Endogenous Theory of Property Rights

Peter Ho is Full Professor at Tsinghua University, China, and Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands. He has published widely in the leading journals of development and planning (H-index: 29). Ho has worked extensively on the revision of ‘Western’ theories of development. He was named Fellow in China’s 1000 Talents Program; awarded the Kapp Prize by EAEPE, one of the largest heterodox economics associations; and was awarded the Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council.

• 1. Introduction: An endogenous theory of property rights: opening the black box of institutions Peter Ho 2. Empty institutions, non-credibility and pastoralism: China’s grazing ban, mining and ethnicity Peter Ho 3. A conditional trinity as ‘no-go’ against non-credible development? Resettlement, customary rights and Malaysia’s Kelau Dam Bin Md Saman Nor-Hisham and Peter Ho 4. Local perceptions of grassland degradation in China: a socio-anthropological reading of endogenous knowledge and institutional credibility Heng Zhao and Karlis Rokpelnis 5. Are civil-law notaries rent-seeking monopolists or essential market intermediaries? Endogenous development of a property rights institution in Mexico Paavo Monkkonen 6. A history of institutional function: Mexican notaries and wealth distribution – Yucatan, 1850–1900 Juliette Levy 7. Rethinking labour market institutions in Indian industry: forms, functions and socio-historical contexts Satoshi Miyamura 8. Credibility and class in the evolution of public banks: the case of Turkey Thomas Marois and Ali Rıza Güngen 9. Secure rights and non-credibility: the paradoxical dynamics of canal irrigation in India Peter P. Mollinga