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The following collection of articles focus on the role and status of the idea of the status quo in constitutional economics, and derive from a symposium held in May 2004 in Blacksburg, Virginia. This brief note provides an introduction both to the papers presented and to some of the issues raised in considering the status quo.
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Brennan, G., Hamlin, A. An Introduction to the Status Quo . Constitutional Political Economy 15, 127–132 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COPE.0000029638.07102.78
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