Incomplete property rights and overinvestment

Social Choice and Welfare

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-95

  Amegashie, J Atsu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

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EID: 79958171736     PISSN: 01761714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00355-010-0481-6     Document Type: Article

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