SAT OwlEconomist Elinor Ostrom studied how communities manage shared resources such as fisheries and forests. A widely accepted theory held that such resources would inevitably be overused unless they were controlled by governments or divided into private property. Ostrom's fieldwork, ______ documented many communities that had successfully managed shared resources for generations using rules they created themselves.
Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?
for instance,
however,
in other words,
similarly,
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Answer: B
The theory predicted that shared resources would be overused without government or private control. Ostrom found communities that managed them well on their own, which contradicts the theory. "However" signals that contrast.
"For instance" would present Ostrom's findings as an example of the theory, when they actually challenge it.
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