comparing ownership institutions for environmental protection /
Daniel H. Cole.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
1 online resource (xvi, 209 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-201) and index.
Solutions to environmental problems depend on impositing private-, common-, or public-property rights in natural resources. Who should own the resources: private individuals, private groups of 'stakeholders', or the entire society (the public)? Cole argues that no single property regime works best in all circumstances. Environmental protection requires multiple regimes.