Courts, legislatures, and evolving property rules: Lessons from eminent domain
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Eminent domain; Property rules; Courts; Legislatures; Railroads;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D78 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Positive Analysis of Policy Formulation and Implementation
- H1 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government
- K11 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Property Law
- N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
- P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State
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