The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights
Austrian, Public Choice, and Institutional Economics Perspectives
Published on 24. February 2021
978-1-108-98377-8 (ISBN)
Description
Property rights are the rules governing ownership in society. This Element offers an analytical framework to understand the origins and consequences of property rights. It conceptualizes of the political economy of property rights as a concern with the follow questions: What explains the origins of economic and legal property rights? What are the consequences of different property rights institutions for wealth creation, conservation, and political order? Why do property institutions change? Why do legal reforms relating to property rights such as land redistribution and legal titling improve livelihoods in some contexts but not others? In analyzing property rights, the authors emphasize the complementarity of insights from a diversity of disciplinary perspectives, including Austrian economics, public choice, and institutional economics, including the Bloomington School of institutional analysis and political economy.
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Language
English
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Cambridge
United Kingdom
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Professional and scholarly
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File size
1,31 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-108-98377-8 (9781108983778)
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Colin Harris | Meina Cai | Ilia Murtazashvili
The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights
Austrian, Public Choice, and Institutional Economics Perspectives
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12/2020
Cambridge University Press
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Content
1. Introduction; 2. The Origins of Property Rights; 3. The Consequences of Property Rights; 4. Change in Property Rights; 5. Property Rights and Development Policy; 6. Conclusion.
