Cooperative behavioral strategies of overseas farmland investment participants from the perspective of evolutionary game
WANG Yameng,1, TIAN Yingdong2, DU Panpan1, WEI Feng,11. School of Economics & Management, Northwest A&F University, Yangling 712100, China 2. School of Economics & Management, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Abstract Due to asymmetric information and lack of risk management, cases of failure of Chinese companies’ overseas farmland investment projects continue to occur, damaging the interests of all parties involved. Achieving long-term cooperation of the “going global” companies with the host countries through farmland investment projects has become a key issue for promoting national food security using overseas agricultural resources. Based on the limited rational behavior of different participants in the overseas farmland investment process, a tripartite evolutionary game model of Chinese companies, host country governments, and host country landowners was constructed, and a numerical analysis was conducted with Xi’an Aiju Cereals and Oils Industry Group as an example. The results show that: (1) The tripartite evolutionary game model of Chinese companies, host country governments, and host country landowners has four evolutionary stability points that can reach a stable state, corresponding to the different strategic choices of the three parties. (2) When Chinese companies make strategic choices of independent operation or cooperative operation, they often respond more quickly to the host country government and host country landowner strategic choices and the evolution path is more sensitive. Host country governments take the longest time to achieve equilibrium, the evolution path is the most stable, and the strategic choice is less influenced by Chinese companies and host country landowners. (3) The loss aversion psychology of the host country governments often makes them hesitant and slow when formulating a “high support” strategy that is favorable to Chinese corporate policies and is firm and quick when formulating a “low support” strategy that is not favorable to Chinese corporate policies. This situation poses high requirements for the stability and long-term engagement of Chinese companies’ overseas investment in farmland. (4) In the process of overseas farmland investment, Chinese companies cannot do without the support of the host country governments. When Chinese companies choose the independent management strategy, they are less affected by the host country governments’ “high support” strategy, but when they choose the cooperative management strategy, they are more affected by the host country governments’ “high support” strategy. The tendency and possibility of the host country governments’ strategic choice should be considered in such case. Keywords:evolutionary game;overseas farmland investment;participants;cooperative behavior;choice of strategy;risk
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