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A note on cooperative hunting (Holmstrom and Fabella meet the Dumagat of Tanay)

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  • Orville C. Solon

    (University of the Philippines)

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This paper examines social institutions and norms related to cooperative big game hunting by introducing these explicitly into the basic economic model used to analyze moral hazard in teams [Holmstrom 1982]. Features built into Holmstrom’s basic model include effort to locate and acquire game, trophy taking and carcass sharing among members of a hunting party. The insights offered here are inspired by the norms of the Dumagat of Tanay in hunting, meat sharing and trophy taking. Among the Dumagat, the individual who acquires the game takes the head and the feet as trophy. The rest of the carcass is divided up along the lines described by Fabella’s [1988] natural team sharing formula.

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  • Orville C. Solon, 2019. "A note on cooperative hunting (Holmstrom and Fabella meet the Dumagat of Tanay)," Philippine Review of Economics, University of the Philippines School of Economics and Philippine Economic Society, vol. 56(1 and 2), pages 73-79, June and .
    • Handle: RePEc:phs:prejrn:v:56:y:2019:i:1and2:p:73-79
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    Keywords

    team sharing; team productivity; teams;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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