Within existing regulatory scholarship, limited attention is given to whether and how meso-
level, or group, characteristics shape compliance. We advance understanding of meso-level …

Abstract Often, individual, communal, regional, or even national conflicts arise when water
resources are shared and used. For equitable water-sharing strategies to be implemented …

Online communities rely on effective governance for success, and volunteer moderators are
crucial for ensuring such governance. Despite their significance, much remains to be …

Conventional wisdom (rational choice theory) assumes that individuals are destined to
collectively destroy vital ecological systems due to their narrow self-interest. In contrast …

An agent-based model is presented that aims to capture the involvement of inequality and
trust in collective action in a classic commons dilemma before, during, and after …

This chapter introduces Humanistic Rational Choice Theory (HRCT), an interdisciplinary
behavioral theory of cooperation and compliance, to explain several fundamental questions …

Work on procedural utility suggests that decision makers derive more value from outcomes
earned with freedom of choice. We experimentally tested tradeoffs between procedural and …

The human-water system, exemplified by irrigation systems, can be viewed as a highly
intricate adaptive system that emerges from the dynamic and continuous interplay of …

Contemporary biodiversity conservation is 'wickedly complex'. This complexity stems from
the need to address the diverse objectives of protecting biodiversity and enhancing social …

This codebook provides concepts and methodologies for coding and quantifying the content
and function of communication in group social dilemma experiments, specifically with a …