Title assurance and incentives for efficient land use

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 305-323

  Miceli, Thomas J ^a   Sirmans, C F ^b   Turnbull, Geoffrey K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land development; Land registration; Land title; Recording system; Title insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 54649083523     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008614513610     Document Type: Article

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