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Multiple Interactions and the Management of Local Commons *
Author(s) -
ELDRIDGE DAMIEN S.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
economic record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.365
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1475-4932
pISSN - 0013-0249
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-4932.2009.00571.x
Subject(s) - commons , business , local community , common pool resource , environmental resource management , public economics , economics , microeconomics , political science , law
We provide a model in which relatively isolated communities can successfully manage local commons informally in circumstances where less isolated communities could not do so. The reason for this is the non‐anonymous nature of many interactions between the members of an isolated community. Such communities may be able to use these multiple interactions to enforce informal restrictions on the usage of local commons.