Thanks for the reference, I'll have to check it out. I'll be partucularly interested in the idea that the tragedy of the commons rarely happens in practice. I'm a student of game theory, where it's almost trivial to construct mathematical examples which exhibit catastrophic commons-tragedies. As a result, I tend to think of the tragedy of the commons as a foregone conclusion and I'd love to see an opposing viewpoint.
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It seems like @sean-king's answer is just a variation on your "rote" answer. What is it to shun etc if not to have a group coordinate to punish the deviant economically?
I also am curious about the empirical studies of real-life commons, though.