Schlager, E.Ostrom, Elinor2016-04-192016-04-191992Land Economics 68(1992): 249-262http://hdl.handle.net/10919/66486Metadata only recordThe term "Common-Property resource" is an example of a term repeatedly used to refer to property owned by a government or by no one. It is also used for property owned by a community of resource users. Such usage leads to confusion in scientific study and usage leads to confusion in scientific study and policy analysis. In this paper we develop a conceptual schema for arraying property-rights regimes that distinguishes among diverse bundles of rights ranging from authorized user, to claimant, to proprietor, and to owner. We apply this conceptual schema to analyze findings from a variety of empirical settings including the Maine lobster industry.text/plainen-USIn CopyrightEnvironmental impactsCommon property resourcesEconomic impactsNatural resource managementIntellectual property rightsEnvironmental lawGovernanceAbstractCopyright 1992 Land Economics