common access resources and the tragedy of the commons Flashcards

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what are common access resources and examples and why they happen

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-natural resources over which no private ownership has been established

examples: forests(timber, pulp), sea (seafood, minerals), air (O2)

-it is not cost efficient to establish private ownership

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the tragedy of the commons and graph

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-when private producers act in their own self-interest and unsustainably keep exploiting common access resources until there are none left
-negative externality in production graph

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