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Climate Change and Incentives to Cooperate in Local Commons

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  • Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka

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This paper anyalyzes incentives to cooperate in maintenance of local commons. Climate change, modeled as Markov process with a probability of permanent reduction in productivity, reduces both the value of the relationship and the temptation to freeride. Cooperation incentives are improved because lower temptation is dominant. Therefore, the effect of climate change is mitigated by higher degree of cooperation – but only if productivity is initially so high that first best cooperation is not possible. While climate change results in full reduction of surplus if productivity is initially relatively low and cooperation at the first best level is already sustainable.

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  • Maija Halonen-Akatwijuka, 2025. "Climate Change and Incentives to Cooperate in Local Commons," Bristol Economics Discussion Papers 25/804, School of Economics, University of Bristol, UK.
    • Handle: RePEc:bri:uobdis:25/804
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