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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.07.009
	Negotiating conflict resolution mechanisms for transboundary water treaties: A transaction cost approach
	De Bruyne C.; Fischhendler I.
发表日期	2013
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	23 期号:6
英文摘要	Conflict resolution mechanisms are recognised as indispensable constituting elements of transboundary water agreements. Earlier studies confirm, however, that such mechanisms are either incomplete, unsophisticated or absent from treaties. We argue that transaction costs, which occur during treaty negotiation, may constitute a barrier to the adoption of conflict resolution mechanisms in water treaties. Transaction costs are never equal and depend largely on the context in which negotiations take place. A content analysis of the treaties in the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database demonstrates that the adoption of conflict resolution mechanisms to transboundary water treaties is not random, but may be affected by external factors that influence the transaction cost of negotiating such mechanisms. Water scarcity and a history of cooperative hydro-relations are factors that coincide with the presence of conflict resolution mechanisms in treaties and are therefore considered to lower transaction costs. External resource dependency is believed to stir transaction costs to such an extent that it prevents the adoption of mature mechanisms. The same goes for political freedom, political heterogeneity and the presence of colonial signatories as these factors correlate with mechanism absence and the adoption of a low number of conflict resolution mechanisms per treaty. The effect of hydrological variability resulted insignificant, indicating that variability remains largely ignored by negotiators of transboundary water treaties. Our research further shows that if a mechanism for conflict resolution contains one element of maturity (e.g. institutionalisation or an activation procedure based on a unilateral rule) other elements of maturity are also likely to be present, providing negotiators with an incentive to negotiate conflict resolution mechanisms with at least one mature characteristic. Finally, the adoption of a high number of mechanisms coincides with the presence of institutionalised forms for conflict resolution, supporting the incentive of negotiating more than two mechanisms per treaty. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd.
英文关键词	Conflict resolution; Institutions; Transaction costs; Transboundary water governance; Treaty design
学科领域	cost-benefit analysis; heterogeneity; political system; resolution; transboundary cooperation; water management
语种	英语
scopus关键词	cost-benefit analysis; heterogeneity; political system; resolution; transboundary cooperation; water management
来源期刊	Global Environmental Change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117872
作者单位	Department of Geography, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mount Scopus, 91000 Jerusalem, Israel
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	De Bruyne C.,Fischhendler I.. Negotiating conflict resolution mechanisms for transboundary water treaties: A transaction cost approach[J],2013,23(6).
APA	De Bruyne C.,&Fischhendler I..(2013).Negotiating conflict resolution mechanisms for transboundary water treaties: A transaction cost approach.Global Environmental Change,23(6).
MLA	De Bruyne C.,et al."Negotiating conflict resolution mechanisms for transboundary water treaties: A transaction cost approach".Global Environmental Change 23.6(2013).