Managing Wild Resources: Institutional Choice and the Recovery of Resource Rent in Southwest China

World Development

Volumn 48, Issue , 2013, Pages 120-132

  Robinson, Brian E ^a   Provencher, Bill ^b   Lewis, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Institutional choice; Matsutake mushroom; Nontimber forest products; Resource rent

Indexed keywords

INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; MUSHROOM; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; TRANSACTION COST;

CHINA;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; TRICHOLOMA MATSUTAKE;

EID: 84879008793     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.04.004     Document Type: Article

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