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An experiment in public choice

The miami conservancy district, 1913–1922

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    J. Fred Giertz (Associate Professor of Economics)

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I would like to thank George Daly and David Ferguson for their comments on an earlier draft of the paper.

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Giertz, J.F. An experiment in public choice. Public Choice 19, 63–75 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01718546

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