Contracting for Property Rights

by Gary D. Libecap

Book Overview

In this book the author examines the problems encountered in negotiations among claimants and the political and economic considerations that influence property rights arrangements. The histories of mineral rights, rights to range and timber land, and fishery and crude oil production rights in the United States are examined and reveal a surprising variety of contractual negotiations and economic outcomes. The author concludes that in addition to an...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521449049
• ISBN13: 9780521449045
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"