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Rights to Pollute
Assessment of Tradable Permits for Air PollutionArtigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011Nives DolšakIn this paper, Nives Dolšak examines the property-based approach to air-pollution control known as “cap-and-trade” and analyzes aspects of its institutional design and implementation, particularly...
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Climate Change
The Ultimate Tragedy of the Commons?Artigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011Jouni PaavolaIn this paper, Jouni Paavola investigates the potential of institutional diversity and polycentric governance to deal effectively with climate change. Starting with the recognition that top-down...
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Gold Rush Legacy
American Minerals and the Knowledge EconomyArtigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011Karen Clay and Gavin WrightIn 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...
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Who Owns Endangered Species?
Artigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011Jason F. Shogren and Gregory M. ParkhurstIn this paper, Jason F. Shogren and Gregory M. Parkhurst raise the question, who owns endangered species? The simple answer is that we all do. However, the authors note, that answer does not help us...
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Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia
A Work in ProgressArtigos de ConferênciasMaio 2009Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome AndersonRussia 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...
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The Role of Private-Sector Developers in Challenges to Local Land Use Regulations
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2009Keri-Nicole Dillman and Lynn M. FisherIncreasingly, states are employing a property rights approach to confront exclusionary zoning at the local level. This approach relies on providing private developers with a density bonus or other...
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A Political Analysis of Property Rights
Artigos de ConferênciasNovembro 2011William BlomquistIn 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...
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Climate Change and the Management of National and State-Owned Land in the United States
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2011Christopher McGrory KlyzaIn this paper, Christopher McGrory Klyza discusses the relationship between the management of federal resource land and climate change. The federal agencies that oversee national land are the Bureau...
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Land Registration, Economic Development, and Poverty Reduction
Artigos de ConferênciasMaio 2009Klaus Deininger and Gershon FederOne common objective of establishing secure private property rights in land, particularly in developing countries, is to reduce poverty. The World Bank and other international aid agencies have...