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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791341603321

Autore

Alston Lee J. <1951->

Titolo

Titles, conflict, and land use : the development of property rights and land reform on the Brazilian Amazon frontier / / Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, and Bernardo Mueller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor : , : University of Michigan Press, , c1999

ISBN

1-282-60482-1

9786612604829

0-472-02428-0

Descrizione fisica

xiv, 227p

Collana

Economics, cognition, and society

Altri autori (Persone)

LibecapGary D

MuellerBernardo <1963->

Disciplina

333.3/1811

Soggetti

Land reform - Brazil - Paraná (State)

Land reform - Brazil - Pará (State)

Land reform - Government policy - Brazil - Paraná (State)

Land reform - Government policy - Brazil - Pará (State)

Right of property - Brazil - Paraná (State)

Right of property - Brazil - Pará (State)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Settlement, government policy, and property rights in the Brazilian Amazon : introduction and implications for frontiers elsewhere in the world -- A 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.