Explorations in Public Sector Economics Essays by Prominent Economis
This book is a collection of never-before-published papers from some of the most prominent voices in public economics. Curated by the current director of the Public Choice Society, the papers presented showcase the work of recognized leaders in the field,
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Explorations in Public Sector Economics Essays by Prominent Economists
Explorations in Public Sector Economics
Joshua Hall Editor
Explorations in Public Sector Economics Essays by Prominent Economists
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Editor Joshua Hall Department of Economics West Virginia University Morgantown, WV USA
ISBN 978-3-319-47826-5 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47828-9
ISBN 978-3-319-47828-9
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To Buchanan and Tullock and Downs and Riker and too many others to mention. We stand on your shoulders.
Preface
The origins of this book go back to a dinner at the house of Lowell E. Gallaway. After dinner, Lowell and I retired to his den while our better halves stayed in the dining room to chat. I had only recently started my academic career and I was eager to pick Lowell’s brain about the publication process. After all, by that time he had only published in six decades! Much of our conversation focused on his book with Richard K. Vedder, Out of Work, and the difficulty they had in getting some of the individual chapters published as refereed journal articles. This caused me to ask Lowell if he ever had a favorite paper that never got published in some form. Of course he did and he was glad to give me a yellow, faded copy of a 1979 working paper. While driving home that evening I thought about the paper sitting in my back seat. As far as I knew, the only copies that existed were hard copies in private hands. What a shame that other scholars had no way to access these insights. Upon returning home, I confirmed that the only traces of the paper on the Internet were in citations in papers published around the time the paper was originally writt
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