The Effect of Decentralized Governance on Timber Extraction in European Russia

Environmental and Resource Economics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 19-40

  Wendland, Kelly J ^a   Lewis, David J ^b   Alix Garcia, Jennifer ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Decentralization; Forests; Governance; Institutions; Logging; Property rights; Russia

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; EXTRACTION; HARVESTING; LOGGING (FORESTRY); NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

CORRUPTION; DECENTRALIZATION; FORESTS; GOVERNANCE; PROPERTY RIGHT; RUSSIA;

TIMBER;

ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOREST COVER; FORESTRY POLICY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HARVESTING; NATURAL RESOURCE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIMBER;

ECONOMICS; FORESTS; LOGGING; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; RUSSIA;

EUROPE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 84890865370     PISSN: 09246460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10640-013-9657-8     Document Type: Article

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