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Beyond Markets and States: Polycentric Governance of Complex Economic Systems

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  • Ostrom, Elinor

    (Indiana University)

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Elinor Ostrom delivered her Prize Lecture on 8 December 2009 at Aula Magna, Stockholm University. She was introduced by Professor Bertil Holmlund, Chairman of the Economic Sciences Prize Committee.

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Paper provided by Nobel Prize Committee in its series Nobel Prize in Economics documents with number 2009-4.

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Length: 1 pages
Date of creation: 08 Dec 2009
Handle: RePEc:ris:nobelp:2009_004
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Keywords: Complex; economic; systems;

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