The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights (Elements in Austrian Economics) - Softcover

Book 5 of 10: Elements in Austrian Economics

Harris, Colin; Cai, Meina; Murtazashvili, Ilia; Murtazashvili, Jennifer Brick

 
9781108969055: The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights (Elements in Austrian Economics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1108969054 ISBN 13: 9781108969055
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2020

Synopsis

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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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1108969054
ISBN 13 
9781108969055
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
112