The Elgar companion to the economics of property rights /
Economics of property rights
edited by Enrico Colombatto.
- xxx, 536 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / Introduction / Cultural and religious foundations of private property / The ethics and economics of private property / The origins and evolution of property rights systems / Empirical issues in culture and property rights / The effect of transaction costs in the definition and exchange of property rights : two cases from the American experience / Judicial system and property rights / On the coexistence of different property right systems - and its consequences for economic growth and development / Property rights in common and civil law / Can constitutions protect private property against governmental predation? / Property rights systems and the rule of law / Are property rights relevant for development economics? : on the dangers of Western constructivism / Germline engineering : whose right? / The contractual nature of the environment / Government regulation and property rights / Corruption / Insider trading, takeovers and property rights / The new property rights theory of the firm / On intellectual property rights: patents versus free and open development / The governance of localized technological knowledge and the evolution of intellectual property rights / Property rights in the digital space / Collective property rights for economic development : the case of the ceramics cultural district in Caltagirone, Sicily / Property rights in higher education / Steve Pejovich -- Enrico Colombatto -- Leonard P. Liggio and Alejandro A. Chafuen -- Hans-Hermann Hoppe -- Francesco Parisi -- Seth W. Norton -- Gary D. Libecap -- Christian Barrere -- Stefan Voigt -- Norman Barry -- Andrzej Rapaczynski -- Ronald A. Cass -- Enrico Colombatto -- Lloyd Cohen -- Terry L. Anderson and Bobby McCormick -- Dwight R. Lee -- Bruce L. Benson and Fred S. McChesney -- Pierre Garello -- Pierre Garrouste -- Alan G. Isaac and Walter G. Park -- Cristiano Antonelli -- Eric Brousseau -- Tiziana Cuccia and Walter Santagata -- Ryan C. Amacher and Roger E. Meiners. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.