Not only the tragedy of the commons: Misperceptions of feedback and policies for sustainable development

System Dynamics Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 325-348

  Moxnes, Erling ^a,b,c  

^a SNF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; LABORATORY METHOD; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0034471058     PISSN: 08837066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sdr.201     Document Type: Article

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