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August 1, 1992Land Economics2,640 citations

Property-Rights Regimes and Natural Resources: A Conceptual Analysis

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ESEdella SchlagerЭОЭлинор Остром

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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. I.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69ff9d5410d6befb25774f3ahttps://doi.org/10.2307/3146375
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