Do better property rights improve local income?: Evidence from First Nations' treaties
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Keywords
property rights; institutions; local development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- O12 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development
- O18 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Urban, Rural, Regional, and Transportation Analysis; Housing; Infrastructure
- P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2014-06-28 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-URE-2014-06-28 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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