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Decision‐Making in Public Good Dilemmas: Theory and Agent‐Based Simulation
(2013-05-14)
In many real world contexts individuals find themselves in situations where they have to decide between options of behaviour that serve a collective purpose or behaviours which satisfy one’s private interests, ignoring the collective. In some cases the underlying social dilemma (Dawes, 1980) is solved and we observe collective action (Olson, 1965). In others social mobilisation is unsuccessful. The central topic of social dilemma research is the identification and understanding of mechanisms which yield to the observed ...
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The timber footprint of the German bioeconomy
(2024)
More than ever before, global forests are expected to provide solutions to the increasingly common problems associated with human overexploitation of the planet. Forests are expected to function as carbon sinks, provide materials and food, serve as habitats for a significant portion of global terrestrial biodiversity, and be accessible to humans as recreational areas. Given these challenges, it is necessary to monitor global wood use and forest potential in order to derive clear sustainability limits and to plan ...