Division of the commons: A partial assessment of the new institutional economics of land rights

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 644-650

  Baland, Jean Marie ^a   Platteau, Jean Philippe ^a  

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EID: 0000064779     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244574     Document Type: Article

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