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On the effects of insecure property
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On the effects of insecure property

Stergios Skaperdas and Constantinos Syropoulos
The Canadian journal of economics, v 29(2), pp S622-S626
01 Apr 1996

Abstract

Economic impact Economic models Economic theory International Property rights Studies
In Eastern Europe the ownership of many assets critical to the functioning of the economy is unclear or insecure. In varying degrees, both developing and industrialized countries have resources with ill-defined or insecure property rights. Although it is known that insecure property rights harm economic activity, extant economic theory provides little guidance in making a coherent assessment of the problem, largely because the competitive paradigm of economics assumes the property rights of individuals over resources are completely specified and enforced. Harmful effects of insecure property are identified within a simple general equilibrium framework in which there exists a productive resource that no agent possesses securely. Focus is placed on the effects of distributional conflict over this contestable resource.

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