This article examines whether (and why) migrant communities are less likely to support institutions for managing common pool resources. Focusing on Buvuma Island, which is situated in Uganda’s portion of Lake Victoria, I study the efforts at locally supporting forestry regulations among randomly selected communities. These communities have varying proportions of both immigrants and prospective out-migrants, and they are confronting the degradation of adjacent forest reserves. The evidence from survey data on 293 randomly selected heads of households suggests that migrant communities are less likely to support common pool resource institutions. The same evidence suggests that the lower likelihood of support among migrant communities has more to do with their weaker relationships (of reputation, trust, and reciprocity) than their expectations about the institutional net-benefits.

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移民社区的公地管理

本文探讨了移民社区是否（以及为什么）不太可能支持管理公共池资源的机构。我以位于乌干达维多利亚湖部分的布武马岛为重点，研究了在随机选择的社区中支持当地林业法规的努力。这些社区有不同比例的移民和潜在的外来移民，他们正面临着邻近森林保护区的退化。对 293 名随机选择的户主的调查数据的证据表明，移民社区不太可能支持共同池资源机构。同样的证据表明，移民社区获得支持的可能性较低与他们较弱的关系（声誉、信任、