Secure property rights are central to economic development and stable government, yet difficult to create. Relying on surveys in Russia from 2000 to 2012, Timothy Frye examines how political power, institutions, and norms shape property rights for firms. Through a series of simple survey experiments, Property Rights and Property Wrongs explores how political power, personal con...(展开全部)

China's urban sprawl has led to serious social cleavages. Unclear land and property rights have resulted in an uneasy alliance between real estate companies and local authorities, with most willing to strike illegal deals over land. The results have been devastating. Farmers live in fear that the land they till today will be gone tomorrow, while urban citizens are regularly evi...(展开全部)

China's urban sprawl has led to serious social cleavages. Unclear land and property rights have resulted in an uneasy alliance between real estate companies and local authorities, with most willing to strike illegal deals over land. The results have been devastating. Farmers live in fear that the land they till today will be gone tomorrow, while urban citizens are regularly evi...(展开全部)

This is a study of the way individuals organise the use of resources in order to maximise the value of their economic rights over these resources. Property rights and all forms of organisation result from people's deliberate actions. In the tradition of Coase, this study offers a unified theoretical structure to deal with exchange, rights formation and organisation which tradit...(展开全部)

This is a study of the way individuals organise the use of resources in order to maximise the value of their economic rights over these resources. Property rights and all forms of organisation result from people's deliberate actions. In the tradition of Coase, this study offers a unified theoretical structure to deal with exchange, rights formation and organisation which tradit...(展开全部)

理查德·埃德加·派普斯（Richard Edgar Pipes，1923年7月11日至2018年5月17日）是波兰出生的美国学者，他专门研究俄罗斯历史，特别是苏联的历史，在他的整个职业生涯中，他一直信奉一种强烈的反共观点。1976年，他领导了一个由中央情报局组织的分析小组，分析苏联军事和政治领导层的战略能力和目标。派普斯是美国历史学家和美国外交政策和中东问题专家丹尼尔·派普斯的父亲。 派普斯出生于波兰希岑的一个犹太家庭，在纳粹德国入侵波兰后作为难民逃离该国。1940年定居美国，1943年在美国陆军航空兵服役期间成为归化公民。从1958年到1996年，派普斯在哈佛大学工作。