Possession is nine points of the law: The political economy of early public land disposal

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 227-249

  Kanazawa, Mark T ^a  

^a CARLETON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; HISTORICAL STUDY; LAND DISPOSAL; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL ECONOMY; PUBLIC LAND;

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EID: 0030111940     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1996.0010     Document Type: Article

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