Ostracism and common pool resource management in a developing country: Young fishers in the laboratory

Journal of African Economies

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 266-306

  Akpalu, Wisdom ^a   Martinsson, Peter ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY; OVERFISHING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

GHANA;

EID: 84857859561     PISSN: 09638024     EISSN: 14643723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jae/ejr034     Document Type: Article

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