Grazing games: Sharing common property resources with complex dynamics

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-46

  Crépin, Anne Sophie ^a   Lindahl, Therese ^a  

^a ROYAL SWEDISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Common pool resources; Common property; Complex ecosystem dynamics; Differential games; Grasslands; Multiple equilibria

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; GAME THEORY;

COMMON POOL RESOURCES; COMMON PROPERTY; COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL GAMES; GRASSLANDS; MULTIPLE EQUILIBRIUM;

AGRICULTURE;

ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK;

EID: 70350143363     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-008-9258-0     Document Type: Article

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