Collective Action Dynamics under External Rewards: Experimental Insights from Andean Farming Communities

World Development

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2096-2107

  Narloch, Ulf ^a   Pascual, Unai ^b,c   Drucker, Adam G ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b BASQUE CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE BC3   (Spain)

^c BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

^d BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Andes; Bolivia; Cooperation; Payments for ecosystem services; Peru; Social norms

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE;

ANDES; BOLIVIA; PERU;

EID: 84865369153     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.03.014     Document Type: Article

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