Does geography matter to institutional choice? A comparative study of ancient commons

Geoforum

Volumn 44, Issue , 2013, Pages 224-231

  Araral, Eduardo ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Commons; Economic; Environmental geography; Evolutionary; Institutional; Ostrom; Physical; Property rights

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY; PROPERTY RIGHTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84872494343     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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