Wealth Inequality and Efficiency in the Commons

Jean-Marie Baland and Jean-Philippe Platteau ()

Working Papers from Notre-Dame de la Paix, Sciences Economiques et Sociales

Abstract: Does more inequality lead to more efficiency in the management of common property resources? To answer this question, an attempt is made to develop relevant theoretical models and to articulate them with empirical evidence drawn mainly from social science studies.

Keywords: WEALTH; DISTRIBUTION (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 1997
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