The economics of territorial use rights fisheries, or turfs

Review of Environmental Economics and Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-257

  Wilen, James E ^a   Cancino, José ^b   Uchida, Hirotsugu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE CHILE INACAP   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; FISHERY ECONOMICS; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; TERRITORIALITY;

CHILE; JAPAN;

EID: 84865389571     PISSN: 17506816     EISSN: 17506824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/reep/res012     Document Type: Article

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