Collective action vs. conservation auction: Lessons from a social experiment of a collective auction of water conservation contracts in Japan

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• auction 91%
• collective action 85%
• water conservation 68%
• contract 62%
• experiment 25%
• transaction cost 19%
• cost 9%
• resource management 8%
• coordination 8%
• price 7%
• irrigation 7%
• resource conservation 5%
• participation 4%
• communication 3%
• decision making 3%
• policy 2%
• program 2%
• evaluation 2%
• comparison 1%
• water 1%

Social Sciences

• Water conservation 97%
• auction 83%
• collective behavior 61%
• Japan 47%
• experiment 38%
• irrigation 11%
• costs 10%
• management 8%
• contract price 7%
• collective decision 6%
• resources 6%
• competitive environment 5%
• Group 4%
• evidence 3%
• water 3%
• commitment 3%
• decision making 2%
• communication 2%
• participation 2%
• evaluation 2%
• time 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• collective action 100%
• auctions 90%
• water conservation 81%
• Japan 48%
• farmers 16%
• natural resource management 12%
• irrigation management 9%
• conservation programs 5%
• natural resources conservation 5%
• communication (human) 5%
• risk assessment 4%
• decision making 4%
• water 1%