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theft - and that this has an impact or resource use. We then propose a theoretical model of natural resource use under …
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theft -- and that this has an impact on resource use. We then propose a theoretical model of natural resource use under …
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also for thieves' efforts and gains as well as the costs of enforcement against theft and trespass … relative severity of output appropriation and input exclusion problems. Increasing enforcement measures against theft may lead … evidence to the effect that weak property rights often take the form of contestable outputs -- or output theft -- and that this …
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CWe consider the factor payment effects of a transition from open access to restricted access in the resource sector in the long-run, i.e., when both labor and capital are mobile between sectors. We show that the transition benefits (harms) the factor that is initially used more (less)...
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We consider the factor payment effects of a transition from open access to restricted access in the resource sector in the long-run, i.e., when both labor and capital are mobile between sectors. We show that the transition benefits (harms) the factor that is initially used more (less)...
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Since the middle ages, when Europe was still at a Malthusian stage of development, interpersonal violence has been in steady decline, and institutions and norms limiting violence – in particular property rights – have expanded. Here we put forward a Malthusian model of violence where these...
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enforcement level in order to maximize the political acceptability of the regime switch among the local community. …
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Several recent papers suggest that the negative association between natural resource intensity and economic growth can be reversed if institutional quality is high enough. We try to understand this result in more detail by decomposing the resource measure, using alternative measures of both...
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This paper shows that whether natural resources are good or bad for a country's development depends crucially on the interaction between institutional setting and the type of resources that the country possesses. Some natural resources are for economical and technical reasons more likely to...
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