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Common Pool Regimes: A Critique

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As environmental degradation increases around the globe, especially in relation to open access resources, new policies to augment sustainability have to be invented. The purpose of this paper is to provide a most concrete example of some of the difficulties involved, by means of examining recent data about the so-called Helcom regime for the Baltic Sea. The findings include that the heralded theory of common pools governance presents a too optimistic picture. Despite massive financing, the deterioration of the predicament of the important Baltic Sea has not been reversed.

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  • Jan-Erik Lane, 2012. "Common Pool Regimes: A Critique," Research in World Economy, Research in World Economy, Sciedu Press, vol. 3(2), pages 75-85, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:jfr:rwe111:v:3:y:2012:i:2:p:75-85
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