Resource degradation in the African commons: Accounting for institutional decay

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 539-563

  Bromley, Daniel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 53349090046     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004427     Document Type: Conference Paper

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