Situating community forestry enterprises within New Institutional Economic theory: What are the implications for their organization?

Journal of Forest Economics

Volumn 25, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-13

  Carías Vega, Dora E ^a   Keenan, Rodney J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alternative organizations; Community forestry; Community forestry enterprises; Locally controlled forestry; New institutional economics; Transaction costs

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; FORESTRY; REGIONAL PLANNING; RISK MANAGEMENT; TIMBER;

COLLECTIVE DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY; ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION; NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMIC THEORIES; NEW INSTITUTIONAL ECONOMICS; TRANSACTION COST;

ECONOMICS;

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; ECONOMIC THEORY; INCENTIVE; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TRANSACTION COST;

EID: 84980374229     PISSN: 11046899     EISSN: 16181530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfe.2016.07.001     Document Type: Article

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