Private lands and common oceans: analysis of the development of property regimes

Current Anthropology Vol/Iss. 56(1) University of Chicago Press Published In Pages: 28-55
By Acheson, James M.

Hypothesis

Societies with high economic defendability are more likely to have private property regimes.

Note

Economic defendability: relationship between value of resources owned and the cost to defend them. High economic defendability indicates that the value of resources is high relative to the cost to defend them.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
UNKNOWNMostly supported (26 of 35 societies)UNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Economic defendabilityIndependentNONE
Property regime typeDependentProperty System