Economic development lessons from and for North American Indian economies

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-127

  Anderson, Terry L ^a   Parker, Dominic P ^b  

^a Property and Environment Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; Economic growth; Native American; Property rights; Ruleof law

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; PROPERTY RIGHTS;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149107280     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: 14678489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8489.2007.00426.x     Document Type: Review

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