Effect of Information Disclosure Policies in Conservation Auctions: Role of Landscape Configuration
通过实验室实验，研究了在不同景观类型下，揭示空间环境评分规则（考虑生态协调收益）对保护性拍卖绩效的影响，发现其效果取决于环境效益与机会成本的相关性。
<h3>Abstract</h3> This paper uses controlled laboratory experiments to investigate the effect of revealing the spatial environmental scoring rule, which incorporates ecological gains obtained from spatial coordination of conservation efforts, on auction performance across different landscape types. We set up a stylized agricultural landscape where the environmental goal was to connect fragmented wildlife habitats. We found that revealing the spatial environmental scoring rule would effectively improve auction performance in the landscapes where environmental benefits and opportunity costs are uncorrelated or negatively correlated. However, the results warn against revealing the spatial environmental scoring rule in landscapes where benefits and costs are positively correlated.