Common property rights as an endogenous response to risk

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 651-657

  Nugent, Jeffrey B ^a   Sanchez, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Biology   (United States)

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EID: 0013140414     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244575     Document Type: Review

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