No Man is an Island Social Coordination and the Environment Karine Nyborg University of Oslo
Humans are social
No external effects: isolation from others
Social coordination of researchers: interdisciplinary collaboration
Social approval as ’warm glow’
Multiple equilibria
Network externalities
Social norm?
Coordination as an environmental policy tool
Is there a tipping point?
Some factors to look for
Can policy trigger tipping (I)?
Can policy trigger tipping (II)?
Tasks for environmental economists
Every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main