Eminent Domain: History and Economics

The power of eminent domain is often considered to be the inherent power of the government and it is rarely questioned. There are two possible justifications for eminent domain. Either the government has a superior position to that of private owners, such as a feudal lord, or the power of eminent do...

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Main Author: Pavol Minárik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Technology and Business, České Budějovice 2015-01-01
Series:Littera Scripta
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Online Access:http://www.littera-scripta.com/eminent-domain-history-and-economics/
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spelling doaj-a00ade471b644e78986f87fc53a6a7032020-11-25T00:51:39ZengInstitute of Technology and Business, České Budějovice Littera Scripta1805-91122015-01-0126068Eminent Domain: History and EconomicsPavol Minárik 0J. E. Purkyně University in Ústí nad LabemThe power of eminent domain is often considered to be the inherent power of the government and it is rarely questioned. There are two possible justifications for eminent domain. Either the government has a superior position to that of private owners, such as a feudal lord, or the power of eminent domain exists to prevent the problem of holdout, i.e. the problem of high transaction costs. This paper examines and contrasts the historical and economic approaches to eminent domain and shows the complementarity of these disciplines. http://www.littera-scripta.com/eminent-domain-history-and-economics/eminent domain property in land feudalism holdout
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Eminent Domain: History and Economics
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property in land
feudalism
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author_facet Pavol Minárik
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title Eminent Domain: History and Economics
title_short Eminent Domain: History and Economics
title_full Eminent Domain: History and Economics
title_fullStr Eminent Domain: History and Economics
title_full_unstemmed Eminent Domain: History and Economics
title_sort eminent domain: history and economics
publisher Institute of Technology and Business, České Budějovice
series Littera Scripta
issn 1805-9112
publishDate 2015-01-01
description The power of eminent domain is often considered to be the inherent power of the government and it is rarely questioned. There are two possible justifications for eminent domain. Either the government has a superior position to that of private owners, such as a feudal lord, or the power of eminent domain exists to prevent the problem of holdout, i.e. the problem of high transaction costs. This paper examines and contrasts the historical and economic approaches to eminent domain and shows the complementarity of these disciplines.
topic eminent domain
property in land
feudalism
holdout
url http://www.littera-scripta.com/eminent-domain-history-and-economics/
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