About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

114 Yale L.J. 273 (2004-2005)
Sharing Nicely: On Shareable Goods and the Emergence of Sharing as a Modality of Economic Production

handle is hein.journals/ylr114 and id is 291 raw text is: Essay Sharing Nicely: On Shareable Goods and the Emergence of Sharing as a Modality of Economic Production Yochai Benklert CONTENTS IN TRO DU CTION ........................................................................................ 275 I. CASE STUDIES: CARPOOLING AND DISTRIBUTED COMPUTING.......... 281 A . C arp ools.......................................................................................28 1 B . D istributed Computing.................................................................289 II. LUMPINESS, GRANULARITY, AND SHAREABLE GOODS...................... 296 A. Renewable Resources................................................................... 298 B. Rapidly Decaying Resources ....................................................... 300 C. Lumpiness in General .................................................................. 301 D. Shareable Goods: Conclusion ..................................................... 304 III. SHARING AND MARKETS: TRANSACTION COSTS AND MOTIVATIONS ... 305 A. Transaction Costs ........................................................................ 306 t Professor of Law, Yale Law School. I owe thanks to Bruce Ackerman, Ian Ayres, Bob Ellickson, Dan Kahan, Al Klevorick, Michael Levine, Orly Lobel, Daniel Markovits, Richard McAdams, Robert Post, Judith Resnik, Carol Rose, Susan Rose-Ackerman, Jed Rubenfeld, Alan Schwartz, Henry Smith, and Jim Whitman, who read prior versions of this Essay and provided helpful comments. 273 Imaged with the Permission of Yale Law Journal

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most