Conservation auctions: An online double constraint reverse auction experiment

Adrien Coiffard et al.

European Review of Agricultural Economics2026https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbag002preprint
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Abstract

Conservation auctions are designed to allocate payments for environmental services to voluntary farmers. The auctioneer may announce either the maximum number of contracts (target-constrained auction) or, more commonly, the total budget available (budget-constrained auction). Building on previous work that compared these two formats, we introduce a new double-constraint auction, where both constraints—set at the same levels as in the benchmarks—are simultaneously disclosed to participants. Using the same experimental methodology, we assess performance consistent with a generic policy objective: maximizing environmental benefits while minimizing expenditures. On average, the double-constraint auction outperforms both target- and budget-constrained formats.

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@article{adrien2026,
  title        = {{Conservation auctions: An online double constraint reverse auction experiment}},
  author       = {Adrien Coiffard et al.},
  journal      = {European Review of Agricultural Economics},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1093/erae/jbag002},
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