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Securing Property Rights [PDF]
A central challenge in securing property rights is the subversion of justice. We present a model of a polluter whose discharges harm multiple owners, and we compare property rules, liability rules, and regulation on efficiency grounds.
E. Glaeser, G. Ponzetto, Andrei Shleifer
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Property Rights and Finance [PDF]
Which is the tighter constraint on private sector investment: weak property rights or limited access to external finance? From a survey of new firms in post-communist countries, we find that weak property rights discourage firms from reinvesting their ...
Christopher Woodruff+2 more
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Understanding property rights [PDF]
The authors describe property rights as "overlapping 'bundles' of rights", which can be grouped as "use rights" and "control or decisionmaking rights". The authors then explain the concept of legal pluralism or many sources of rights and the implications
Di Gregorio, Monica+2 more
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Auditing and property rights [PDF]
This is the official published version. Copyright @ 2004 RANDThird-party audit provides incentives to an agent whose actions affect the value of an asset.
Iossa, E, Legros, P
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Property Rights and EconomicDevelopment [PDF]
This chapter develops a unified analytical framework, drawing on and extending theexisting literature on the subject, for studying the role of property rights in economicdevelopment.
Maitreesh Ghatak, Timothy Besley
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Rewards versus Intellectual Property Rights [PDF]
This paper compares reward systems to intellectual property rights (patents and copyrights). Under a reward system, innovators are paid for innovations directly by government (possibly on the basis of sales), and innovations pass immediately into the ...
Steven Shavell, Tanguy van Ypersele
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Preferences, Property Rights, and Anonymity in Bargaining Games
Research on ultimatum and dictator games has found that because of "fairness" first movers in such games offer more than noncooperative game theory predicts.
Elizabeth Hoffman+3 more
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This study examines how political career incentives drive city leaders to strategically lease land to the service and industrial sectors within their terms of office and trigger political circles in land supply.
Ya Zhao+2 more
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Although its scale and social implications depend on the specific country or local situations, squatting is a global urban and rural phenomenon associated with such humanitarian issues as social justice, poverty and environmental impact, as well as ...
Lawrence W. C. Lai, K. W. Chau
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Empowering the voiceless. Disorders of consciousness, neuroimaging and supported decision-making
Patients suffering from (Prolonged) Disorder of Consciousness are deemed incompetent to give valid informed consent due to the presumed impairment of their cognitive functions and the impossibility to communicate with them. Neuroscientists have, however,
Timo Istace, Timo Istace
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