Di Falco, Salvatore and Thomas M, van Rensburg (2008) Making the commons work: conservation and cooperation in Ireland. Land economics, 84 (4). pp. 620-634. ISSN 0023-7639
Abstract
Commonage represents land held under common property that incorporates a system of local cooperative arrangements and rules to conserve and manage the Irish uplands. We analyze the institutional and economic factors that influence the behavior of commonage farmers under a common property regime using a recursive bivariate probit model. Results show that (1) cooperation has a positive and important impact on commonage conservation; (2) agricultural policies by way of livestock premia increase the level of degradation; while (3) farm financial support through agri-environment measures positively affects commonage conservation and encourages cooperation between farmers.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://le.uwpress.org/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2008 University of Wisconsin Press |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cooperation, common property resources, grazing, agricultural policies |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GE Environmental Sciences H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD100 Land Use |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture > Q15 - Land Ownership and Tenure; Land Reform; Land Use; Irrigation Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation > Q24 - Land |
| Sets: | Departments > Geography and Environment Collections > Economists Online |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/35928/ |
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