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This paper was delivered as the Presidential address at the Public Choice Society meetings, Hilton Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona, March 30, 1984. I appreciate the support of the National Science Foundation in the form of Grant Number SES 83-09829 and of William Erickson-Blomquist, Roy Gardner, Judith Gillespie, Gerd-Michael Hellstern, Roberta Herzberg, Larry Kiser, Vincent Ostrom, Roger Parks, Paul Sabatier, Reinhard Selten, Kenneth Shepsle, and York Willbern who commented on earlier drafts.
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Ostrom, E. An agenda for the study of institutions. Public Choice 48, 3–25 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00239556
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