Why the Rush? (Ronald Coase Institute Series on New Institutional Economics)
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| Management number | 233315569 | Release Date | 2026/06/27 | List Price | $15.70 | Model Number | 233315569 | ||
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Establishing economic property rights is a ubiquitous human activity that is key to the creation of wealth. Why the Rush? combines economic and historical analysis to argue that the institution of homesteading, as established in the US through the Homestead Act of 1862, was a method to establish meaningful, economic property rights on the American frontier. It explains how homesteading rushed millions of people into specific areas, established a meaningful sovereignty without the use of military force and became the means by which the US Thwarted military and legal challenges. Using fine-grained data, along with a detailed theoretical analysis and exhaustive institutional content, this book makes a serious contribution to the study of economic property rights and institutions providing the definitive analysis of the economics of homesteading and its role in American economic history. Read more
| ISBN10 | 1009684531 |
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| ISBN13 | 978-1009684538 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Dimensions | 6 x 0.85 x 9 inches |
| Item Weight | 1.2 pounds |
| Print length | 376 pages |
| Publication date | February 19, 2026 |
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