The State’s Enforcement Monopoly and the Private Protection of Property
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Keywords
Contests; Property Rights; Enforcement; Private Protection; Law;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K42 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
- P14 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Property Rights
- P37 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Legal
- P48 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Other Economic Systems - - - Legal Institutions; Property Rights; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Regional Studies
- N40 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - General, International, or Comparative
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-LAW-2012-01-25 (Law and Economics)
- NEP-REG-2012-01-25 (Regulation)
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