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Haagsma, R. van Mouche, P.H.M. Article/Letter to editor Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 176 (2020) 2 ISSN: 0932-4569 Securing land rights under rapid population growth: The feasibility of institutional land rights protection in Africa 2020 The paper examines the claim that a virtuous cycle of more secure land rights, more land-saving investments, and denser populations requires the development of institutions that regulate competition over land. We construct a contest model that links the tenure-security-investment relationship to the efforts of land users to enhance land rights themselves and the role of institutional protection. We study the effect of population growth on a close-to-subsistence economy, including the possibility that it weakens institutional protection. We derive sufficient conditions for a positive effect on land investment, but also show that population growth can push the economy into a low-productivity trap. en application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/securing-land-rights-under-rapid-population-growth-the-feasibilit 10.1628/jite-2020-0024 https://edepot.wur.nl/522115 Contest model Institutions Land investment Land-rights protection Population growth Wageningen University & Research