Property rights, competition, and depletion in the eighteenth-century Canadian fur trade: The role of the European market

Canadian Journal of Economics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 705-728

  Carlos, Ann M ^a   Lewis, Frank D ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; NATURAL RESOURCE; PRICING POLICY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE DEPLETION;

CANADA;

EID: 0032882238     PISSN: 00084085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/136445     Document Type: Article

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