Transaction costs and the organization of CFEs: Experiences from ejidos in Quintana Roo, Mexico

Forest Policy and Economics

Volumn 70, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Carias Vega, Dora ^a   Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community forestry enterprises; Community natural resource management; Ejidos; Quintana Roo, Mexico; Transaction costs; Workgroups

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COSTS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; TIMBER;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; EJIDOS; ME-XICO; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; TRANSACTION COST; WORKGROUPS;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84969523020     PISSN: 13899341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forpol.2016.05.011     Document Type: Article

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