Land titling and litigation

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• dc.contributor.author Arruñada, Benito
• dc.contributor.author Fabbri, Marco
• dc.contributor.author Faure, Michael
• dc.date.accessioned 2023-07-31T07:16:40Z
• dc.date.available 2023-07-31T07:16:40Z
• dc.date.issued 2022
• dc.description.abstract We study a land-titling reform implemented as a randomized control trial to isolate its effects on litigation. The reform consisted of demarcating land parcels, registering existing customary rights, and granting additional legal protection to right holders. Ten years after implementation, the reform doubled the likelihood of households experiencing land-related litigation, but disputes did not escalate into more frequent violent episodes. We suggest that this increase in litigation reflects the complementarity of land titling by registration and by judicial procedures aimed at further clarifying property rights, as the reform registered titles to all parcels but left many titles subject to adverse claims. This raised the demand for complementary litigation aimed at perfecting titles for low-value parcels that, under the customary system, were optimal to keep unclarified. Consistent with this explanation, we find that the increase in litigation took place among households that plausibly own land of lower value.
• dc.description.sponsorship Arruñada acknowledges financial support from the Spanish Research Agency (projects ECO2017-85763-R and PID2020-115660GB-I00) and the Severo Ochoa Program for Centers of Excellence in Research and Development (CEX2019- 000915-S). Fabbri acknowledges financial support from a Marie Curie Research Grant (H2020- MSCA-IF-2017-789596) and from the Spanish Research Agency’s Severo Ochoa Program for Centers of Excellence in Research and Development (CEX2019-000915-S). Faure acknowledges financial support from the Erasmus Trustfonds and from a Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics Behavioral Approach to Contract and Tort research grant.
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• dc.identifier.citation Arruñada B, Fabbri M, Faure M. Land titling and litigation. J Law Econ. 2022;65(1):131-56. DOI: 10.1086/716756
• dc.identifier.doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/716756
• dc.identifier.issn 0022-2186
• dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10230/57735
• dc.language.iso eng
• dc.publisher University of Chicago Press
• dc.relation.ispartof Journal of Law and Economics. 2022;65(1):131-56.
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/789596
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/ECO2017-85763-R
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/PID2020-115660GB-I00
• dc.relation.projectID info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/2PE/CEX2019-000915-S
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• dc.rights.accessRights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
• dc.subject.other Litigis
• dc.subject.other Distribució de terres
• dc.title Land titling and litigation
• dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
• dc.type.version info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion