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Analyzing the Commons: A Framework

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dc.contributor.author Oakerson, Ronald J. en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:30:21Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:30:21Z
dc.date.issued 1990 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2003-01-06 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2003-01-06 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/498
dc.description.abstract "The paper sets forth an institutional framework for analyzing the commons, one used by the National Academy of Science's Panel on Common Property Resource Management to collect case studies from around the world. The framework distinguishes four types of attributes: (1) the physical features of a resource or facility and the technology used to appropriate its yield; (2) decision-making arrangements (organization and rules) that govern relationships among users and others; (3) mutual choice of strategies and patterns of interaction among decision makers; and (4) outcomes or consequences. Both the physical and technological attributes of the commons and decision-making arrangements affect patterns of interaction, which combine with physical and technological attributes to produce outcomes. Outcomes disclose the effect of a difficulty, but the source of difficulty lies in a lack of congruence between the technical and physical nature of a commons and the decision-making arrangements used to govern its use. The lack of good institutional 'fit' potentially creates a perverse structure of incentives leading individuals into counterproductive patterns of interaction that generates undesirable outcomes. Use of the framework permits systematic comparison of cases, including both institutional successes and failures, and facilitates both knowledge-building and diagnostic analysis problems." en_US
dc.language English en_US
dc.subject Workshop en_US
dc.subject institutional analysis--IAD framework en_US
dc.subject common pool resources en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.title Analyzing the Commons: A Framework en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.type.published unpublished en_US
dc.subject.sector Theory en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Designing Sustainability on the Commons, the First Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Common Property en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates September 27-30, 1990 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Durham, NC en_US
dc.submitter.email adingman@indiana.edu en_US


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