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1. The Use of Eminent Domain in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Antonio Azuela

   In this paper, Antonio Azuela examines the conditions under which eminent domain is used in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City. Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico all went through democratic transitions...

2. Developing Land Markets Within the Constraint of State Ownership in Vietnam

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Stephen B. Butler

   The development of land markets in Vietnam has attracted much attention. Stephen B. Butler discusses some institutional efficiencies of land market reform in Vietnam based on a survey conducted in 12...

3. The Myth and Reality of Eminent Domain for Economic Development

   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Jerold S. Kayden

   Jerold S. Kayden, professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, tackles the question of just how often local governments in the United States exercise their eminent domain power to...

4. China’s Land System

   Past, Present, and Future
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Dwight H. Perkins

   In this paper, Dwight H. Perkins discusses how the development of Chinese real estate markets has generated tensions between different segments of the population and between the government and...

5. The Impact of Large Landowners on Land Markets

   Libros
   Agosto 2009
   Edited by Raphael W. Bostic

   The chapters in this volume examine the effect large landowners or institutions have on local land markets and the tensions that can arise between public and private interests. In the United States...

6. Private Conservation Easements

   Balancing Private Initiative and the Public Interest
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Gerald Korngold

   A commonly used property rights approach to conserving the environment is private conservation easements. Gerald Korngold discusses the benefits of this policy and proposes methods to mediate some of...

7. Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia

   A Work in Progress
   Ponencias
   Mayo 2009
   Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome Anderson

   Russia has attempted to develop property rights institutions to facilitate the development of private real estate markets since 1991. As of 2008 only one city (Veliky Novgorod) of 171 medium and...