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Article: Institutions, intergroup competition, and the evolution of hotel populations around Niagara Falls.
- Article from:
- Administrative Science Quarterly
- Article date:
- December 1, 1996
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The simple but powerful idea that institutions form the constraints that shape human interaction has had a dramatic impact on economics and political science and is gaining influence in sociology (Eggertsson, 1990; Alt and Shepsle, 1990; Brinton and Nee, 1996). Institutions, in this view, are formal and informal "rules of the game" that, with associated enforcement mechanisms, provide the structure for economic action (North, 1990:3). In this paper, we examine the coevolution of a set of institutions in response to a collective action problem and two populations of organizations. The institutions are rules that developed in response to a tragedy of the commons at Niagara ...
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... ... today announced the indictment of 13 Niagara Falls residents for operating a cocaine distribution ... ring was allegedly based in a local Niagara Falls tavern. "New Yorkers should not and ... is an important victory that makes Niagara Falls a safer place to live and do business ...
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