The Creation of the Rule of Law and the Legitimacy of Property Rights : The Political and Economic Consequences of a Corrupt Privatization

How does the lack of legitimacy of property rights affect the dynamics of the creation of the rule of law? The authors investigate the demand for the rule of law in post-communist economies after privatization under the assumption that theft is possible, that those who have "stolen" assets...

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Main Authors: Hoff, Karla, Stiglitz, Joseph E.
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
GNP
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/12/6442799/creation-rule-law-legitimacy-property-rights-political-economic-consequences-corrupt-privatization
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/8581