Not only the tragedy of the commons: Misperceptions of bioeconomics

Management Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1234-1248

  Moxnes, Erling ^a  

^a Institute for Research in Economics and Business Administration   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bioeconomics; Commons Problem; Decision Making; Experimental Economics; Misperception of Feedback

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BIOECONOMICS;

RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0032155183     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.44.9.1234     Document Type: Article

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