Publication Details |
| Category | Text Publication |
| Reference Category | Journals |
| DOI | 10.1068/c03101s |
| Title (Primary) | On the 'efficient boundaries of the state': the contribution of transaction-costs economics to the analysis of decentralization and devolution in natural resource management |
| Author | Birner, R.; Wittmer, H. |
| Journal | Environment and Planning C-Government and Policy |
| Year | 2004 |
| Department | OEKON |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Page From | 667 |
| Page To | 685 |
| Language | 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. |
| Persistent UFZ Identifier | https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=3982 |
| 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 |
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