The "tragedy of tourism resources" as the outcome of a strategic game. A new analytical framework

Ecological Economics

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-464

  Bimonte, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Game theory; Natural resources; Tourism sustainability; Tragedy of commons

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GAME THEORY; NATURAL RESOURCE; POLICY APPROACH; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 50849089309     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2007.12.020     Document Type: Article

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