Some empirical evidence on property rights of first peoples

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-22

  Anderson, C Leigh ^a   Swimmer, Eugene ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Access rights; Cross sectional; Indigenous peoples

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031138583     PISSN: 01672681     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-2681(97)00018-8     Document Type: Article

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