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MIT 11.484: Property Rights Under Transition<br><br>
</b><u>Course Description and Objectives:<br>
</u>The property rights revolution spreads across the globe as more
things convert into private ownership. In fact, property rights
have been dramatically transformed and reformed throughout the centuries
because they are central to struggles around wealth, power, and social
values. Now, more than ever, policymakers are faced with the
challenge to understand the relationship between changing property
relations and economic and political development. <br><br>
How do things come to be owned? How do we as a society decide what
can be owned, who can be owners, and what boundaries their rights
have? What will be the impact of new property rights? This
graduate seminar explores these issues through economic, institutional,
and legal perspectives. We will discuss these alternative
frameworks with empirical cases about land, real estate, and natural
resources from the United States, developing, and transition
countries. <br><br>
Professor Annette M. Kim<br>
Class meets Tuesdays, 2-4 PM<br>
Room 3-401<br>
Course website:
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<font color="#800000"><b>Annette M. Kim, Ph.D.<br>
</b>Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Urban Studies and Planning<br>
M.I.T.<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue, 10-404<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
tel: 617-324-6135<br>
fax: 617-258-0382<br>
annette@mit.edu</font> </body>
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