2015 Graduate Student Publications

Framed field experiment on resource scarcity & extraction: path-dependent generosity within sequential water appropriation

Avery Lord — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:26:29 +0000

Framed field experiment on resource scarcity & extraction: path-dependent generosity within sequential water appropriation Avery Lord Thu, 06/18/2026 - 11:26

Framed field experiment on resource scarcity & extraction: path-dependent generosity within sequential water appropriation

By: Alexander Pfaff, Maria Alejandra Vélez, Pablo Andres Ramos, Adriana Molina

Abstract:

How one treats others is important within collective action. We ask if resource scarcity in the past, due to its effects upon past behaviors, influences current other-regarding behaviors. Contrasting theories and empirical findings on scarcity motivate our framed field experiment. Participants are rural Colombian farmers who have experienced scarcity of water within irrigation. We randomly assign participants to groups and places on group canals. Places order extraction decisions. Our treatments are sequences of scarcities: ‘from lower to higher resources' involves four rounds each of 20, 60, then 100 units of water; ‘from higher to lower resources' reverses the ordering. We find that upstream farmers extract more, but a lower share, when facing higher resources. Further they take a larger share of higher resources when they faced lower resources in earlier rounds (relative to when facing higher resources initially). That is inconsistent with leading 91��Ҹ� of responses to scarcity which focus upon one's own gain. It is consistent with lowering one's weight on others to, for instance, rationalize having left them little. Our results suggest that facing higher scarcity can erode the bases for collective actions. For establishing new institutions, timing relative to scarcity could affect the probability of success.

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Struggle for Democracy, 2014 Election and Updates Edition

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:52:04 +0000

Struggle for Democracy, 2014 Election and Updates Edition Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/16/2018 - 15:52

Greenberg, Edward and Benjamin Page. 2015. "Struggle for Democracy, 2014 Election and Updates Edition." Pearson: New York. [Contributing Authors: *David Doherty, *Scott L. Minkoff, *Joshua Ryan] (Non-Peer-Reviewed Publication)

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Clientelism as Persuasion-Buying: Evidence from Latin America.

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:50:46 +0000

Clientelism as Persuasion-Buying: Evidence from Latin America. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/16/2018 - 15:50

*Joby Schaffer and Andy Baker (2015). “Clientelism as Persuasion-Buying: Evidence from Latin America.” Comparative Political Studies 48(9): 1093-1126. [Winner of the Mitchell Seligson Prize for the best scholarship using LAPOP’s Americas Barometer data that was published in the prior two calendar years.]

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Do Finite Duration Provisions Reduce International Bargaining Delay?

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:49:29 +0000

Do Finite Duration Provisions Reduce International Bargaining Delay? Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/16/2018 - 15:49

“Do Finite Duration Provisions Reduce International Bargaining Delay?” (David H. Bearce, *Cody D. Eldredge and *Brandy J. Jolliff) International Organization, Vol. 69 (Winter 2015): 219-39.

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The Opportunistic President: How U.S. Presidents Determine Their Legislative Programs.

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Oct 2018 21:46:15 +0000

The Opportunistic President: How U.S. Presidents Determine Their Legislative Programs. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 10/16/2018 - 15:46

Jeremy Gelman, *Gilad Wilkenfeld, and E. Scott Adler. 2015 “The Opportunistic President: How U.S. Presidents Determine Their Legislative Programs.” Legislative Studies Quarterly 40: 363-390.

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