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政治与制度变迁：1913年《水务委员会法案》
Politics and institutional change: The Water Commission Act of 1913
摘要
An ongoing debate among economists concerns the extent to which increasing resource scarcity leads to more clearly defined individual property rights, when there exist significant political pressures that oppose the redistributive aspect of property right redefinition. This paper documents the role of politics in shaping the creation of individual property rights within the context of appropriative water law in early 20th century California, finding evidence of both party ideology and interest group influence in establishing a new system for administering appropriative water rights.
中文摘要
经济学家们持续争论的一个议题是，在存在显著政治压力反对产权重新定义再分配方面的情况下，资源稀缺性增加在多大程度上会导致更明确的个人产权界定。本文以20世纪初加利福尼亚州的水资源占用法为背景，记录了政治在塑造个人产权创建过程中的作用，发现政党意识形态和利益集团影响在建立新的占用性水权管理体系方面均有体现。