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Elinor Ostrom: A Career in Institutional Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 September 2013

Michael McGinnis*
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Indiana University
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References

Selected Publications

Becker, C. Dustin, and Ostrom, Elinor. 1995. “Human Ecology and Resource Sustainability: The Importance of Institutional Diversity,” Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 26:113133.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Gardner, Roy, and Ostrom, Elinor. 1990. “Rules and Games,” Public Choice, 70:121149.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Gardner, Roy, Ostrom, Elinor, and Walker, James. 1990. “The Nature of Common-Pool Resource Problems,” Rationality and Society, 2:335358.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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Ostrom, Elinor, Schroeder, Larry, and Wynne, Susan. 1993. Institutional Incentives and Sustainable Development: Infrastructure Policies in Perspective, Boulder, CO: Westview.Google Scholar
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