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Towards establishing a policy design lab: Inducing social groups in an economic experiment lab for incentive design

Research Project

Project/Area Number 18H00832
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 07010:Economic theory-related
Research InstitutionKyoto University

Principal Investigator

Mitani Yohei  京都大学, 農学研究科, 准教授 (70647172)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) Munro Alistair  政策研究大学院大学, 政策研究科, 教授 (10515654)
高野 久紀  京都大学, 経済学研究科, 准教授 (40450548)
星野 匡郎  早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 准教授 (80726430)
Project Period (FY) 2018-04-01 – 2021-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
Budget Amount *help
¥16,510,000 (Direct Cost: ¥12,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥3,810,000)
Fiscal Year 2020: ¥4,810,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,110,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥5,720,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,320,000)
Keywords制度設計 / フィールド実験 / ラボ実験 / ピア効果 / 私有地保全 / サーベイ実験 / 社会的相互作用 / 非金銭的介入 / 政策設計 / 実験経済学 / 社会グループ / 実証ミクロ計量分析 / 行動経済学
Outline of Final Research Achievements

We first used micro-econometric analysis and field experiments to reveal the economic characteristics of existing social groups, such as social interaction and shared beliefs and norms. We also used laboratory and survey experiments to investigate policy design that utilizes social incentives in groups. First, we found that peer effects exist on landowners' participation in incentive programs, indicating the importance of social incentives in policy design. Second, we found that real-life interactions among rural villagers contribute significantly to cooperation in dilemma situations and that payoff-dominant equilibrium is less likely to be achieved among villagers with strong equality norms. Third, we investigated incentive design that encourages coordination and cooperation in large groups and drew implications for bonus and information policy designs.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的貢献として、識別が難しい環境農業政策におけるピア効果の実証に成功した点、フィールド実験を用いて農山村の行動規範の役割の解明に成功した点、ラボ実験に入子型のグループ構造を導入し、協調や協力を促す制度を検討した点、社会的インセンティブを用いた制度設計を検討し、介入効果の生じるひとつメカニズムを提示した点などが挙げられる。これらの成果は、日本の伝統的共同体の役割の理解を深めた点、環境保全政策や健康政策の政策設計に知見を与えた点など社会的貢献があると考えられる。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2022 Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2020 Annual Research Report
  • 2019 Annual Research Report
  • 2018 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (26 results)

All 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (9 results) Journal Article (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 8 results) Presentation (5 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Colorado Boulder(米国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Norwegian University of Life Sciences/Statistics Norway/Norwegian Institute for Nature Research(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Exeter(英国)

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Colorado(米国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Stavanger/Norwegian University of Life Sciences/Norwegian Institute for Nature Research(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Exeter/University of East Anglia(英国)

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Exeter/University of East Anglia(英国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Norwegian Institute for Nature Research/University of Stavanger(ノルウェー)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Colorado Boulder(米国)

    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Journal Article] The Economics of Nudging Interventions:2023

    • Author(s)
      三谷 羊平
    • Journal Title

      Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

      Volume: 16 Issue: 1 Pages: 18-29

    • DOI

      10.14927/reeps.rev1601-003

    • ISSN
      1882-3742, 2188-2495
    • Year and Date
      2023-03-20
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] How Group Size and Decision Rules Impact Risk Preferences: Comparing group and individual settings in lottery-choice experiments2022

    • Author(s)
      Fukutomi Masao、Ito Nobuyuki、Mitani Yohei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics

      Volume: 98 Pages: 101873-101873

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.socec.2022.101873

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Altruist Talk May (also) Be Cheap: Revealed Versus Stated Altruism as a Predictor in Stated Preference Studies2022

    • Author(s)
      Iversen Endre Kildal、Grimsrud Kristine、Mitani Yohei、Lindhjem Henrik
    • Journal Title

      Environmental and Resource Economics

      Volume: 83 Issue: 3 Pages: 681-708

    • DOI

      10.1007/s10640-022-00704-y

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] Self-selection bias in estimating the determinants of landowners' Re-enrollment decisions in forest incentive programs2021

    • Author(s)
      Mitani Yohei、Shimada Hideki
    • Journal Title

      Ecological Economics

      Volume: 188 Pages: 107109-107109

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.ecolecon.2021.107109

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Is a PD game still a dilemma for Japanese rural villagers? A field and laboratory comparison of the impact of social group membership on cooperation2021

    • Author(s)
      Mitani Yohei
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Economic Review

      Volume: 73 Issue: 1 Pages: 103-121

    • DOI

      10.1007/s42973-021-00086-8

    • NAID

      210000170081

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Meta‐analysis of landowner participation in voluntary incentive programs for provision of forest ecosystem services2021

    • Author(s)
      Mitani Yohei、Lindhjem Henrik
    • Journal Title

      Conservation Biology

      Volume: 36 Issue: 1

    • DOI

      10.1111/cobi.13729

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report 2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] The choice architect meets payment for ecosystem services design2021

    • Author(s)
      Yohei Mitani, Hideki Shimada, Gorm Kippergerg
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance

      Volume: 14

    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Age and Time Preference among the Elderly2020

    • Author(s)
      福冨 雅夫、安藤 悠人、三谷 羊平
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Behavioral Economics and Finance

      Volume: 13 Issue: 0 Pages: 94-104

    • DOI

      10.11167/jbef.13.94

    • NAID

      130007942531

    • ISSN
      2185-3568
    • Year and Date
      2020-11-25
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] An Experimental Study of Social Preferences in Referenda2020

    • Author(s)
      福冨 雅夫、三谷 羊平
    • Journal Title

      Review of Environmental Economics and Policy Studies

      Volume: 13 Issue: 2 Pages: 18-30

    • DOI

      10.14927/reeps.13.2_18

    • NAID

      130007961498

    • ISSN
      1882-3742, 2188-2495
    • Year and Date
      2020-09-28
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Facilitating efficient coordination in large groups: small incentive payments in nested groups2020

    • Author(s)
      Mitani Yohei, Suzuki Kohei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of the Economic Science Association

      Volume: 6 Issue: 1 Pages: 68-76

    • DOI

      10.1007/s40881-020-00093-2

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] The effects of subjective perception on preference heterogeneity2019

    • Author(s)
      Mitani Yohei
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Environmental Economics and Policy

      Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1080/21606544.2019.1692311

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] 環境経済学における実験研究の動向2018

    • Author(s)
      三谷羊平
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Rural Problems

      Volume: 54 Issue: 1 Pages: 11-14

    • DOI

      10.7310/arfe.54.11

    • NAID

      130006588811

    • ISSN
      0388-8525, 2185-9973
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Open Access
  • [Presentation] Choice Architect Meets PES Design2023

    • Author(s)
      Yohei Mitani
    • Organizer
      Asian Society of Agricultural Economists
    • Related Report
      2020 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Experimental Evidence of Full Cooperation among Japanese Rural Villagers in a Prisoner’s Dilemma Game: A field and Laboratory Comparison of the Impact of Social Group Membership on Cooperation2021

    • Author(s)
      Yohei Mitani
    • Organizer
      2021 International Workshop for Lab and Field Experiments
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Meta-analysis of Landowner Participation in Voluntary Incentive Program for Forest Ecosystem Services2020

    • Author(s)
      三谷羊平
    • Organizer
      環境経済政策学会
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Monitoring, Coordination Requirements, and Hierarchical Performance Bonues2018

    • Author(s)
      三谷羊平
    • Organizer
      実験社会科学コンファレンス
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Social Interactions in Landowners’ Voluntary Participation: Evidence from a Forest Incentive Program2018

    • Author(s)
      Hideki Shimada
    • Organizer
      World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists
    • Related Report
      2018 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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Published: 2018-04-23   Modified: 2024-01-30  

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