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Raja Rajendra Timilsina¹, Koji Kotani^1,2,3,4, Yoshio Kamijo^1,2

¹School of Economics and Management, Kochi University of Technology, Kochi-shi, Kochi, Japan.

|February 18, 2017

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Area of Science:

Environmental Science
Behavioral Economics
Sociology

Background:

Sustainability is a critical global issue, particularly concerning natural resource management.
Capitalism's influence on human behavior and resource utilization is a growing concern.
Understanding the impact of societal modernization on resource sustainability is essential.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how modernization and capitalism affect human behavior in managing common pool resources.
To test the hypothesis that capitalistic environments compromise resource sustainability.
To compare resource management behaviors in rural (non-capitalistic) and urban (capitalistic) settings.

Main Methods:

Design and implementation of dynamic common pool resource games and experiments.
Conducting experiments in two distinct Nepalese areas: rural and urban.
Analyzing the proportion of prosocial and proself individuals in different societal contexts.

Main Results:

Urban (capitalistic) areas exhibit a lower proportion of prosocial individuals compared to rural (non-capitalistic) areas.
Urban residents deplete common pool resources significantly faster than rural residents.
Increased prosocial members and rural settings positively correlate with resource sustainability.

Conclusions:

Societal shifts towards capitalism are associated with decreased common pool resource sustainability.
Changes in individual preferences and social norms in capitalistic societies impact resource management.
Individuals in capitalistic societies may face challenges in coordinating for resource sustainability dilemmas.