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The connection between 2009 Nobel Prize in Economics winner Elinor Ostrom’s work on the governance of common-pool resources and relatively recent work on knowledge commons.

“Ostrom’s pioneering work mostly concerns the governance of common-pool resources — resources that are rivalrous (i.e., scarce, can be used up, unlike digital goods) yet need to be or should be governed as a commons — classically, things like water … Continue reading

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Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 — Prediction Accuracy

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for 2009 to Elinor Ostrom “for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons” and Oliver E. Williamson … Continue reading

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Nobel Prize for Economics 2009 Predictions

The 2009 Nobel prize for economics (2009 Sveriges Riksbank prize in economic sciences) will be awarded on Monday, October 12, 2009. 1. Bookmakers Ladbrokes’s probabilities (odds) for the 2009 Nobel prize in economics: Eugene Fama 2/1 Paul Romer 4/1 Ernst … Continue reading

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Who will get the 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics? Don’t bet on it. Too risky.

1. Prediction Markets 2a. InTrade has just opened some Nobel prediction markets —see under “current events”. 2b. Inkling Markets – Which economist will receive the 2009 Nobel Prize for Economics (a.k.a. the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences)? Previously: Will … Continue reading

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