The Western Expansion as a Common Pool Problem

The Contrasting Histories of the Brazilian and North American Pioneers

Bibliographic Data

ID2812798
AuthorsFernando Zanella (0000-0002-5054-3375, United Arab Emirates University), Christopher Westley (Jacksonville State University, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume68
Issue3
Pages775-789
Publication date2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Economics and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9246 • E-ISSN: 1536-7150
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1536-7150.2009.00646.x
OpenAlexW2062985278
LanguageEN
References cited21

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 Brazilianbandeirantesand the North American pioneers is due to sociological factors is refuted

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