Collective efficiency and commons in local productive systems

Abstract

This paper goes back to the topic of collective efficiency (CE) in local productive systems and paths of territorial development. In general terms, such CE needs the integration of markets mechanisms with systemic conditions that have nature of public goods. The discussion of an extended framework of specific public-like goods helps unearthing related important commons’ features, as the involvement of communities of local agents may be implied in their provision, use, and regulation. The paper aims at giving a solid foundation to the study of such features, and to show how the same foundation helps shedding light on various topics related to CE, commons, and territory.