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The economic theory of representative government: A reply

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  1. See B. S. Frey, “On the Political Economy of Public Services”, (Mimeo., 1974); and R. E. Wagner and W. E. Weber, “Competition, Monopoly, and the Theory of Government: Full-Line Forcing and Governmental Overlapping in Metropolitan Areas”, (Mimeo., 1974).

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    Albert Breton

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Breton, A. The economic theory of representative government: A reply. Public Choice 20, 129–133 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718184

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