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Empirical tests of the Samuelsonian publicness parameter: Has the right hypothesis been tested?

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  1. Department of Economics, San Jose State University, 95192, San Jose, CA

    R. A. Gonzalez & T. S. Means

  2. Department of Administrative Sciences, Naval Postgraduate School, 93943-5000, Monterey, CA

    S. L. Mehay

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Gonzalez, R.A., Means, T.S. & Mehay, S.L. Empirical tests of the Samuelsonian publicness parameter: Has the right hypothesis been tested?. Public Choice 77, 523–534 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01047858

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