A dynamic option value for institutional change: Marketable property rights in the Sahel

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 467-478

  Zimmerman, Frederic J ^b   Carter, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Institutional innovation; Land markets

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM; LAND MARKET; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

(WEST); AFRICA;

EID: 0032864601     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1244595     Document Type: Article

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