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Measuring externalities in an information commons: the case of libraries.
- Source :
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Journal of Cleaner Production . Aug2018, Vol. 192, p855-863. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- The present paper measures external effects in a specific type of common-pool resource, an information commons. Employing a novel dataset related to more than 700,000 transactions in distinct libraries during a 10-year period (2006–2015), we estimate the external effects of actions of library users who were subject to a non-monetary sanction (professors and university employees) on users who were subject to a monetary sanction (students). Additionally, we estimate peer effects among users, considering the number of items they borrow from the library. When investigating externalities, we uncover a “crowding-out” effect: for an additional unity in professors and employees' counts, there is an approximate one-to-one decrease in students' counts. In the case of peer effects, we find a positive influence of group behavior on individuals: for every 100 books borrowed by a user's peer group, there is a rise of three books per user, on average. The results reported in this paper have important implications for theories based on common-pool resource management, as well as public goods provision. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LIBRARIES
*COLLEGE teachers
*BIG data
*PUBLIC goods
*STUDENTS
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09596526
- Volume :
- 192
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Cleaner Production
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 129827130
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.04.267