Bibliograph

Contracting for property rights, Gary D. Libecap

Type

Label

Contracting for property rights, Gary D. Libecap

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Contracting for property rights

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

726826287

Responsibility statement

Gary D. Libecap

Series statement

Political economy of institutions and decisionsCambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Summary

In this book the author examines the problems encountered in negotiations among claimants and the political and economic considerations that influence property rights arrangements. The histories of mineral rights, rights to range and timber land, as well as fishery and crude oil production rights in the United States are examined and reveal a surprising variety of contractual negotiations and economic outcomes. The author concludes that in addition to an analysis of distributional outcomes, an examination of the details of the political bargaining underlying property rights contracts is essential to an understanding of why rights emerge as they do. The book is an important contribution to both property rights theory and to American economic history.--, Provided by publisher

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