Journal of Economic Literature
ISSN 0022-0515 (Print) | ISSN 2328-8175 (Online)
On The Politics of Property Rights by Haber, Razo, and Maurer
Journal of Economic Literature
(pp. 494–500)
Abstract
Stephen Haber et al. explore economic growth in key sectors of the Mexican economy, 1876-1929, an era of political instability and (1914-17) civil war. The authors demonstrate that economic growth continued amidst political instability and offer an explanation for their counterintuitive finding. Reviewing the evidence advanced by the authors, Robert Bates summarizes and comments on their argument, and applies it to "out of sample" data from Africa.Citation
Bates, Robert, H. 2004. "On The Politics of Property Rights by Haber, Razo, and Maurer." Journal of Economic Literature 42 (2): 494–500. DOI: 10.1257/0022051041409020JEL Classification
- N46 Economic History: Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation: Latin America; Caribbean
- O17 Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements
- O47 Measurement of Economic Growth; Aggregate Productivity; Cross-Country Output Convergence
- P14 Capitalist Systems: Property Rights