Reading notes on property rights and institutions

The present work is a collection of essays. The first one is new, written for the collection. Then follows 7 separate essays of varying age. They are named * On the classifications of property rights * A property rights perspective on institutional change in the welfare state * On the nature of welfare goods * Privatization and the nature of welfare goods * On the regulation of professions * On the assessment of property rights systems * Property rights theory and sustainable resource utilization They are all concerned with the nature of property rights and how this helps us understand various aspects of the Norwegian welfare state