Using ownership of a resource to give an incentive for preservation and long-term thinking has its roots at least as far back as Armen A. Alchian.[1] Ostrom's achievement was finding that many cultures had alternative solutions, and that these solutions were very effective.

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[1] http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/PropertyRights.html