Analyzing the sustainability of harvesting behavior and the relationship to personality traits in a simulated LotkaVolterra biotope
For the analysis presented in this paper we use experiments to study human behavior in a simulation environment based on a simple LotkaVolterra predatorprey ecology. The aim is to study the influence of different harvesting strategies and of certain personality traits derived from the Hamburg Personality Inventory (HPI) [Andresen, B., 2002. HPI  Hamburger Persnlichkeitsinventar. Hogrefe, Gttingen] on the outcome in terms of sustainability and economic performance. The results of the empirical analysis show that the behavior that was expected to lead to higher performance indeed increases the success of the participants. The relationship between the personality traits and the performance of the subjects can also be corroborated by the results of the empirical analysis.
personality traits harvesting strategies experimental economics simulation method predatorprey model sustainable behavior