RURAL INSTITUTIONS AND NATURAL RESOURCE EXPLOITATION: THE CASE OF IRISH COMMONAGE

Salvatore Di Falco and Tom M. van Rensburg

No 20408, 2004 Annual meeting, August 1-4, Denver, CO from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: This paper uses an original micro data set, to investigate, the role of a specific rural institutions in determining the grazing regime over a common property resource: Irish Commonage. It is found that the level of communal activity of the shareholders, mismanagement, and the degree of participation or democratic involvement in decision making processes of the committee representing shareholders and the number of people actively using the shares are key variables in explaining grazing impact on the common property resource.

Keywords: Land; Economics/Use (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 13
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.20408

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