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    Richard Auster

  2. Department of Economics, The University of Arizona, Building No. 23, 85721, Tucson, AZ

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This draft has benefited from the comments and editorial assistance of I. Abernathy.

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Auster, R. Institutional entropy, again. Public Choice 40, 211–216 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00118523

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