Naidu, Sirisha C. - EconWPA - 2005
This paper explores the role of group heterogeneity in collective action among forest communities in northwestern … Himalayas. Based on data from 54 forest communities in Himachal Pradesh, India, this paper finds that heterogeneity has at least … that cooperation need not depend on caste parochialism, that very high levels of wealth heterogeneity can reduce …