We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per...

We study the implications of two historical institutions, direct British rule, and the heterogeneous land tenure institutions implemented by the British, on disparity in present day development using district level data from India. Using nightlights per capita as a proxy for district level per...

<alinea/> This paper underlines that the individual and absolute ownership is not the only possible way to productive use of land and natural resources. Actually, the civil legal system allows different legal construction which article brings up. Then, paper identifies local land tenure practices in...