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The title of this paper plays off the title of Thomas Grey’s well known article, The Disintegration of Property, which argued in part that the ceaseless consensual fragmentation and recombination of property rights revealed some inner incoherence of private property institutions.
Questions about property rights, their origin, and their measure have been at the forefront of serious political discourse since ancient times. Classical writers usually approached the topic from an immutable and enduring state of nature theory.
What is the impact of foreign bank entry on the pricing and availability of credit in developing economies?
The Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Quanta v. LG Electronics may make it significantly more difficult to structure transactions involving patents.
This Essay surveys recent developments across the fields of finance and innovation to highlight some common themes concerning the importance of property rights to economic success.
In this paper we study the connection between employment and political control.