Beach holiday in Bali or East Timor? Why conflict can lead to under- and overexploitation of natural resources

Economics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-117

  Rohner, Dominic ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Appropriative activities; Conflict; Externalities; Natural resources; Overexploitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744518559     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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