Complexities of Decentralization in a Globalizing World

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 157-174

  Engel, Stefanie ^a   Palmer, Charles ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bargaining; Decentralization; Globalization; Natural resources; Poverty; Property rights; Self enforcement

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMICS; EXTRACTION; GAME THEORY; NATURAL RESOURCES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

BARGAINING; DECENTRALIZATION; GLOBALIZATION; POVERTY; PROPERTY RIGHT; SELF-ENFORCEMENT;

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT;

DECENTRALIZATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; GLOBALIZATION; NATURAL RESOURCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; PROPERTY RIGHTS; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 80052936482     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-011-9466-x     Document Type: Article

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