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Kategorie Textpublikation
Referenztyp Zeitschriften
DOI 10.1068/c03101s
Titel (primär) On the 'efficient boundaries of the state': the contribution of transaction-costs economics to the analysis of decentralization and devolution in natural resource management
Autor Birner, R.; Wittmer, H. ORCID logo
Quelle Environment and Planning C-Government and Policy
Erscheinungsjahr 2004
Department OEKON
Band/Volume 22
Heft 5
Seite von 667
Seite bis 685
Sprache englisch
Abstract Decentralization and devolution -- also referred to as 'rolling back the boundaries of the state' -- are important policy trends in natural resource management. Drawing a parallel with the efficient-boundary problem in industrial organization, the authors show how transaction-costs economics can be applied to identify the efficient boundaries of the state in natural resource management. The following extensions of the transaction-cost framework are proposed: (1) introduction of care intensity and contest intensity as additional key attributes of transactions; (2) introduction of cooperative types of organization as a third governance structure besides market and hierarchies; and (3) introduction of natural resource characteristics, social capital, and state capability as contextual variables. The authors also discuss the possibilities for empirical application.
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Birner, R., Wittmer, H. (2004):
On the 'efficient boundaries of the state': the contribution of transaction-costs economics to the analysis of decentralization and devolution in natural resource management
Environ. Plan. C-Gov. Policy 22 (5), 667 - 685 10.1068/c03101s