A tale of transaction costs and forest law compliance: Trade permits for Non Timber Forests Products in Cameroon
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a Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Agricultural Economics, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium b Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Laboratory of Tropical and Subtropical Agronomy and Ethnobotany, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium c World Agroforestry Centre, West and Central African Region (ICRAF-WCA), PO Box 16317 Yaounde, Cameroon d Institute of Tropics and Subtropics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamycka 129, 165, 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic
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