License to Till: The Privileges of the Spanish Mesta as a Case of Second Best Institutions
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- Drelichman, Mauricio, 2009. "License to till: The privileges of the Spanish Mesta as a case of second-best institutions," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 46(2), pages 220-240, April.
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Keywords
Mesta; Institutions; Property Rights; Privileges; Enforcement; Legal Records; Spain; Castile;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- N0 - Economic History - - General
- N43 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation - - - Europe: Pre-1913
- N53 - Economic History - - Agriculture, Natural Resources, Environment and Extractive Industries - - - Europe: Pre-1913
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2006-05-06 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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