The tragedy of the commons in Côte d'Ivoire agriculture: Empirical evidence and implications for evaluating trade policies

World Bank Economic Review

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 105-131

  López, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; LAND CULTIVATION; RURAL ECONOMY; TRADE POLICY;

COTE D'IVOIRE;

EID: 0031845586     PISSN: 02586770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wber/12.1.105     Document Type: Article

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