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dc.contributor.authorYu, Yang
dc.contributor.authorTang, Pingzhong
dc.contributor.authorZhao, Jianshi
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Bo
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin, Dennis
dc.date.accessioned2020-06-02T17:56:24Z
dc.date.available2020-06-02T17:56:24Z
dc.date.issued2019-10
dc.date.submitted2019-05
dc.identifier.issn1944-7973
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125624
dc.description.abstractCooperation in transboundary river basins can make water resources systems more efficient and benefit riparian stakeholders. However, in a basin with upstream and downstream stakeholders that have different interests, noncooperative outcomes have often been observed. These can be described by a one-shot prisoners' dilemma game where noncooperation (defection) is a dominant equilibrium strategy. However, cooperative outcomes have also been observed in several transboundary settings, such as the Lancang-Mekong River Basin in Asia. Such cooperation motivates our research effort to refine relevant game theoretic descriptions to account for the evolution of players' behaviors, from conflict to cooperation. In this study, a repeated game model is proposed to analyze evolutionary transboundary cooperation. A generalized evolutionary cooperation pattern with four stages is summarized, starting with noncooperation and ending with in-depth cooperation. The Lancang-Mekong River Basin and three other typical transboundary river management case studies are chosen to validate our theoretical findings. Upstream and downstream stakeholder behaviors are analyzed for these case studies, in accordance with a game payoff matrix that accounts for incentives to cooperate. The results indicate that patience and incremental benefits can lead stakeholders to adopt a cooperative equilibrium strategy if appropriate institutional mechanisms are in place. Such mechanisms can be developed through negotiations that recognize the wide range of stakeholder interests that may influence the decision to cooperate. Our analysis suggests that game theory can provide useful insights into the conditions and institutional mechanisms that foster cooperative strategies for managing transboundary water resources. ©2019. American Geophysical Union. All Rights Reserved.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFC0404403)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNational Key Research andDevelopment Program of China (2016YFC0401302)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Science Foundation of China (91747208)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Science Foundation of China (51861125102)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipNatural Science Foundation of China (51579129)en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCSC scholarshipen_US
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Geophysical Union (AGU)en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttps://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2019WR025608en_US
dc.rightsArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.en_US
dc.sourceOther repositoryen_US
dc.titleEvolutionary cooperation in transboundary river basinsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationYu, Yang et al., "Evolutionary Cooperation in Transboundary River Basins." Water Resources Research 55, 11 (November 2019): 9977-94 doi. 10.1029/2019WR025608 ©2019 Authorsen_US
dc.contributor.departmentParsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)en_US
dc.relation.journalWater Resources Researchen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dc.date.updated2020-05-28T19:34:29Z
dspace.date.submission2020-05-28T19:34:37Z
mit.journal.volume55en_US
mit.journal.issue11en_US
mit.licensePUBLISHER_POLICY
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