Property Rights: Cooperation, Conflict, and LawTerry L. Anderson, Fred S. McChesney The institution of property is as old as mankind, and property rights are today deemed vital to a prosperous economic system. Much has been written in the last decade on the economics of the legal institutions protecting such rights. This unprecedented book provides a magnificent introduction to the subject. Terry Anderson and Fred McChesney have gathered twelve leading thinkers to explore how property rights arise, and how they bolster economic development. As the subtitle indicates, the book examines as well how controversies over valuable property rights are resolved: by agreement, by violence, or by law. |
Contents
Property Rights in the History of Economic Thought From Locke to JS Mill | 20 |
Property Rights in the Firm | 43 |
INTRODUCTION | 59 |
Open Access versus Common Property | 73 |
Gains from Private Property The Empirical Evidence | 90 |
INTRODUCTION | 113 |
The Evolution of Property Rights | 118 |
Contracting for Property Rights | 142 |
Government as Definer of Property Rights Tragedy Exiting the Commons? | 227 |
INTRODUCTION | 255 |
Property Rights or Externalities? | 259 |
Ownership and the Externality Problem | 282 |
In and Out of Public Solution The Hidden Perils of Forced and Unforced Property Transfer | 307 |
Public Goods and Property Rights Of Coase Tiebout and Just Compensation | 343 |
References | 365 |
Cases Cited | 391 |
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Property Rights: Cooperation, Conflict, and Law Terry L. Anderson,Fred S. McChesney Limited preview - 2003 |
Property Rights: Cooperation, Conflict, and Law Terry L. Anderson,Fred S. McChesney Limited preview - 2018 |
Property Rights: Cooperation, Conflict, and Law Terry Lee Anderson,Fred S. McChesney No preview available - 2003 |