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Commons Dilemmas

Commons Dilemmas is a theoretical construct in the field of common-pool resource governance that identifies situations where individual users, acting independently according to self-interest, deplete shared resources despite collective awareness of long-term harm, thereby distinguishing it from other governance challenges by emphasizing the tension between individual incentives and collective sustainability.

324

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60.8K

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501

Authors

336

Institutions

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2017–2026

59

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Publications

324

The Tragedy of the Commons

Garrett Hardin · Science · 1968 · 22.9K citations

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The Tragedy of the Commons*

Garrett Hardin · Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research · 2009 · 6.4K citations · Full text

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Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges

Joanna Burger, Christopher B. Field, Richard B. Norgaard et al. · Science · 1999 · 2.8K citations

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Social Dilemmas: The Anatomy of Cooperation

Peter Kollock · Annual Review of Sociology · 1998 · 1.8K citations · Full text

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Reputation helps solve the ‘tragedy of the commons’

Manfred Milinski, Dirk Semmann, Hans-Jürgen Krambeck · Nature · 2002 · 1.4K citations

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Authors

501

  1. MA
    Marco A. Janssen

    Arizona State University, United States

    9 publications · 1K citations

    9

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  2. RG
    Robert Gifford

    University of Victoria, Canada

    8 publications · 225 citations

    8

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  3. PA
    Paul A. Bell

    Colorado State University, United States

    7 publications · 146 citations

    7

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  4. JC
    Juan-Camilo Cárdenas

    Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia

    7 publications · 673 citations

    7

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  5. SA
    Simon A. Levin

    Princeton University, United States

    5 publications · 465 citations

    5

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1–5 of 501

Institutions

336

  1. Arizona State University

    Tempe, United States

    11 h-index

    23 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. Leiden University

    Leiden, The Netherlands

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    774 citations

  3. University of Arizona

    Tucson, United States

    7 h-index

    11 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. Colorado State University

    Fort Collins, United States

    7 h-index

    13 publications

    242 citations

  5. University of Victoria

    Victoria, Canada

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    394 citations

  6. University of Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    843 citations

  7. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

    6 h-index

    14 publications

    6.9K citations

  8. Universidad de Los Andes

    Bogotá, Colombia

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    569 citations

1–8 of 336

Venues

  1. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 11 publications · 446 citations

    11

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  2. Ecological Economics

    10 publications · 780 citations

    10

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  3. International Journal of the Commons

    IJC · 8 publications · 224 citations

    8

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  4. Journal of Theoretical Politics

    JTP · 7 publications · 1.2K citations

    7

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  5. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 6 publications · 749 citations

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