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Fence Laws vs. Herd Laws: A Nineteenth-Century Kansas Paradox

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  • Nicolas Sanchez
  • Jeffrey B. Nugent

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This study considers the conflict between farmers and cattle raisers over the fencing of animals and crops in Kansas during the 1870s. At that time, Kansas counties were given the option to retain the traditional fence laws (requiring crops to be fenced in) or to adopt the herd laws (requiring the restraining of animals by means of herding). Since barbed wire fencing did not reach Kansas until later, and a detailed agricultural census was recorded in 1875, this study tests alternative hypotheses as to why in 1875 approximately half the counties chose fence laws while the others chose herd laws.

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  • Nicolas Sanchez & Jeffrey B. Nugent, 2000. "Fence Laws vs. Herd Laws: A Nineteenth-Century Kansas Paradox," Land Economics, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 76(4), pages 518-533.
    • Handle: RePEc:uwp:landec:v:76:y:2000:i:4:p:518-533
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    Cited by:

    1. Richard Hornbeck, 2010. "Barbed Wire: Property Rights and Agricultural Development," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, Oxford University Press, vol. 125(2), pages 767-810.
    2. Lueck, Dean & Miceli, Thomas J., 2007. "Property Law," Handbook of Law and Economics, in: A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell (ed.), Handbook of Law and Economics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 3, pages 183-257, Elsevier.
      • Dean Lueck & Thomas J. Miceli, 2004. "Property Law," Working papers 2004-04, University of Connecticut, Department of Economics.
    3. Elodie Bertrand, 2011. "What do cattle and bees tell us about the Coase theorem?," European Journal of Law and Economics, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 39-62, February.

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    • N5 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries
    • K1 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law

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