Titles, Conflict, and Land Use: The Development of Property Rights and Land Reform on the Brazilian Amazon FrontierUniversity of Michigan Press, 14 Jul 1999 - 227 halaman The Amazon, the world's largest rain forest, is the last frontier in Brazil. The settlement of large and small farmers, squatters, miners, and loggers in this frontier during the past thirty years has given rise to violent conflicts over land as well as environmental duress. Titles, Conflict, and Land Use examines the institutional development involved in the process of land use and ownership in the Amazon and shows how this phenomenon affects the behavior of the economic actors. It explores the way in which the absence of well-defined property rights in the Amazon has led to both economic and social problems, including lost investment opportunities, high costs in protecting claims, and violence. The relationship between land reform and violence is given special attention. The book offers an important application of the New Institutional Economics by examining a rare instance where institutional change can be empirically observed. This allows the authors to study property rights as they emerge and evolve and to analyze the effects of Amazon development on the economy. In doing so they illustrate well the point that often the evolution of economic institutions will not lead to efficient outcomes. This book will be important not only to economists but also to Latin Americanists, political scientists, anthropologists, and scholars in disciplines concerned with the environment. Lee Alston is Professor of Economics, University of Illinois, and Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Gary Libecap is Professor of Economics and Law, University of Arizona, and Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research. Bernardo Mueller is Assistant Professor, Universidade de Brasilia. |
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... claims are uncontested , local land markets can develop among frontier residents , whereby exchanges occur without title . Through these exchanges , some consolidation of holdings occurs , and some settlers move on to new frontiers . As ...
... claims are uncontested , local land markets can develop among frontier residents , whereby exchanges occur without title . Through these exchanges , some consolidation of holdings occurs , and some settlers move on to new frontiers . As ...
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... claims . Group organization is necessary because land agencies usually wait until a threshold number of requests are made before traveling to the site . When they respond , agency officials take a census of settlers in the area , survey ...
... claims . Group organization is necessary because land agencies usually wait until a threshold number of requests are made before traveling to the site . When they respond , agency officials take a census of settlers in the area , survey ...
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... claims were " safe , " indicating that there were few private enforcement costs that would differ by farm size . There are several reasons why there are few disputes over land claims among smallholders . One is that the land is in ...
... claims were " safe , " indicating that there were few private enforcement costs that would differ by farm size . There are several reasons why there are few disputes over land claims among smallholders . One is that the land is in ...
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