Low discounting behavior among small-scale fishers in Fiji and Sabah, Malaysia

Sustainability

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 897-913

  Teh, Louise S L ^a   Teh, Lydia C L ^a   Sumaila, U Rashid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fiji; Private discount rates; Sabah; Small scale fisheries; Socio economics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867067560     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su3060897     Document Type: Article

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