Equity–efficiency optimizing resource allocation: The role of time preferences in a repeated irrigation game

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.coverage.countryTanzania
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZ
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierBjorn Van Campenhout: 0000-0003-2404-7826
cg.creator.identifierEls Lecoutere: 0000-0002-1025-742X
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12058en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankA
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0305-9049en
cg.issn1468-0084en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalOxford Bulletin of Economics and Statisticsen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.volume77en
dc.contributor.authorVan Campenhout, Bjornen
dc.contributor.authorD'Exelle, Benen
dc.contributor.authorLecoutere, Elsen
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-01T02:57:19Zen
dc.date.available2024-08-01T02:57:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/151435
dc.titleEquity–efficiency optimizing resource allocation: The role of time preferences in a repeated irrigation gameen
dcterms.abstractWe study repeated water allocation decisions among small scale irrigation users in Tanzania. In a treatment replicating water scarcity conditions, convexities in production make that substantial efficiency gains can be obtained by deviating from equal sharing, leading to an equity–efficiency trade-off. In a repeated game setting, it becomes possible to reconcile efficiency with equity by rotating the person who receives the largest share, but such a strategy requires a longer run perspective. Correlating experimental data from an irrigation game with individual time preference data, we find that less patient irrigators are less likely to use a rotation strategy.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationVan Campenhout, Bjorn; D'Exelle, Ben; and Lecoutere, Els. 2015. Equity–efficiency optimizing resource allocation: The role of time preferences in a repeated irrigation game. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 77(2): 234-253. https://doi.org/10.1111/obes.12058en
dcterms.extentpp. 234-253en
dcterms.issued2015-04-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll5/id/4339en
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjectresource allocationen
dcterms.subjectirrigation methodsen
dcterms.subjectgame farmingen
dcterms.subjectwater useen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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