Land tenure and conflict resolution: A game theoretic approach in the Narok district in Kenya

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 383-407

  Amman, Hans M ^a   Duraiappah, Anantha Kumar ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

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EID: 3042571012     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X03001268     Document Type: Article

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