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Framework to Analyze the Robustness of Social-Ecological Systems from an Institutional Perspective

Anderies, John M.; Janssen, Marco A.; Ostrom, Elinor - 2004

"What makes social-ecological systems robust? In this paper we look at the institutional configurations that affect the interactions among resources, resource users, public infrastructure providers, and public infrastructures. We propose a framework that helps to identify potential...

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Common Assets: Asserting Rights to Our Shared Inheritance

Watt, Helen Payne - 2000

"Many of what we consider to be valuable natural assets existed for millennia without our ever being aware of their usefulness or value. For example, the capacity of the atmosphere to absorb pollution has only become useful to us in recent decades as the limits of that environmental service have...

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Reduncancy and Diversity in Governing and Managing Common-Pool Resources

Low, Bobbi S.; Ostrom, Elinor; Simon, Carl P.; Wilson, James - 2000

genetic algorithms, condercet jury theory, and regulatory regimes. Both empirical data and models suggest that a simple …

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Modelling Evolving Rules for the Use of Common-Pool Resources in an Agent-Based Model

Smajgl, Alexander - 2007

"Institutional arrangements are key drivers of the use of common-pool resources (CPR). The analysis of existing arrangements requires a framework that allows research to describe a case study systematically and diagnose the institutional setting. Based on a sound understanding of current...

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The Missing Link: Collective-Choice Policymaking in Nonprofit, For-Profit, and Public Child Care Centers

Bushouse, Brenda K. - 1999

to explain nonprofit production of certain types of goods. Hansmann (1980, 1986) developed Contract Failure Theory to …. Weisbrod (1977, 1988) developed the theory of Market/Government Failure to explain nonprofit production of collective goods … primary justification for the nonprofit institutional form. In Contract Failure Theory it signals quality to consumers because …

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The Concept of Coproduction and its Implications for Public Service Delivery

Kiser, Larry L.; Percy, Stephen L. - 1980

"Contrary to most economic theory, consumers are not always easily distinguished from producers, particularly in the …

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