Elinor Ostrom
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This author is deceased (Date: 12 Jun 2012)
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Works
Working papers
- James C. Cox & Elinor Ostrom & James M. Walker, 2011. "Bosses and Kings: Asymmetric Power in Paired Common Pool and Public Good Games," Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series 2011-06, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, revised Aug 2012.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2010. "Autobiography," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-6, Nobel Prize Committee.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2009.
"Analyzing Collective Action,"
2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China
53215, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2010. "Analyzing collective action," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 41(s1), pages 155-166, November.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2009.
"Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems,"
Nobel Prize in Economics documents
2009-4, Nobel Prize Committee.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2010. "Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 100(3), pages 641-72, June.
- Ostrom, Elinor & Williamson, Oliver, 2009. "Interview with Nobel Prize Laureates Elinor Ostrom and Oliver Williamson," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-5, Nobel Prize Committee.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2009.
"A polycentric approach for coping with climate change,"
Policy Research Working Paper Series
5095, The World Bank.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2008. "A Polycentric Approach For Coping With Climate Change," CEMA Working Papers 578, China Economics and Management Academy, Central University of Finance and Economics.
- Ostrom, Elinor (Ed.) & Schlüter, Achim (Ed.), 2007. "The challenge of self-governance in complex, globalizing economies: Collection of revised papers of a PhD seminar," Working Papers of the Institute of Forestry Economics 47-2007, University of Freiburg, Institute of Forestry Economics.
- James C. Cox & Elinor Ostrom & James M. Walker & Jamie Castillo & Eric Coleman & Robert Holahan & Michael Schoon & Brian Steed, 2007.
"Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments,"
Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series
2007-11, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
- James C. Cox & Elinor Ostrom, & James M. Walker & Antonio Jamie Castillo & Eric Coleman & Robert Holahan & Michael Schoon & Brian Steed, 2009. "Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 75(4), pages 957-975, April.
- Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb & Kanbur, Ravi & Ostrom, Elinor, 2006. "Beyond Formality and Informality," Working Papers 127038, Cornell University, Department of Applied Economics and Management.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2005.
"Unlocking Public Entrepreneurship and Public Economies,"
Working Papers
DP2005/01, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
- Elinor Ostrom, 2010. "Unlocking Public Entrepreneurship and Public Economies," Working Papers id:2580, eSocialSciences.
- Juan-Camilo Cardenas & T Ahn & Elinor Ostrom, 2004. "Communication and co-operation in a common-pool resource dilemma: A field experiment," Artefactual Field Experiments 00031, The Field Experiments Website.
- Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo & Ostrom, Elinor, 2004.
"What do people bring into the game: experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons,"
CAPRi working papers
32, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Cardenas, Juan-Camilo & Ostrom, Elinor, 2004. "What do people bring into the game? Experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 307-326, December.
- Juan-Camilo Cardenas & Elinor Ostrom, 2004. "What do people bring into the game? Experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons," Artefactual Field Experiments 00027, The Field Experiments Website.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2004. "The Working Parts of Rules and How They May Evolve Over Time," Papers on Economics and Evolution 2004-04, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2004. "Understanding collective action," 2020 vision briefs 11 No. 2, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Poteete, Amy & Ostrom, Elinor, 2003.
"In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action:,"
CAPRi working papers
29, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Poteete, Amy R. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2004. "In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 215-232, December.
- Sowerwine, J. & Shivakoti, G. & Pradhan, U. & Shukla, A. & Ostrom, E., 1994. "From farmers' fields to data fields and back: A Synthesis of Participatory Information Systems for Irrigation and other Resources: Proceedings of an International Workshop held at the Institute of Agr," IWMI Books, Reports H016264, International Water Management Institute.
- Naveen Adhikari, . "Measuring Health Benefits from Air Pollution Reduction in Kathmandu Valley," Working papers 7, The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics.
- Ridhima Gupta, . "Causes of Emissions from Agricultural Residue Burning in North-west India: Evaluation of a Technology Policy Response," Working papers 10, The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics.
- Prasenjit Sarkhel, . "Examining Private Participation in Embankment Maintenance in the Indian Sundarbans," Working papers 1, The South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics.
Articles
- Elinor Ostrom & Vincent Ostrom, 2012. "In Memoriam:," Publius: The Journal of Federalism, Oxford University Press, vol. 42(4), pages 708-709, October.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2012. "Nested externalities and polycentric institutions: must we wait for global solutions to climate change before taking actions at other scales?," Economic Theory, Springer, vol. 49(2), pages 353-369, February.
- Elinor Ostrom & Éloi Laurent, 2012. "Par-delà les marchés et les États. La gouvernance polycentrique des systèmes économiques complexes," Revue de l'OFCE, Presses de Sciences-Po, vol. 0(1), pages 13-72.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2012. "Coevolving Relationships between Political Science and Economics," Rationality, Markets and Morals, Frankfurt School Verlag, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, vol. 3(54), May.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2011. "Reflections on "Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation"," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 101(1), pages 49-63, February.
- Ostrom, Elinor & Basurto, Xavier, 2011. "Crafting analytical tools to study institutional change," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(03), pages 317-343, September.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2011. "Dépasser le dilemme du Samaritain dans l'aide au développement. Overcoming the Samaritan's Dilemma in Development Aid," Revue d’économie du développement, De Boeck Université, vol. 25(4), pages 5-18.
- Ahn, T.K. & Ostrom, Elinor & Walker, James, 2011. "Reprint of: A common-pool resource experiment with postgraduate subjects from 41 countries," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 70(9), pages 1580-1589, July.
- Wai Lam & Elinor Ostrom, 2010. "Analyzing the dynamic complexity of development interventions: lessons from an irrigation experiment in Nepal," Policy Sciences, Springer, vol. 43(1), pages 1-25, March.
- Ahn, T.K. & Ostrom, Elinor & Walker, James, 2010. "A common-pool resource experiment with postgraduate subjects from 41 countries," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 69(12), pages 2624-2633, October.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2010. "Revising theory in light of experimental findings," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 73(1), pages 68-72, January.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2010.
"Analyzing collective action,"
Agricultural Economics,
International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 41(s1), pages 155-166, November.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2009. "Analyzing Collective Action," 2009 Conference, August 16-22, 2009, Beijing, China 53215, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2010.
"Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems,"
American Economic Review,
American Economic Association, vol. 100(3), pages 641-72, June.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2009. "Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-4, Nobel Prize Committee.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2010. "Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems (Excerpt)," Transnational Corporations Review, Ottawa United Learning Academy, vol. 2(2), pages 1-12, June.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2010. "Organizational economics: applications to metropolitan governance," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 6(01), pages 109-115, March.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2009. "La reglas que no se hace cumplir son mera palabrería," Revista de Economía Institucional, Universidad Externado de Colombia - Facultad de Economía, vol. 11(21), pages 15-24, July-Dece.
- James C. Cox & Elinor Ostrom, & James M. Walker & Antonio Jamie Castillo & Eric Coleman & Robert Holahan & Michael Schoon & Brian Steed, 2009.
"Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments,"
Southern Economic Journal,
Southern Economic Association, vol. 75(4), pages 957-975, April.
- James C. Cox & Elinor Ostrom & James M. Walker & Jamie Castillo & Eric Coleman & Robert Holahan & Michael Schoon & Brian Steed, 2007. "Trust in Private and Common Property Experiments," Experimental Economics Center Working Paper Series 2007-11, Experimental Economics Center, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
- Xavier Basurto & Elinor Ostrom, 2009. "Beyond the tragedy of the Commons," ECONOMICS AND POLICY OF ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 0(1), pages 35-60.
- Krister Andersson & Elinor Ostrom, 2008. "Analyzing decentralized resource regimes from a polycentric perspective," Policy Sciences, Springer, vol. 41(1), pages 71-93, March.
- William Blomquist & Elinor Ostrom, 2008. "Deliberation, learning, and institutional change: the evolution of institutions in judicial settings," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 19(3), pages 180-202, September.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2008. "Institutions And The Environment," Economic Affairs, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(3), pages 24-31, 09.
- Poteete, Amy R. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2008. "Fifteen Years of Empirical Research on Collective Action in Natural Resource Management: Struggling to Build Large-N Databases Based on Qualitative Research," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 36(1), pages 176-195, January.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2007. "Challenges and growth: the development of the interdisciplinary field of institutional analysis," Journal of Institutional Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 3(03), pages 239-264, December.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2007. "Graham R. Marshall, Economics for Collaborative Environmental Management: Renegotiating the Commons, Earthscan;, London (2005) ISBN: 1844070956171, 184 pp.," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(3-4), pages 759-760, May.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2006. "The value-added of laboratory experiments for the study of institutions and common-pool resources," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 61(2), pages 149-163, October.
- Gibson, Clark C. & Williams, John T. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2005. "Local Enforcement and Better Forests," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 33(2), pages 273-284, February.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2005. "Response to Zakir Husain and Rabindra Bhattacharya's "Common pool resources and contextual factors: Evolution of a fishermen's cooperative in Calcutta"," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 55(2), pages 139-142, November.
- Elinor Ostrom & Vincent Ostrom, 2004. "Ostrom and Ostrom on the Quest for Meaning in Public Choice," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(1), pages 105-147, 01.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2004. "Panarchy: understanding transformations in human and natural systems: Lance H. Gunderson and C.S. Holling (Eds.), Island Press, Washington, DC, 2002, ISBN: 1559638575, 450 pp," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(4), pages 488-491, August.
- Cardenas, Juan-Camilo & Ostrom, Elinor, 2004.
"What do people bring into the game? Experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons,"
Agricultural Systems,
Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 307-326, December.
- Cárdenas, Juan-Camilo & Ostrom, Elinor, 2004. "What do people bring into the game: experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons," CAPRi working papers 32, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Juan-Camilo Cardenas & Elinor Ostrom, 2004. "What do people bring into the game? Experiments in the field about cooperation in the commons," Artefactual Field Experiments 00027, The Field Experiments Website.
- Cárdenas Juan Camilo & Elinor Ostrom, 2004. "¿Qué traen las personas al juego? Experimentos de campo sobre la cooperación en los recursos de uso común," REVISTA DESARROLLO Y SOCIEDAD, UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE.
- Poteete, Amy R. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2004.
"In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action,"
Agricultural Systems,
Elsevier, vol. 82(3), pages 215-232, December.
- Poteete, Amy & Ostrom, Elinor, 2003. "In pursuit of comparable concepts and data about collective action:," CAPRi working papers 29, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- Ahn, T K & Ostrom, Elinor & Walker, James M, 2003. " Heterogeneous Preferences and Collective Action," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 117(3-4), pages 295-314, December.
- Schmidt, David & Shupp, Robert & Walker, James M. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2003. "Playing safe in coordination games:: the roles of risk dominance, payoff dominance, and history of play," Games and Economic Behavior, Elsevier, vol. 42(2), pages 281-299, February.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2002. "The evolution of norms within institutions: comments on Paul R. Ehrlich and Anne H. Ehrlich's," Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 7(01), pages 171-190, February.
- Schmidt, David & Shupp, Robert & Walker, James & Ahn, T. K. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2001. "Dilemma games: game parameters and matching protocols," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 46(4), pages 357-377, December.
- Varughese, George & Ostrom, Elinor, 2001. "The Contested Role of Heterogeneity in Collective Action: Some Evidence from Community Forestry in Nepal," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 29(5), pages 747-765, May.
- Gardner, Roy & Herr, Andrew & Ostrom, Elinor & Walker, James A., 2000. "The power and limitations of proportional cutbacks in common-pool resources," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 62(2), pages 515-533, August.
- Gibson, Clark C. & Ostrom, Elinor & Ahn, T. K., 2000. "The concept of scale and the human dimensions of global change: a survey," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 32(2), pages 217-239, February.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2000.
"Titles, Conflict, and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Amazon Fmntier. By Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, and Bernardo Mueller. Ann Arbor: University of Mi,"
The Journal of Economic History,
Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(04), pages 1149-1150, December.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2000. "Titles, Conflict, and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Amazon Frontier. By Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, and Bernardo Mueller. Ann Arbor: University of M," The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 60(04), pages 1149-1150, December.
- Elinor Ostrom, 2000. "Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(3), pages 137-158, Summer.
- Low, Bobbi & Costanza, Robert & Ostrom, Elinor & Wilson, James & Simon, Carl P., 1999. "Human-ecosystem interactions: a dynamic integrated model," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 227-242, November.
- Wilson, James & Low, Bobbi & Costanza, Robert & Ostrom, Elinor, 1999. "Scale misperceptions and the spatial dynamics of a social-ecological system," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 31(2), pages 243-257, November.
- Vincent Ostrom & Elinor Ostrom, 1997. "Legal and Political Conditions of Water Resource Development," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 48(1), pages 1-14.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 1996. "Crossing the great divide: Coproduction, synergy, and development," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 24(6), pages 1073-1087, June.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 1995. "Self-organization and Social Capital," Industrial and Corporate Change, Oxford University Press, vol. 4(1), pages 131-59.
- Ostrom, Elinor & Bentley, Arthur F., 1995. "Development betrayed. The end of progress and a coevolutionary revisioning of the future : Richard B. Norgaard. Routledge, London. Hardback [UK pound]40.00, ISBN 0415 06861 4, Paperback [UK pound]12.9," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 12(3), pages 251-252, March.
- Elinor Ostrom & Roy Gardner, 1993. "Coping with Asymmetries in the Commons: Self-Governing Irrigation Systems Can Work," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 7(4), pages 93-112, Fall.
- Edella Schlager & Elinor Ostrom, 1992. "Property-Rights Regimes and Natural Resources: A Conceptual Analysis," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 68(3), pages 249-262.
- Gardner, Roy & Ostrom, Elinor, 1991. " Rules and Games," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 70(2), pages 121-49, May.
- Walker, James M. & Gardner, Roy & Ostrom, Elinor, 1990. "Rent dissipation in a limited-access common-pool resource: Experimental evidence," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 19(3), pages 203-211, November.
- William Blomquist & Elinor Ostrom, 1985. "Institutional Capacity And The Resolution Of A Commons Dilemma," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 5(2), pages 383-394, November.
- Ellnor Ostrom, 1985. "An Alternative Perspective On Democratic Dilemmas," Review of Policy Research, Policy Studies Organization, vol. 4(3), pages 412-416, 02.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 1973. "On the meaning and measurement of output and efficiency in the provision of urban police services," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 1(2), pages 93-111.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 0. "Improving The Performance Of Local Government From The Citizen'S Point Of View," Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies, Farm Foundation.
Chapters
- Janssen, Marco A. & Ostrom, Elinor, 2006. "Governing Social-Ecological Systems," Handbook of Computational Economics, in: Leigh Tesfatsion & Kenneth L. Judd (ed.), Handbook of Computational Economics, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 30, pages 1465-1509 Elsevier.
- Ostrom, Elinor, 2002. "Common-pool resources and institutions: Toward a revised theory," Handbook of Agricultural Economics, in: B. L. Gardner & G. C. Rausser (ed.), Handbook of Agricultural Economics, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 24, pages 1315-1339 Elsevier.
Books
- Guha-Khasnobis, Basudeb & Kanbur, Ravi & Ostrom, The late Elinor (ed.), 2007. "Linking the Formal and Informal Economy: Concepts and Policies," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199237296, July.
- Gibson, Clark C. & Andersson, Krister & Ostrom, The late Elinor & Shivakumar, Sujai, 2005. "The Samaritan's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid," OUP Catalogue, Oxford University Press, number 9780199278855, July.
NEP Fields
7 papers by this author were announced in NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):- NEP-CBE: Cognitive & Behavioural Economics (2) 2007-12-15 2011-04-09. Author is listed
- NEP-CDM: Collective Decision-Making (1) 2004-04-11
- NEP-DEV: Development (1) 2004-05-09
- NEP-ENE: Energy Economics (1) 2009-11-07
- NEP-ENV: Environmental Economics (1) 2009-11-07
- NEP-EVO: Evolutionary Economics (1) 2011-04-09
- NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (2) 2007-12-15 2011-04-09. Author is listed
- NEP-GTH: Game Theory (1) 2011-04-09
- NEP-HPE: History & Philosophy of Economics (2) 2004-04-11 2011-04-09. Author is listed
- NEP-INO: Innovation (1) 2010-06-26
- NEP-PBE: Public Economics (1) 2010-06-26
- NEP-RES: Resource Economics (2) 2004-04-11 2009-11-07. Author is listed
- NEP-SBM: Small Business Management (1) 2010-06-26
- NEP-SOC: Social Norms & Social Capital (1) 2007-12-15
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- Elinor Ostrom, 2000. "Collective Action and the Evolution of Social Norms," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(3), pages 137-158, Summer.
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- Ostrom, Elinor, 2009. "Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems," Nobel Prize in Economics documents 2009-4, Nobel Prize Committee.
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