Abstract
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. -Authors
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 249-262 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Land Economics |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1992 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
- Economics and Econometrics