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AUTOR (ES): Starrett, David A.TITULOProperty Rights, Public Goods And The EnvironmentAÑO 2003REFERENCIABIBLIOGRAFICAI, Environmental Degradation and Institutional Responses:97-125.IDIOMAPALABRAS CLAVESRESUMENDIRECCIÓN DE ACCESOELECTRÓNICOInglésProperty rights, public goods, Coase theorem, open access,self-organizing systems, externalitiesWe delineate the various ways in which rights toenvironmental and other resources can be assigned toindividuals or groups. We then examine models of individualand group interactions, drawing out their implications for theways in wich resources will be utilized and managed undervarious rights assignments. Resources are classified intovarious groups (suc as “collective” and “private”) dependingon the type of rights assignment that is most appropriate, andwe critically examine situations in which it is claimed thatcertain combinations of rights an rules of behavior will leadto an “ideal”allocation of the associated resources. We arguethat in all but a very limited set ofcircumstances, efficienallocations will require at the least some form of socialintervention, and we discuss both formal and informalmodels of social organization toward this end. Variousdistortions are identified that may arise when incorrectedassignments of rights are utilized. We discuss variouspractical ways of correcting for these distortions usinginstruments such as taxes, quotas, and markets for pollutionpermites.A-60