Psychological factors determining individual compliance with rules for common pool resource management: The case of a Cuban Community sharing a solar energy system

Human Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-250

  Jenny, Annette ^a   Hechavarria Fuentes, Fernando ^b   Mosler, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Centro de Investigaciones de Energía Solar   (Cuba)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Common pool resource; Multiuser system; Psychology; Rule compliance

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY USE; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SOLAR POWER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES;

EID: 33947587625     PISSN: 03007839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10745-006-9053-x     Document Type: Article

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