RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Making the Commons Work: Conservation and Cooperation in Ireland
JF Land Economics
JO Land Econ
FD University of Wisconsin Press
SP 620
OP 634
DO 10.3368/le.84.4.620
VO 84
IS 4
A1 Di Falco, Salvatore
A1 van Rensburg, Thomas M.
YR 2008
UL http://le.uwpress.org/content/84/4/620.abstract
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)