Traditional property rights, common property, and mobility in semi-arid African pastoralist systems

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-50

  Goodhue, Rachael E ^a   McCarthy, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67749135399     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X08004555     Document Type: Article

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