Can Technological Change Weaken the Robustness of Common-Property Regimes?

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dc.contributor.authorHalonen-Akatwijuka, Maija
dc.contributor.authorPafilis, Evagelos
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-13T10:37:34Z
dc.date.available2023-03-13T10:37:34Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractWe examine the effect of technological change on the incentives to cooperate in the provision of common-pool resources (CPRs). We focus our analysis on CPRs that require investments in improvement and maintenance, such as irrigation systems. We find that major technological improvements, such as replacing a primitive irrigation system with a modern system, risk compromising cooperation as the temptation to freeride on other farmers’ investments is increased. By contrast, minor technological improvements within an existing irrigation system, such as strengthening water diversion devices, do not hinder incentives to cooperate. In our analysis, an irrigation system can be well-managed for a long period of time during technological progress when changes are minor. When technology changes are major, cooperation can be maintained if the community is patient and initially their discount factor is well above the critical level for cooperation. However, when the threshold is reached, any further major technological improvement will lead to a breakdown of cooperation and collapse of investments in the irrigation system.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHalonen-Akatwijuka, M., & Pafilis, E. (2022). Can Technological Change Weaken the Robustness of Common-Property Regimes?. In The Cambridge Handbook of Commons Research Innovations (pp. 295-308). Cambridge University Press.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/8161
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Press.en_US
dc.subjectcommon-property regimeen_US
dc.subjectprovision of common-pool resourcesen_US
dc.subjectcooperationen_US
dc.subjecttechnological progressen_US
dc.subjectfarmer-managed irrigation systemsen_US
dc.titleCan Technological Change Weaken the Robustness of Common-Property Regimes?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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