Making the Commons Work: Conservation and Cooperation in Ireland

Salvatore Di Falco () and Thomas M. van Rensburg

Land Economics, 2008, vol. 84, issue 4, pages 620-634

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.

JEL-codes: Q24 Q15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008

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