Details about Gary D. Libecap

Homepage:	http://www.bren.ucsb.edu/people/Faculty/gary_libecap.htm
Workplace:	Department of Economics, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), (more information at EDIRC) Economics and Environmental Sciences, Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management, University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB), (more information at EDIRC)

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Working Papers

2024

1. User Rights for Ocean Ecosystem Conservation
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
2. Variation in State Response to Open Access: Constituent Characteristics
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
3. Williamson and Coase: Transaction Costs or Rent-Seeking in the Formation of Institutions
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2022

4. American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Book American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change, NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2023) (2023)

2021

5. Cross-sectoral Externalities Related to Natural Resources and Ecosystem Services
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)

2020

6. Coasean Approaches to Ending Overfishing: Bigeye Tuna Conservation in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
7. Property Rights to Land and Agricultural Organization: An Argentina-United States Comparison
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2018

8. Douglass C. North: Transaction Costs, Property Rights, and Economic Outcomes
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
9. Federal Lands, Opportunity Costs, and Bureaucratic Management
   NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
10. Property Rights to Frontier Land and Minerals: US Exceptionalism
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
11. The Critical Role of Markets in Climate Change Adaptation
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2017

12. How Transaction Costs Obstruct Collective Action: Evidence from California’s Groundwater
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)

2016

13. An Illiquid Market in the Desert: Estimating the Cost of Water Trade Restrictions in Northern Chile
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
14. Coasean Bargaining to Address Environmental Externalities
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (6)
15. Collective Action by Contract: Prior Appropriation and the Development of Irrigation in the Western United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2013

16. Addressing Global Environmental Externalities: Transaction Costs Considerations
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (8)

2010

17. An Integrated Assessment of Water Markets: Australia, Chile, China, South Africa and the USA
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
18. Efficiency Advantages of Grandfathering in Rights-Based Fisheries Management
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
19. Institutional Path Dependence in Climate Adaptation: Coman's "Some Unsettled Problems of Irrigation"
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
20. Interest Groups, Information Manipulation in the Media, and Public Policy: The Case of the Landless Peasants Movement in Brazil
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (14)
21. Large Scale Institutional Changes: Land Demarcation Within the British Empire
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
22. Water Markets: Australia's Murray-Darling Basin and the US Southwest
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (7)

2009

23. Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (3)
    See also Chapter Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2011) View citations (8) (2011)
24. The Demarcation of Land and the Role of Coordinating Institutions
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
25. Water Markets and Scarcity: Australia’s Murray Darling Basin and the US Southwest
    Environmental Economics Research Hub Research Reports, Environmental Economics Research Hub, Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University View citations (5)

2007

26. Open-Access Losses and Delay in the Assignment of Property Rights
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (5)
27. Water Markets in the West: Prices, Trading, and Contractual Forms
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (25)

2006

28. The Assignment of Property Rights on the Western Frontier: Lessons for Contemporary Environmental and Resource Policy
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article The Assignment of Property Rights on the Western Frontier: Lessons for Contemporary Environmental and Resource Policy, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2007) View citations (28) (2007)

2005

29. Chinatown: Transaction Costs in Water Rights Exchanges. The Owens Valley Transfer to Los Angeles
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (3)
30. How Interest Groups with Limited Resources can Influence Political Outcomes: Information Control and the Landless Peasant Movement in Brazil
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research

2004

31. The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform: The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Chapter The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform. The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2006) View citations (4) (2006)
32. Transaction Costs: Valuation Disputes, Bi-Lateral Monopoly Bargaining and Third-Party Effects in Water Rights Exchanges. The Owens Valley Transfer to Los Angeles
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc

2003

33. Corruption and Reform? The Emergence of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the 1906 Meat Inspection Act
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
34. Small Farms, Externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930's
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Small Farms, Externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, Journal of Political Economy, University of Chicago Press (2004) View citations (40) (2004)
35. State Regulation of Open-Access, Common-Pool Resources
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research

2002

36. The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (16)
    See also Journal Article The Economic Evolution of Petroleum Property Rights in the United States, The Journal of Legal Studies, University of Chicago Press (2002) View citations (15) (2002)

2001

37. "Rain Follows the Plow" and Dryfarming Doctrine: The Climate Information Problem and Homestead Failure in the Upper Great Plains, 1890-1925
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research View citations (7)
    Also in NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2000)
    See also Journal Article “RAIN FOLLOWS THE PLOW” AND DRYFARMING DOCTRINE: THE CLIMATE INFORMATION PROBLEM AND HOMESTEAD FAILURE IN THE UPPER GREAT PLAINS, 1890–1925, The Journal of Economic History, Cambridge University Press (2002) View citations (24) (2002)
38. Political constraints on government cartelization: the case of oil production regulation in Texas and Saudi Arabia
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
39. The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States: a test of the Demsetz hypothesis
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
40. Transactions Costs and Coalition Stability under Majority Rule
    ICER Working Papers, ICER - International Centre for Economic Research
    See also Journal Article Transaction Costs and Coalition Stability under Majority Rule, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (2003) View citations (12) (2003)

1999

41. The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (1999) View citations (28) (1999)

1997

42. The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture: 1884-1970
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (2)
    See also Chapter The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture, 1884-1970, NBER Chapters, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1998) View citations (4) (1998)

1996

43. The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier
    NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (165)
    See also Journal Article The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier, The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, Oxford University Press (1996) View citations (169) (1996)

1991

44. The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust
    NBER Historical Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (9)
    See also Journal Article The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust, Economic Inquiry, Western Economic Association International (1992) View citations (32) (1992)

Journal Articles

2008

1. 2006 PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS WATER MARKETS IN THE WEST: PRICES, TRADING, AND CONTRACTUAL FORMS
   Economic Inquiry, 2008, 46, (2), 91-112 View citations (34)

2007

2. The Assignment of Property Rights on the Western Frontier: Lessons for Contemporary Environmental and Resource Policy
   The Journal of Economic History, 2007, 67, (2), 257-291 View citations (28)
   See also Working Paper The Assignment of Property Rights on the Western Frontier: Lessons for Contemporary Environmental and Resource Policy, NBER Working Papers (2006) View citations (1) (2006)

2004

3. A History of Public Sector Pensions in the United States. By Robert L. Clark, Lee A Craig, and Jack W. Wilson. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003. Pp. ix, 259. $49.95
   The Journal of Economic History, 2004, 64, (1), 267-268
4. Small Farms, Externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930s
   Journal of Political Economy, 2004, 112, (3), 665-694 View citations (40)
   See also Working Paper Small Farms, Externalities, and the Dust Bowl of the 1930's, NBER Working Papers (2003) View citations (1) (2003)
5. The allocation of property rights to land: US land policy and farm failure in the northern great plains
   Explorations in Economic History, 2004, 41, (2), 103-129 View citations (9)

2003

6. Redefining Efficiency: Pollution Concerns, Regulatory Mechanisms, and Technological Change in the U.S. Petroleum Industry. By Hugh S. Gorman. Series on Technology and the Environment. Series Editors, Jeffrey Stine, and Joel Tarr. Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 2001. Pp. xv, 451. $49.95, cloth; $39.95, paper
   The Journal of Economic History, 2003, 63, (1), 294-295
7. Transaction Costs and Coalition Stability under Majority Rule
   Economic Inquiry, 2003, 41, (2), 193-207 View citations (12)
   See also Working Paper Transactions Costs and Coalition Stability under Majority Rule, ICER Working Papers (2001) (2001)

2002

8. Oil in Texas: The Gusher Age, 1895–1945. By Diana Davids Olien and Roger M. Olien. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2002. Pp. xi, 307. $39.95
   The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (2), 621-622
9. The Economic Evolution of Petroleum Property Rights in the United States
   The Journal of Legal Studies, 2002, 31, (2), S589-608 View citations (15)
   See also Working Paper The economic evolution of petroleum property rights in the United States, ICER Working Papers (2002) View citations (16) (2002)
10. “RAIN FOLLOWS THE PLOW” AND DRYFARMING DOCTRINE: THE CLIMATE INFORMATION PROBLEM AND HOMESTEAD FAILURE IN THE UPPER GREAT PLAINS, 1890–1925
    The Journal of Economic History, 2002, 62, (1), 86-120 View citations (24)
    See also Working Paper "Rain Follows the Plow" and Dryfarming Doctrine: The Climate Information Problem and Homestead Failure in the Upper Great Plains, 1890-1925, ICER Working Papers (2001) View citations (7) (2001)

2001

11. Information distortion and competitive remedies in government transfer programs: The case of ethanol
    Economics of Governance, 2001, 2, (2), 101-134 View citations (15)

2000

12. Land Reform Policies, the Sources of Violent Conflict, and Implications for Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon
    Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 2000, 39, (2), 162-188 View citations (124)
13. The Effect of Cost Heterogeneity in the Success and Failure of the New Deal's Agricultural and Industrial Programs
    Explorations in Economic History, 2000, 37, (4), 370-400 View citations (5)

1999

14. The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1999, 15, (2), 526-48 View citations (28)
    See also Working Paper The Self-Enforcing Provisions of Oil and Gas Unit Operating Agreements: Theory and Evidence, NBER Working Papers (1999) View citations (30) (1999)

1996

15. The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1996, 12, (1), 25-61 View citations (169)
    See also Working Paper The Determinants and Impact of Property Rights: Land Titles on the Brazilian Frontier, NBER Working Papers (1996) View citations (165) (1996)

1995

16. The Failure of Government-Sponsored Cartels and Development of Federal Farm Policy
    Economic Inquiry, 1995, 33, (3), 365-82

1994

17. Land, property rights and privatization in Brazil
    The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 1994, 34, (Supplement 1), 261-280 View citations (6)
18. Patronage to Merit and Control of the Federal Government Labor Force
    Explorations in Economic History, 1994, 31, (1), 91-119 View citations (4)

1992

19. Economic analysis of property rights: Yoram Barzel, (Cambridge University Press, New York, 1989) pp xi+122, $2995, cloth, $1095, paper
    Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 1992, 18, (1), 147-149
20. The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust
    Economic Inquiry, 1992, 30, (2), 242-62 View citations (32)
    See also Working Paper The Rise of the Chicago Packers and the Origins of Meat Inspection and Antitrust, NBER Historical Working Papers (1991) View citations (9) (1991)

1991

21. Public Sector Employee Voter Participation and Salaries
    Public Choice, 1991, 68, (1-3), 137-50 View citations (4)
22. The lever of riches: Technological creativity and economic progress:, New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1990. ix + 328 pp., index, $24.95
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1991, 15, (4), 742-744

1990

23. Non-renewable resources extraction programs and markets:, Chur, Switzerland: Harwood Academic Publishers, 1989. ix + 147 pp. $48.00
    Journal of Comparative Economics, 1990, 14, (2), 345-346

1989

24. Agency Growth, Salaries and the Protected Bureaucrat
    Economic Inquiry, 1989, 27, (3), 431-51 View citations (6)
25. Bureaucratic Rules, Supervisor Behavior, and the Effect on Salaries in the Federal Government
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1989, 5, (1), 53-82 View citations (12)

1987

26. Firm Heterogeneities and Cartelization Efforts in Domestic Crude Oil
    The Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 1987, 3, (1), 1-25 View citations (12)

1986

27. Property rights in economic history: Implications for research
    Explorations in Economic History, 1986, 23, (3), 227-252 View citations (30)

1985

28. Oil Field Unitization: Contractual Failure in the Presence of Imperfect Information
    American Economic Review, 1985, 75, (3), 368-85 View citations (76)
29. The Influence of Private Contractual Failure on Regulation: The Case of Oil Field Unitization
    Journal of Political Economy, 1985, 93, (4), 690-714 View citations (75)

1984

30. Contractual Responses to the Common Pool: Prorationing of Crude Oil Production
    American Economic Review, 1984, 74, (1), 87-98 View citations (80)

1982

31. Agricultural productivity, partible inheritance, and the demographic response to rural poverty: An examination of the Spanish southwest
    Explorations in Economic History, 1982, 19, (2), 184-200 View citations (3)
32. Contracting Problems and Regulation: The Case of the Fishery
    American Economic Review, 1982, 72, (5), 1005-22 View citations (136)

1980

33. Efficient markets and great lakes timber: A conservation issue reexamined
    Explorations in Economic History, 1980, 17, (4), 372-385 View citations (9)
34. Legislating Commons: The Navajo Tribal Council and the Navajo Range
    Economic Inquiry, 1980, 18, (1), 69-86 View citations (4)

Books

2023

1. American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc
   See also Working Paper American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change, NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2022) (2022)

2011

2. The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (15)

1994

3. The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (38)
4. The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy
   NBER Books, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc View citations (60)

Chapters

2022

1. Acknowledgments
   A chapter in American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change, 2022, pp -1
2. Introduction to "American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change"
   A chapter in American Agriculture, Water Resources, and Climate Change, 2022, pp 1-28

2011

3. Climate Change: Adaptations in Historical Perspective
   A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 1-22 View citations (2)
4. Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States
   A chapter in The Economics of Climate Change: Adaptations Past and Present, 2011, pp 253-280 View citations (8)
   See also Working Paper Climate Variability and Water Infrastructure: Historical Experience in the Western United States, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2009) View citations (3) (2009)

2006

5. The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform. The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906
   A chapter in Corruption and Reform: Lessons from America's Economic History, 2006, pp 319-342 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper The Determinants of Progressive Era Reform: The Pure Food and Drugs Act of 1906, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (2004) View citations (1) (2004)

1998

6. The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture, 1884-1970
   A chapter in The Defining Moment: The Great Depression and the American Economy in the Twentieth Century, 1998, pp 181-224 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper The Great Depression and the Regulating State: Federal Government Regulation of Agriculture: 1884-1970, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc (1997) View citations (2) (1997)

1994

7. Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 2
   A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 189-196
   Also in A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 198-202 (1994)
   A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 196-197 (1994)
   A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 202-204 (1994)
8. Explaining the Success of Federal Employees as an Interest Group
   A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 126-153
9. Index
   A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 223-230
10. Introduction to "The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy"
    A chapter in The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, 1994, pp 1-12 View citations (182)
11. Political Bargaining and Cartelization in the New Deal: Orange Marketing Orders
    A chapter in The Regulated Economy: A Historical Approach to Political Economy, 1994, pp 189-222 View citations (6)
12. References
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 205-222
13. Replacing Political Patronage with Merit: The Roles of the President and the Congress in the Origins of the Federal Civil Service System
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 12-47
14. The "Problem of Bureaucracy"
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 1-11 View citations (38)
15. The Continuing Political Conflict over Control of Federal Employees and the Requirement for Further Institutional Change
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 48-75
16. The Economics and Politics of Institutional Change in the Political Arena
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 177-188
17. The Implications of a Protected Bureaucracy
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 154-176
18. The Maturation of Federal Employees as an Interest Group
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 96-125
19. The Rise of Federal Employees as an Interest Group: The Early Years
    A chapter in The Federal Civil Service System and the Problem of Bureaucracy, 1994, pp 76-95