▪ Abstract Contemporary policy analysis of the governance of common-pool resources is
based on three core assumptions:(a) resource users are norm-free maximizers of immediate …

Among the most researched solutions to social dilemmas is communication. Since the late
1950s, it has been well known that communication enhances cooperation in social …

Humans prefer relatively equal distributions of resources,,,,, yet societies have varying
degrees of economic inequality. To investigate some of the possible determinants and …

Advances in the social sciences have emerged through a variety of research methods: field-
based research, laboratory and field experiments, and agent-based models. However …

Extensive empirical evidence and theoretical developments in multiple disciplines stimulate
a need to expand the range of rational choice models to be used as a foundation for the …

This chapter focuses on the institutional analysis and development (IAD) framework that has
evolved out of the work of many colleagues at the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy …

Social capital is an essential complement to the concepts of natural, physical and human
capital and can be usedfor beneficial or harmful ends-or simply be allowed to dissipate …

El concepto de capital social hace hincapié sobre varios factores que no son nuevos, pero
que no han sido tomados en cuenta durante el auge de la economía neoclásica y las …

International efforts to provide global public goods often face the challenges of coordinating
national contributions and distributing costs equitably in the face of uncertainty, inequality …

A raft of new research on the causes and effects of political corruption has emerged in recent
years, in tandem with a separate, growing focus on the effects of political institutions on …