Could institutional reform have saved Easter Island?

Journal of Evolutionary Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 489-505

  Dalton, Thomas R ^a   Coats, R Morris ^b  

^a SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b NICHOLLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Common access; Consumption rights; Easter island; Feast and famine cycles; Population dynamics; Private property; Property rights institutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034348039     PISSN: 09369937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001910000050     Document Type: Article

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