caa a22 4500 606168451 CHVBK 20210128100707.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11127-015-0243-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11127-015-0243-1 Herzberg Roberta Individual Freedom and Free Markets, John Templeton Foundation, 300 Conshohocken State Road Suite 500, 19428, West Conshohocken, PA, USA aut Governing their commons: Elinor and Vincent Ostrom and the Bloomington School [Elektronische Daten] [Roberta Herzberg] Elinor (Lin) and Vincent Ostrom spent their lives creating a school of institutional analysis that focused on the power of human creativity to solve collective human dilemmas. The Ostroms used the abstract methods and language of public choice theory, but their appreciation of human capability and self-governing kept them solidly grounded in real world decision-making. This belief led to their rich analytic approach to understanding human institutional design, which combined theoretical analysis, laboratory experiments, and empirical fieldwork. This essay identifies the major themes that formed the Bloomington School—the importance of constitutional design and self-governance, federalism and polycentric orders, the challenge of institutional design to solve social dilemmas, the importance of using multiple approaches (analytic, laboratory experiments, and careful field work) to understand important social problems., and a personal examination of the Ostrom's lasting impact for public choice and public policy. Lin's and Vincent's lives and their academic careers came together to create their significant contributions. Observing how they collaborated and inspired students and colleagues provides a model for generations of scholars. Springer Science+Business Media New York, 2015 Bloomington School nationallicence Institutional analysis nationallicence Polycentricity nationallicence Governing the commons nationallicence Constitutional choice and models of federalism nationallicence Elinor Ostrom nationallicence Vincent Ostrom nationallicence Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 163/1-2(2015-04-01), 95-109 0048-5829 163:1-2<95 2015 163 11127 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0243-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-015-0243-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Herzberg Roberta Individual Freedom and Free Markets, John Templeton Foundation, 300 Conshohocken State Road Suite 500, 19428, West Conshohocken, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Public Choice Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 163/1-2(2015-04-01), 95-109 0048-5829 163:1-2<95 2015 163 11127