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Type:
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Conference Paper |
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Author:
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Smajgl, Alexander |
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Conference:
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The Commons in an Age of Global Transition: Challenges, Risks and Opportunities, the Tenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property |
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Location:
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Oaxaca, Mexico |
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Conf. Date:
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August 9-13 |
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Date:
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2004 |
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https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2194
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Theory |
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Subject(s):
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IASC
common pool resources--models
institutional analysis--models
rules
institutional change
agent-based computational economics
adaptive systems
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Abstract:
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"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 institutions the question of what effects alternate arrangements would have becomes evident. This step requires a predictive model, which can either be qualitative or, preferably, analyses an empirical case quantitatively. A major conceptual challenge of a quantitative model is the evolution of rules, which define the boundaries for the agents to choose strategies. This paper develops the conceptual foundations for such a modeling approach and an agent-based model for the analysis of institutional arrangements in a CPR setting."
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