Digging deeper into Hardin's pasture: The complex institutional structure of 'the tragedy of the commons'

Journal of Institutional Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 353-369

  Cole, Daniel H ^a,b   Epstein, Graham ^b   McGinnis, Michael D ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84905489846     PISSN: 17441374     EISSN: 17441382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1744137414000101     Document Type: Article

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