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1. Opportunities and Limits for the Evolution of Property Rights Institutions

   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   Thráinn Eggertsson

   In this paper, Thráinn Eggertsson examines how assumptions based on national politics and hard-to-obtain and limited data yield valuable tools for exploring the logic of institutional changes to...

2. Gold Rush Legacy

   American Minerals and the Knowledge Economy
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   Karen Clay and Gavin Wright

   In this paper, Karen Clay and Gavin Wright argue that the gold-mining camps of California had a more complex governance structure than economic historians have supposed. In some respects, the mining...

3. Property Creation by Regulation

   Rights to Clean Air and Rights to Pollute
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   Daniel H. Cole

   In this paper, Daniel H. Cole argues that, contrary to both the suppositions of some legal scholars and the theoretical underpinnings of regulatory takings doctrine, government regulations not only...

4. The Evolution of Zoning Since the 1980s

   The Persistence of Localism
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   William A. Fischel

   This paper, by William A. Fischel, examines three broad themes in the evolution of zoning. The first theme is the persistence of localism in zoning despite numerous top down attempts to reform zoning...

5. Psychological Entitlement, Reference Levels, and Valuation Disparities

   The Case of Native American Land Ownership
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   C. Leigh Anderson and Richard O. Zerbe

   In this paper, C. Leigh Anderson and Richard O. Zerbe examine psychological aspects of property rights in the context of Native American land ownership. Specifically, they posit that a relevant...

6. Playing by Different Rules?

   Property Rights in Land and Water
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   Richard A. Epstein

   In this paper, Richard A. Epstein examines the similarities and differences between the law of land and water in both private and constitutional law. He notes that the nature of the two resources...

7. A Political Analysis of Property Rights

   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   William Blomquist

   In this paper, William Blomquist provides a positive political treatment of property rights. His approach supplements standard political-economic accounts of property rights that combine a simple...

8. Water Rights and Markets in the U.S. Semiarid West

   Efficiency and Equity Issues
   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   Gary D. Libecap

   In this paper, Gary D. Libecap explores water in the semiarid western United States-a region in which many of the intensifying demand and supply problems regarding fresh water are playing out-as a...

9. Sinking States

   Artigos de Conferências
   Novembro 2011
   Katrina Miriam Wyman

   In this paper, Katrina Miriam Wyman addresses a novel property problem stemming from climate change: the submergence of low-lying lands because of sea-level rise and the resultant damage to property...

10. U.S. Private Property Rights in International Perspective

    Artigos de Conferências
    Maio 2010
    Harvey M. Jacobs

    In this paper, Harvey M. Jacobs examines the conceptualization of private property rights in U.S. history and argues that the current private property rights system is unique and is constantly...