The Simple Economics of Easter Island: A Ricardo-Malthus Model of Renewable Resource Use

American Economic Review

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 119-138

  Brander, James A ^a   Taylor, M Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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