This is a study of the way individuals organise the use of resources in order to maximise the value of their economic rights over these resources.

What guidance does academic research really provide to economic policy development? The critical and analytical surveys in this volume investigate links between

The institution of property is as old as mankind, and property rights are today deemed vital to a prosperous economic system. Much has been written in the last

This book addresses a puzzle in political economy: why is it that political instability does not necessarily translate into economic stagnation or collapse? In