TY - BOOK AU - Colombatto,Enrico TI - The Elgar companion to the economics of property rights SN - 1840649941 AV - HB701 .E445 2004 U1 - 330.17 22 PY - 2004///] CY - Cheltenham, UK, Norhthampton, MA, USA PB - E. Elgar KW - Property KW - Right of property N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Foreword; Steve Pejovich --; Introduction; Enrico Colombatto --; 1; Cultural and religious foundations of private property; Leonard P. Liggio and Alejandro A. Chafuen --; 2; The ethics and economics of private property; Hans-Hermann Hoppe --; 3; The origins and evolution of property rights systems; Francesco Parisi --; 4; Empirical issues in culture and property rights; Seth W. Norton --; 5; The effect of transaction costs in the definition and exchange of property rights : two cases from the American experience; Gary D. Libecap --; 6; Judicial system and property rights; Christian Barrere --; 7; On the coexistence of different property right systems - and its consequences for economic growth and development; Stefan Voigt --; 8; Property rights in common and civil law; Norman Barry --; 9; Can constitutions protect private property against governmental predation?; Andrzej Rapaczynski --; 10; Property rights systems and the rule of law; Ronald A. Cass --; 11; Are property rights relevant for development economics? : on the dangers of Western constructivism; Enrico Colombatto --; 12; Germline engineering : whose right?; Lloyd Cohen --; 13; The contractual nature of the environment; Terry L. Anderson and Bobby McCormick --; 14; Government regulation and property rights; Dwight R. Lee --; 15; Corruption; Bruce L. Benson and Fred S. McChesney --; 16; Insider trading, takeovers and property rights; Pierre Garello --; 17; The new property rights theory of the firm; Pierre Garrouste --; 18; On intellectual property rights: patents versus free and open development; Alan G. Isaac and Walter G. Park --; 19; The governance of localized technological knowledge and the evolution of intellectual property rights; Cristiano Antonelli --; 20; Property rights in the digital space; Eric Brousseau --; 21; Collective property rights for economic development : the case of the ceramics cultural district in Caltagirone, Sicily; Tiziana Cuccia and Walter Santagata --; 22; Property rights in higher education; Ryan C. Amacher and Roger E. Meiners ER -