ISBN: 354000341X
TITLE: Collective Choice
AUTHOR: Heckelmann, Coates (Hrsg.)
TOC:

Foreword V
Thomas Schelling
Preface VII
Alison Olson
1 On the Shoulders of a Giant: The Legacy of Mancur Olson 1
Jac C. Heckelman and Dennis Coates
Part I Collective Action
2 Precursors of Mancur Olson 17
Keith L. Dougherty
3 Warr Neutrality and the Natural Egalitarianism of Voluntary Public Good Provision 33
Bryan Jack and Mancur Olson
4 Collective Silence and Individual Voice: The Logic of Information Games 49
Edward A. Parson, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Cary Coglianese
5 The Collective Action Problems of Political Consolidation: Evidence from Poland 71
Marek M. Kaminski
Part II Institutional Sclerosis
6 An Empirical Analysis of Institutional Sclerosis and Managerial Incentives: The Case of Motor Carrier Deregulation 89
Charles R. Enis
7 Developing the Canadian Government's Bargaining Position on the Constitution, June-July, 1980: An Application of Olson's Argument from The Rise and Decline of Nations 113
Patrick James
8 Absolute and Relative Effects of Interest Groups on the Economy 129
Dennis Coates and Jac C. Heckelman
9 If I Had a Hammer: Mancur Olson as an Economic Historian 143
Robert Whaples
Part III Market Augmenting Government
10 Social Polarization, Political Institutions, and Country Creditworthiness 165
Philip Keefer and Stephen Knack
11 The International Campaign against Corruption: An Institutionalist Perspective 187
Christopher Clague
12 The Public Promotion of Private Interest (Groups) 219
John Joseph Wallis
13 Macroeconomic Policy and Collective Action 247
David C. Colander, Kenneth J. Koford and Jeffrey B. Miller
References 261
List of Contributors 285
Author Index 287
Subject Index 293
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