The effect of environmental good scarcity on own-farm labor allocation: The case of agricultural households in rural Nepal

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 443-469

  Cooke, Priscilla A ^a  

^a KENYON COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0000959088     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X98000230     Document Type: Article

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