Land Rights Protection in the Pulp and Paper Production System

International Journal on Food System Dynamics Pub Date : 2019-10-31 DOI:10.18461/IJFSD.V10I5.34

C. Graça, D. Zylbersztajn

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This article explores how the quality of institutions influences the strategic choice of agents in the pulp and paper production system based on the forest plantation sector. In order to proceed with the study, we employ the Economic Analysis of Property Rights (Barzel, 1982, 1989, 2002) as foundation, and test the proposition: in federative states where the institutional environment is fragile and therefore the State has a high cost to enforce property rights, private mechanisms stand out in the protection of property rights. According to Dixit (2009, p. 8), “if the government does not pro tect property rights, at least not as well as owners require, many private arrangements arise to satisfy the owners' needs”. The analysis of three business cases of companies with plantations in more than one federative unit revealed the broad range of private mechanisms in place to cope with insecure land rights. In addition to countrywide strategies, in the federative units where government fails to be a good property rights steward, we found geographically specific initiatives being used. Another finding was the identification of variables that are able to evaluate the quality of institutions and employed in the companies´ decision-making process for the selection of land rights protection strategies. Findings altogether are empirical evidence of how the quality of institutions influences the strategic choice of land rights protection in the forest plantation sector in Brazil.

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制浆造纸系统中的土地权利保护

本文探讨了制度质量如何影响基于森林种植部门的纸浆和纸张生产系统中代理人的战略选择。为了继续研究，我们采用了《产权经济分析》(Barzel, 1982,1989,2002)作为基础，并检验了以下命题:在制度环境脆弱，因此国家执行产权的成本很高的联邦制国家，私人机制在保护产权方面表现突出。根据Dixit (2009, p. 8)的观点，“如果政府不保护产权，至少不像业主要求的那样好，就会出现许多私人安排来满足业主的需求”。对在一个以上的联邦单位拥有种植园的公司的三个商业案例的分析显示，现有各种各样的私人机制来处理不安全的土地权利。除了全国范围内的战略之外，在政府未能成为良好产权管理者的联邦单位中，我们发现正在使用地理上特定的举措。另一个发现是确定了能够评估制度质量的变量，并将其用于公司选择土地权利保护战略的决策过程。所有研究结果都是关于制度质量如何影响巴西森林种植部门土地权利保护战略选择的经验证据。

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International Journal on Food System Dynamics Economics, Econometrics and Finance-Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)

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期刊介绍： Understanding the development of the food system requires a system view that captures the complexity of the system and its many interrelationships with its economic, social and natural environments. The Journal accepts and offers papers within this broad range of issues focussing on the management, policy, marketing, consumer aspects, transparency, e-commerce, institutional or regional development, information and communication systems, ressource economics, production economics, chain management, network economics, and similar aspects. Papers may focus on modeling, empirical research or theoretical analyis. This broad range of publication opportunities asks authors to follow clear lines of arguments and to present arguments in a convincing way that avoids unnecessary complexities of model formulations if not relevant for the support of arguments. The publication of scientific articles is complemented by a number of sections that provide room for publications with a more specific focus: ''Case studies'': A section on case studies of the ''Harvard Type'' allows the publication of studies that might build on established scientific methodology but demonstrate its use in ceratin decision environments. Case studies might be complemented by ''teaching cases'' that are kept on a database outside the journal but accessible to readers on approval by authors. ''Research Forum'': It allows to discuss newly emerging research challenges or to contribute to ongoing scientific discussions on research problems. In addition, authors might initiate a discussion on issues brought up by articles published in the journal. ''Research Notes'': It provides room for specific shorter scientific contributions with a narrow scope.