The local variability of rainfall and tribal institutions: The case of Sudan

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 263-291

  Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a   Sanchez, Nicholas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

010; D7; Institutions; N47; N57; P52; Property rights; Q15; Sudan; Tribes; Weather risk; Z1

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001513878     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(99)00036-0     Document Type: Article

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