Titles, conflict, and land use
Subtitle: the development of property rights and land reform on the Brazilian Amazon frontier
By: Lee J. Alston, Gary D. Libecap, Bernardo Mueller.
Contributors: Libecap, Gary D.; Mueller, Bernardo, 1963-
Series: Economics, cognition, and society
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Ann Arbor
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: Land reform -- Brazil -- Paraná  (State); Land reform -- Brazil -- Pará (State); Land reform -- Government policy -- Brazil -- Paraná  (State); Land reform -- Government policy -- Brazil -- Pará (State); Right of property -- Brazil -- Paraná  (State); Right of property -- Brazil -- Pará (State)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-218) and index.
Table of contents: title: Settlement, government policy, and property rights in the Brazilian Amazon : introduction and implications for frontiers elsewhere in the world; title: A history of land policy in Brazil : the assignment of property rights to land and land reform; title: Current land policies : the politics and economics of property rights distribution, enforcement, and land reform; title: A framework for analyzing settlement, property rights, and violence on the Brazilian Amazon frontier; title: Settlement by smallholders and property rights on the Amazon frontier; title: The determinants and impact of property rights : evidence from household   surveys; title: The determinants and impact of property    rights : census data from two frontiers in the states of Paraná and Pará; title: The determinants and impact   of violent conflict over land on the Amazon frontier; title: Equity and efficiency : the political provision of property rights and their distribution on the        frontier.