Insights from experimental economics on local cooperation in a small-scale fishery management system

Global Environmental Change

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1402-1409

  Aswani, Shankar ^a   Gurney, Georgina G ^b   Mulville, Sara ^c   Matera, Jaime ^d   Gurven, Michael ^d  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Knox County Health Department   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collective action; Cooperation; Fisheries management; Marine protected areas (MPAs); Public good games (PGG); Solomon islands

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; PROTECTED AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STAKEHOLDER;

NEW GEORGIA; NEW GEORGIA ISLANDS; ROVIANA LAGOON; SOLOMON ISLANDS [(ISG) MELANESIA]; SOLOMON ISLANDS [SOLOMON ISLANDS (ISG)];

EID: 84889087726     PISSN: 09593780     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2013.08.003     Document Type: Article

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