armed actors' property rights over stealing from that economy are secure. By 2009, armed actors taxed, administered, and … violently expropriating the same villages. The findings suggest that the security of property rights over stealing, hence the …

How do the different elements in the standard bundle of property rights, including those of possession and transfer …, influence the shape of cities? This paper incorporates insecure property rights into a standard model of urban land prices and … density, and makes predictions about investment in land and property, informality, and the efficiency of land use. Our …

Property rights are the most fundamental institution in any society. They determine who has decision-making authority … historians have long recognized the importance of secure property rights for economic outcomes. Other political economy …, philosophy, historical, and legal literatures emphasize different, but critical attributes based on how property rights are …

We study the history and geography of wealth accumulation in the US, using newly collected historical property tax … records since the early 1800s. The US General Property Tax was a comprehensive tax on all types of property (real, personal …. Before the Civil war, enslaved people were assessed as personal property of the enslavers, representing almost one-half of …