Commons
Behavior in the Commons
Many environmental challenges involve the management of shared natural resources,
where individual decisions collectively determine sustainability outcomes. Our research
investigates how human behavior, social norms, and institutions influence cooperation
and resource use in common-pool resources. Using experimental methods, field studies,
and policy analysis, we explore mechanisms that can foster collective action and improve
the governance of shared social-ecological systems.
Related Projects
Related publications
(2025).
Catching up with drought: law and policy responses in the Netherlands.
Regional Environmental Change, 25(112).
(2025).
Behavioural economics for understanding recreational fishers and fisheries.
Ecological Economics, 108547.
(2023).
Governing Climate Geoengineering: Side-Payments Are Not Enough.
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 10(5).
(2023).
Resource booms and group punishment in a coupled social-ecological system.
Ecological Economics, (206)107730.
(2020).
Solar geoengineering may lead to excessive cooling and high strategic uncertainty.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(24): 13393-13398.
(2019).
Risk preferences after a typhoon: An artefactual field experiment with fishers in the Philippines.
Journal of Economic Psychology, (79): 102195.
(2018).
Factors Affecting Support for Transnational Conservation Targeting Migratory Species.
Ecological Economics (157): 156-164.
(2016).
Endogenous vs. exogenous regulations in the commons.
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, (76): 51-66.