TY - JOUR
T1 - The western expansion as a common pool problem
T2 - The contrasting histories of the Brazilian and North American pioneers
AU - Zanella, Fernando
AU - Westley, Christopher
PY - 2009/7/1
Y1 - 2009/7/1
N2 - Before the year 1600, Brazil and the United States were very similar regions in terms of geographic development and colonial status, and yet both countries developed in remarkably different ways. In this article, we apply institutional analysis and the common pool approach to explain differences in the western expansion of Brazil and the United States. We find that (i) such analysis complements much of the previous literature that heretofore explained differences in these regions using sociological and ideological analytical tools, and (ii) the theory that the distinctive behavior between the Brazilian bandeirantes and the North American pioneers is due to sociological factors is refuted.
AB - Before the year 1600, Brazil and the United States were very similar regions in terms of geographic development and colonial status, and yet both countries developed in remarkably different ways. In this article, we apply institutional analysis and the common pool approach to explain differences in the western expansion of Brazil and the United States. We find that (i) such analysis complements much of the previous literature that heretofore explained differences in these regions using sociological and ideological analytical tools, and (ii) the theory that the distinctive behavior between the Brazilian bandeirantes and the North American pioneers is due to sociological factors is refuted.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2009.00646.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2009.00646.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:67650318774
SN - 0002-9246
VL - 68
SP - 775
EP - 789
JO - American Journal of Economics and Sociology
JF - American Journal of Economics and Sociology
IS - 3
ER -