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Homelessness, Property Rights, and Institutional Logics

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  • John M. Luiz

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We explore whether there is evidence of property rights amongst the homeless, and if so, how these rights are governed. We show that although the homeless are able to derive some value from assets, and can exclude other members of their community, these rights are precarious and dependent upon state agents not seizing the “property†[…]

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  • James Rycroft & John M. Luiz, 2018. "Homelessness, Property Rights, and Institutional Logics," Working Papers 750, Economic Research Southern Africa.
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    Institutional Economics; Monetary Policy; Urbanisation;
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    JEL classification:

    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • K11 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Property Law
    • Z13 - Other Special Topics - - Cultural Economics - - - Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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