a) The concept of externalities over time, space, sector and species
b) Attributes of externalities
c) Ex-ante and ex-post transaction costs to internalize externalities
d) Options for private resource use
e) Options for common property resource management
f) Linkage between the private and CPR resources
g) Self-design institutions for resource management
Essential Reading:
1) Gupta, A.K., and Prakash Aseem, “On Internalization of Externalities, IIMA Working Paper
No.1126, August 1993.
No.1126, August 1993.
2) Gupta, A.K 2001. Criteria and Indicators of Sustainability An Introduction in Criteria and indicators of sustainability:
A Natural Resource Perspective.Eds . Anil K. Gupta. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
A Natural Resource Perspective.Eds . Anil K. Gupta. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
Desirable reading:
3) Gupta, A. K. 1986. Socio Ecology of Stress: Why do common Property Resource Management Projects Fail?: A Case Study of Sheep and Pasture Development Project in Rajasthan, India -, in Proceedings of Common Property Research Conference, 1984, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. USA,, pp. 305-322.
4) Gupta, A. K. and Sinha, R. Criteria and indicators of sustainability: An Executive Summary.
Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi.
