Seminar: Matt Baker and Jonathan Conning (Hunter College)

Hemmerdinger Screening Room, Hunter College Library Room East 706 115 E 68th Street, New York

Find the paper here. Title: A Model of Enclosures: Coordination, Conflict, and Efficiency in the Transformation of Land Property Rights Abstract: We study a simple general equilibrium model of the transformation of customary, informal property rights to land into exclusive ownership. We characterize the transformation in property rights - the Read more…