Deforestation and land use under insecure property rights

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 281-303

  Amacher, Gregory S ^a   Koskela, Erkki ^b   Ollikainen, Markku ^b  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 67749133506     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X0800483X     Document Type: Article

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