| dc.contributor.author | Ostrom, Elinor | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-06-29T16:14:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-06-29T16:14:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2008 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10535/5887 | |
| dc.description.abstract | "The 'tragedy of the commons' arises when it is difficult and costly to exclude potential users from common-pool resources that yield finite flows of benefits, as a result of which those resources will be exhausted by rational, utility-maximizing individuals rather than conserved for the benefit of all. Pessimism about the possibility of users voluntarily cooperating to prevent overuse has led to widespread central control of common-pool resources. But such control has itself frequently resulted in resource overuse. In practice, especially where they can communicate, users often develop rules that limit resource use and conserve resources." | en_US |
| dc.language | English | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | en_US |
| dc.relation.ispartof | The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics | en_US |
| dc.subject | collective action | en_US |
| dc.subject | social dilemmas | en_US |
| dc.subject | tragedy of the commons | en_US |
| dc.subject | common pool resources | en_US |
| dc.subject | free riding | en_US |
| dc.subject | open access | en_US |
| dc.title | Tragedy of the Commons | en_US |
| dc.type | Book Chapter | en_US |
| dc.type.published | published | en_US |
| dc.type.methodology | Other | en_US |
| dc.subject.sector | Social Organization | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citationpubloc | New York | en_US |
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