Property rights, land settlement and land conflict on frontiers: Evidence from Australia, Brazil and the US

Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 9-34

  Alston, Lee J ^a   Harris, Edwyna ^b   Mueller, Bernardo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

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