Editing Tragedy of the commons (section)

==Comedy of the commons==
In certain cases, exploiting a resource more may be a good thing. Carol M. Rose, in a 1986 article, discussed the concept of the "comedy of the commons", where the public property in question exhibits "increasing returns to scale" in usage (hence the phrase, "the more the merrier"),<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Rose|first=Carol|date=1986|title=The Comedy of the Commons: Custom, Commerce, and Inherently Public Property|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1599583|journal=The University of Chicago Law Review|volume=53|issue=3|pages=711–781|doi=10.2307/1599583|jstor=1599583|issn=0041-9494}}</ref> in that the more people use the resource, the higher the benefit to each one. Rose cites as examples commerce and group recreational activities. According to Rose, public resources with the "comedic" characteristic may suffer from under-investment rather than over usage.<ref name="rose">{{cite journal |url=http://digitalcommons.law.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2827&context=fss_papers |title=The Comedy of the Commons: Commerce, Custom, and Inherently Public Property |author=Rose, Carol M. |journal=Faculty Scholarship Series, Yale Law School |year=1986 |volume=Paper 1828}}</ref>

A modern example presented by Garrett Richards in [[environmental studies]] is that the issue of excessive [[carbon emissions]] can be tackled effectively only when the efforts are directly addressing the issues along with the collective efforts from the world economies.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Rosenthal|first1=Erika|last2=Watson|first2=Robert|date=April 2011|title=Multilateral Efforts to Reduce Black Carbon Emissions: A Lifeline for the Warming Arctic?|url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9388.2011.00705.x|journal=Review of European Community & International Environmental Law|volume=20|issue=1|pages=3–10|doi=10.1111/j.1467-9388.2011.00705.x|issn=0962-8797}}</ref>  Additionally, the more that nations are willing to collaborate and contribute resources, the higher the chances are for successful technological developments.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Richards|first=Garrett|date=2015-12-01|title=Comedy of the Commons: Cheerful Options for Shared Resources in an Era of Climate Change|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301495753|journal=[[Alternatives (journal)|Alternatives]]|volume=41|pages=50}}</ref>