The allocation of property rights to land: US land policy and farm failure in the northern great plains

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 103-129

  Hansen, Zeynep K ^a   Libecap, Gary D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 1842683283     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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