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Type:
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Working Paper |
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Author:
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Schlager, Edella; Ostrom, Elinor |
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Date:
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1991 |
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Series:
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W91-9 |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10535/3857
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Sector:
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Theory
General & Multiple Resources |
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Subject(s):
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Workshop
property rights
natural resources
common pool resources
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Abstract:
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"The term 'common-property resource' is an example of a term repeatedly used to refer to property owned by a government or by no one. It is also used for property owned by a community of resource users. Such usage leads to confusion in scientific study and policy analysis. In this paper we develop a conceptual schema for arraying property-rights regimes that distinguishes among diverse bundles of rights ranging from authorized user, to claimant, to proprietor, and to owner. We apply this conceptual schema to analyze findings from a variety of empirical settings including the Maine lobster industry."
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