What Is Tenure Security? Conceptual Implications for Empirical Analysis

What Is Tenure Security? Conceptual Implications for Empirical Analysis

Security of property rights, or tenure, is central to the economics of development and is recognized as important for the adoption and implementation of sustainable forest management. Despite the potential importance of tenure security, this paper shows that there is a great deal of variation in how...

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Published in:Land economics Vol. 87; no. 2; pp. 297 - 311
Main Authors: Arnot, Chris D., Luckert, Martin K., Boxall, Peter C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: University of Wisconsin Press 01-05-2011
Subjects:
Agricultural land
Deforestation
Economic resources
Forests
Investment risk
Land economics
Land ownership
Land tenure
Property rights
Sustainable forest management
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Summary:Security of property rights, or tenure, is central to the economics of development and is recognized as important for the adoption and implementation of sustainable forest management. Despite the potential importance of tenure security, this paper shows that there is a great deal of variation in how security is defined and measured, which may be responsible for difficulties that empirical studies have had in linking tenure security with economic behavior. The objective of this paper is to clarify concepts of tenure security that will hopefully allow for improvements in empirical studies.
ISSN:0023-7639
1543-8325
DOI:10.3368/le.87.2.297