Four years ago Research in Experimental Economics published experimental evidence on fundraising and charitable contributions. This volume returns to the intrigue with philanthropy. Employing a mixture of laboratory and field experiments as well as theoretical research we present this new...

"As formerly community-owned land and natural resources are privatized and titling schemes proliferate, Property Rights from Below questions the trend towards treating land as a commodity and explores alternatives to the Western model."

The culture in the Ostroms : institutions, rules, and relational reality / Mili Kalia -- Social services as impure public goods : Ostromian lessons for their provision in contemporary welfare states / Roland Fritz -- Polycentric party governance : competition, federalism, and the production of...

Commons - die Welt gehört uns allen! Die nicht enden wollende globale Finanzkrise zeigt: Markt und Staat haben versagt. Deshalb verwundert es nicht, dass die Commons, die Idee der gemeinschaftlichen Organisation und Nutzung von Gemeingütern und Ressourcen, starken Zuspruch erfahren - nicht...

Attiat Ott and Richard Cebula have recognised the need to present, in an accessible and straightforward way, the voluminous literature in the public economics arena. Advances in econometric techniques and the spillover of knowledge from other disciplines made it difficult, not only for students...

This authoritative collection presents seminal papers from leading academics charting recent developments in public finance. The two-volume set encompasses numerous sections including the public sector in a market economy, market imperfections, growth implications of public policies and...

Introduction : the food commons are coming! / Jose Luis Vivero-Pol, Tomaso Ferrando, Olivier de Schutter and Ugo Mattei -- The idea of food as a commons : multiple understandings for multiple dimensions of food / Jose Luis Vivero-Pol -- The food system as a commons / Giacomo Pettenati, Alessia...

This volume brings together 8 previously unpublished papers dealing with various modes of allocating jointly consumable goods (i.e. public goods). The issues covered range from voluntary contributions and price exclusion (market allocation) to positive and normative analyses of different...