Bureaucratic Opposition to the Assignment of Property Rights: Overgrazing on the Western Range
分析美国农业部和内政部如何阻碍西部牧场产权分配，指出官僚机构出于自身利益反对牧场主私有产权，且部门间的管辖权竞争延迟了放牧管制直到1934年。
This paper analyzes the roles of the Departments of Agriculture and the Interior in restricting the assignment of property rights to rangeland in the American West. While common property conditions encouraged overgrazing and dissipation of the rental value of the land, it was in the interest of both departments to oppose the private claims of the ranchers. Moreover, jurisdictional competition for administration of federal land holdings likely delayed the installation of bureaucratic controls on entry and range use until 1934.