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â€œResolving the Tragedy of the Commonsâ€: A Comment

Thurman, Walter N. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 469-471

At the outset I think it is important to recognize a fundamental con- ceptual distinction. That distinction is between wildlife as an input into a production process and wildlife as an output valued by hu- mans. The nature of economic goods is such that raw inputs are sel- dom valued for...

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United States Energy Policy: The Translucent Hand and the Art of Muddling Through

Erickson, Edward W. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 609-627

The United States has been searching for some years for a viable energy policy. Energy policy became a matter of prominence in the early 1970s, when world oil prices began to climb and OPEC emerged as a front-page phenomenon and a familiar topic on the evening news. This is not to say that there...

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Bureaucratic Incentives, Social Efficiency, and the Conflict in Federal Land Policy

Ott, Mack - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 585-607

extra cost may be due to either technological or allocational ineuficiency.2 Conversely, the standard theory of regulation …

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Resolving the Tragedy of the Commons by Creating Private Property Rights in Wildlife

Smith, Robert J. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 2, pp. 439-468

During manâ€™s relatively brief existence on this planet,he has relied on the bounty of its flora and fauna for his existence. He has harvested wildlife for food, clothing, shelter, medicines, beasts of burden, pets, and companionship. Over most of this period, this harvesting and...

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Plastic Land in the Post-Industrial Era

Hicks, Donald A. - In: Cato Journal 2 (1982) 2, pp. 437-471

In a narrow sense, this paper has a dual focus land and the settle- ment form generally referred to as the city. My specific concern is their relationship to each other and to the structural changes that define the transformation of the larger economy. Land at base is a production factoi' whose...

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Government Exactions and Revenue Deficiencies

Laffer, Arthur B. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 1, pp. 1-21

The proposition that increases in tax rates discourage market- sector production and may therefore, beyond a certain level, be counterproductive in raising tax revenue is an old issue in the eco- nomic literature. Its recent revival has generated considerable con- troversy and interest among...

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Establishing Property Rights in Energy: Efficient vs. Inefficient Processes

Anderson, Terry L.; Hill, Peter J. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 1, pp. 87-105

In order for a society to use its resources efficiently, property rights must be well defined, enforced, and … transferable. By now, this basic conclusion of the modern property rights literature needs little defense. Examples abound of the … concerns of the 1960s and 1970s provide excellent illustrations of the usefulness of the property rights paradigm. This …

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The Sixteenth Amendment: The Historical Background

Arthur A. Ekirch, Jr. - In: Cato Journal 1 (1981) 1, pp. 161-182

The history of taxation from the earliest ages has been the history of the attempts of one class to make other classes pay the expenses, or an undue share of the expenses, of the Govern- ment. Aristocrats have always been trying to shift the taxes on to the people, and the people on to the...

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Assessment of efficiency of rendering services in the sphere of health care

Skobelin, Oleg - In: Published Papers (2012)

quality of governance is recognized not high enough. And if the effectiveness of government programs still considered quite …

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Preparation of Proposals for the Further Development of Performance Management Mechanisms in the Activities of Executive Authorities

Alexandrov, Oleg; Dobrolyubova, Elena; Yuzhakov, Vladimir - In: Published Papers (2014) May

Russian Federation, but these approaches didn't influence on government system and decision-making mechanism. To reach … government need to be changed. Also they need to be re-oriented from mastering of budget money and formal closure of current … orders to planning, reaching, monitoring and evaluation of performance results of government with every given level of …

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