Game theory and the development of resource management policy: The case of international fisheries

Game Theory and Policy Making in Natural Resources and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 12-41

  Munro, Gordon R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84884389210     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203932018     Document Type: Chapter

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