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Titles, conflict, and land use : the development of property rights and land reform on the Brazilian Amazon frontier / Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, Bernardo Mueller.
LIBRA HD1333.B62 P373 1999
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alston, Lee J., 1951-
- Series:
- Economics, cognition, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Land reform--Brazil--Paraná (State).
- Land reform.
- Brazil--Paraná (State).
- Land reform--Brazil--Pará (State).
- Brazil--Pará (State).
- Land reform--Government policy--Brazil--Paraná (State).
- Land reform--Government policy.
- Land reform--Government policy--Brazil--Pará (State).
- Right of property--Brazil--Paraná (State).
- Right of property.
- Right of property--Brazil--Pará (State).
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 227 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [1999]
- Summary:
- Describes conflicts over land use on the Brazilian frontier and analyzes the evolution of property rights from an institutional perspective.
- Contents:
- Settlement, government policy, and property rights in the Brazilian Amazon : introduction and implications for frontiers elsewhere in the world
- History of land policy in Brazil : the assignment of property rights to land and land reform
- Current land policies : the politics and economics of property rights distribution, enforcement, and land reform
- A framework for analyzing settlement, property rights, and violence on the Brazilian Amazon frontier
- Settlement by smallholders and property rights on the Amazon frontier
- The determinants and impact of property rights : evidence from household surveys
- The determinants and impact of property rights : census data from two frontiers in the states of Paraná and Pará
- The determinants and impact of violent conflict over land on the Amazon frontier
- Equity and efficiency : the political provision of property rights and their distribution on the frontier.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-218) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0472110063
- OCLC:
- 40433326
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