Sharing as risk pooling in a social dilemma experiment

In rural economies with missing or incomplete markets, idiosyncratic risk is frequently pooled through informal networks. Idiosyncratic shocks, however, are not limited to private goods but can also restrict an individual from partaking in or benefiting from a collective activity. In these situation...

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Main Authors: Todd L. Cherry, E. Lance Howe, James J. Murphy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2015-03-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol20/iss1/art68/