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Razorbacks, ticky cows, and the closing of the Georgia open range: The dynamics of institutional...
- Source :
- Journal of Economic History; Dec91, Vol. 51 Issue 4, p861, 26p, 4 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 1991
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Abstract
- Attempts to explain why the adoption of potentially productive institutions is delayed and why inefficient ones persist by exploring the dynamics of institutional change in a particular historical case--the closing of the Georgia open range in the late nineteenth century. The process of institutional change; The profitability of reform; The dynamics of fence reform; An empirical look.
- Subjects :
- LAND use -- History
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00220507
- Volume :
- 51
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Economic History
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9202104538
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022050700040146