Browsing by Author "Contreras-Drey, Francisco J."

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    An experimental look at trust, bargaining, and public goods in fishing communities
    (2021) Rojas, Cristian A.; Cinner, Joshua; Lau, Jacqueline; Ruano-Chamorro, Cristina; Contreras-Drey, Francisco J.; Gelcich, Stefan
    Pro-social behavior is crucial to the sustainable governance of common-pool resources such as fisheries. Here, we investigate how key socioeconomic characteristics influence fishers' pro-social and bargaining behavior in three types of experimental economic games (public goods, trust, and trade) conducted in fishing associations in Chile. Our games revealed high levels of cooperation in the public goods game, a high degree of trust, and that sellers rather than buyers had more bargaining power, yet these results were strongly influenced by participants' socioeconomic characteristics. Specifically, gender, having a secondary income source, age, and being the main income provider for the household all had a relationship to multiple game outcomes. Our results highlight that engagement in pro-social behaviors such as trust and cooperation can be influenced by people's socioeconomic context.
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    Restaurateurs' context, decisions, and views on supporting sustainable seafood: Insights from Chile
    (2022) Donlan, C. Josh; Sorice, Michael G.; Contreras-Drey, Francisco J.; Oyanedel, Rodrigo; Avila-Thieme, M. Isidora; Gelcich, Stefan
    While restauranteurs are important actors in seafood systems, information on their decisions and views on sustainability is lacking. Using mixed methods, we explored Chilean restauranters' contexts, decisions, and views on seafood sustainability. Menus in Chile are diverse and dominated by domestic and wild-caught sources. Restauranters are willing to participate in traceability programs, especially when it is for both sustainability and health safety reasons. Restauranters believe that seafood is an elite resource and high prices are inhibiting access. They also believe patrons care little about seafood sustainability yet are willing to pay a premium for it. This contradiction suggests a mechanism for activating values via situational factors. While demand and benefits for seafood traceability programs appear present, challenges threaten successful implementation. Complex socio-economic factors, such as affordability, elitism, and inequity, need to be integrated into traceability program design to contribute to the necessary transformation of seafood systems.