Depending on whether Brian and Edison both choose to fish either nonintensively or intensively, fill in Tim's profit-maximizing response in the following table, given Brian and Edison's actions. Brian and Edison's Actions Fish Nonintensively Fish Intensively Tim's Profit-Maximizing Response Which of the following solutions could ensure that the lake is sustainable in the long run, assuming that the regulation is enforceable? Check all that apply. O Outlaw intensive fishing. O Convert the lake to private property, and allow the owner to sell fishing rights. O Develop a program that entices more fishermen to move to the area.
Depending on whether Brian and Edison both choose to fish either nonintensively or intensively, fill in Tim's profit-maximizing response in the following table, given Brian and Edison's actions. Brian and Edison's Actions Fish Nonintensively Fish Intensively Tim's Profit-Maximizing Response Which of the following solutions could ensure that the lake is sustainable in the long run, assuming that the regulation is enforceable? Check all that apply. O Outlaw intensive fishing. O Convert the lake to private property, and allow the owner to sell fishing rights. O Develop a program that entices more fishermen to move to the area.
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Transcribed Image Text:Depending on whether Brian and Edison both choose to fish either nonintensively or intensively, fill in Tim's profit-maximizing response in the
following table, given Brian and Edison's actions.
Brian and Edison's Actions
Fish Nonintensively
Fish Intensively
Tim's Profit-Maximizing Response
Which of the following solutions could ensure that the lake is sustainable in the long run, assuming that the regulation is enforceable? Check all that
apply.
O Outlaw intensive fishing.
Convert the lake to private property, and allow the owner to sell fishing rights.
Develop a program that entices more fishermen to move to the area.

Transcribed Image Text:6. Common resources and the tragedy of the commons
Tim, Brian, and Edison are fishermen who live next to a lake that is open to fishing; in other words, anyone is free to use the lake for fishing. Assume
that these men are the only three fishermen who fish in this lake and that the lake is large enough for all three fishermen to fish intensively at the
same time.
Each year, the fishermen choose independently how many fish to catch; specifically, they choose whether to fish intensively (that is, to place several
fishing lines in the water for long periods of time, which hurts the sustainability of the lake if enough people do it) or to fish nonintensively (which does
not hurt the sustainability of the lake). None of them has the ability to control how much the others fish, and each fisherman cares only about his own
profitability and not about the state of the lake.
Assume that as long as no more than one fisherman fishes intensively, there are enough fish to restock the lake. However, if two or more fish
intensively, the lake will become useless in the future. Of course, fishing intensively earns a fisherman more money and greater profit because he can
sell more fish.
The lake is an example of
because the fish in the lake are
and
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