Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Examining Land Policies from a Property Rights Perspective - Gregory K. Ingram and Yu-Hung Hong -- The Design and Evolution of Property Rights Institutions -- 2 Design Principles of Robust Property Rights Institutions: What Have We Learned? - Elinor Ostrom -- 3 U.S. Private Property Rights in International Perspective - Harvey M. Jacobs -- 4 China's Land System: Past, Present, and Future - Dwight H. Perkins -- Commentary - Scott Rozelle -- 5 Property Rights and Real Estate Privatization in Russia: A Work in Progress - Bertrand Renaud, Joseph K. Eckert, and R. Jerome Anderson -- Commentary - Robert M. Buckley -- 6 Developing Land Markets Within the Constraint of State Ownership in Vietnam - Stephen B. Butler -- Commentary - Annette M. Kim -- Public Compensations for Takings -- 7 The Use of Eminent Domain in São Paulo, Bogotá, and Mexico City - Antonio Azuela -- Commentary - Vicki Been -- 8 The Myth and Reality of Eminent Domain for Economic Development - Jerold S. Kayden -- Commentary - John D. Echeverria -- 9 Property Rights Protection and Spatial Planning in European Countries - Vincent Renard -- Commentary - Barrie Needham -- 10 Should Decreases in Property Value Caused by Regulations Be Compensated? - Abraham Bell -- Commentary - Perry Shapiro -- Property Rights Approaches to Achieving Land Policy Goals -- 11 Land Registration, Economic Development, and Poverty Reduction - Klaus Deininger and Gershon Feder -- Commentary - Alain Durand-Lasserve -- 12 Looking Beyond Land Titling and Credit Accessibility for the Urban Poor - Edésio Fernandes -- Commentary - Ernesto Schargrodsky -- 13 Property Rights Created Under a Federalist Approach to Tradable Emissions Policy - Dallas Burtraw and Richard Sweeney -- Commentary - Wallace E. Oates.

14 Private Conservation Easements: Balancing Private Initiative and the Public Interest - Gerald Korngold -- Commentary - Nancy A. McLaughlin -- 15 The Role of Private-Sector Developers in Challenges to Local Land Use Regulations - Keri-Nicole Dillman and Lynn M. Fisher -- Commentary - Alexander von Hoffman -- 16 The Mediocrity of Government Subsidies to Mixed-Income Housing Projects - Robert C. Ellickson -- Commentary - Ingrid Gould Ellen -- Contributors -- Index -- About the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.