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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