A Social Dilemma with a Variable Resource (IMAGE)

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

A Social Dilemma with a Variable Resource

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A social dilemma with a variable resource: If the lumberjacks work together to plant as well as fell trees, the natural resource remains valuable. If they are selfish, and log without replanting, the forest is ruined, earning them less or no money. Only a great deal of cooperative effort can get the forest back to its original, valuable state.

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IST Austria/Birgit Rieger

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