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    Michael C. Lovell

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I am indebted to Richard Arnott, Lawrence Kenny, Robert Vogel and my colleagues at Wesleyan University for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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Lovell, M.C. The collective allocation of commodities in a democratic society. Public Choice 24, 71–92 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718417

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