Heterogeneity in fishers' harvesting decisions under a marine territorial user rights policy

Ecological Economics

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 246-254

  Gelcich, Stefan ^a   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a   Kaiser, Michel J ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Co management; Human dimension; Marine protected areas; Prospect theory; Risk preferences

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; FISHERY POLICY; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; MARINE PARK; MARINE RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RISK PERCEPTION; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33847277438     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.02.017     Document Type: Article

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