PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Di Falco, Salvatore
AU  - van Rensburg, Thomas M.
TI  - Making the Commons Work: Conservation and Cooperation in Ireland
AID  - 10.3368/le.84.4.620
DP  - 2008 Nov 01
TA  - Land Economics
PG  - 620--634
VI  - 84
IP  - 4
4099  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/84/4/620.short
4100  - http://le.uwpress.org/content/84/4/620.full
SO  - Land Econ2008 Nov 01; 84
AB  - 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. (JEL Q24, Q15)