The Elgar Companion To The Economics Of Property Rights

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Autor(en)		Verlag	Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Herausgeber	Enrico Colombatto
Sachgebiet(e)	Ökonomische Methoden und Ideen	ISBN	1-84720-041-9
2006, 576 Seiten, Kartoniert

Economics is a matter of choice and growth, of interaction and exchange among individuals. Because property rights define the rules of these interactions and the objects of exchange, it is vital to fully understand the institutions and implications of the various property-rights regimes. With over 20 original and specially commissioned chapters, this book takes the reader from the historical and moral foundations of the discipline to the frontiers of scholarly research in the field.
This Companion is both an introduction to the economics of property rights and a guide to help understand and analyse policy issues by making use of the powerful conceptual tools offered by this increasingly popular branch of economics. Following a comprehensive introduction by the editor, the book is divided in to three broad sections which examine the birth and evolution of property rights, investigate the relationship between property rights and the law, and explore contemporary economic issues from a property rights perspective. Together, the chapters in the book do not claim to offer a standard solution to the institutional questions raised by the property-rights issue. Instead, they present the theoretical tools and real-world examples needed to allow the reader to develop new ideas and evaluate existing problems.
Non-technical in nature and including a distinguished list of authors from across the spectrum of economic thinking, The Elgar Companion to the Economics of Property Rights makes an invaluable contribution to the literature on economics, law, political science and public choice. For any serious scholar or student of these disciplines, this book will prove to be the ultimate reference companion.

Review:
"In 22 well-written chapters, this volume illuminates the major accomplishments of the economics of property rights. While they differ in the scope and extent of their coverage, contributions to this book are focused, carefully researched, well argued, and quite readable. In my judgment, the book takes us to the frontier of the growing stock of knowledge on the origins and consequences of alternative property rights." – From the foreword by Steve Pejovich

Contents:

• Foreword by Steve Pejovich
• Introduction by Enrico Colombatto
• Part I: The Birth and Evolution of Property Rights
  • 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 Right 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 Libecap
• Part II: Property Rights and the Law
  • 6. Judicial System and Property Rights - Christian Barrère
  • 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
• Part III: Current Issues from a Property Rights Perspective
  • 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
• Index

Source: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.