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Formal Contributions to the Theory of Public Choice

The Unpublished Works of Duncan Black

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  • © 1996

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  1. Gordon L. Brady

    1. George Mason University, USA

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  2. Gordon Tullock

    1. University of Arizona, USA

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Table of contents (26 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introductory Notes

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 3-4

    3. Hobbes’s Contribution to Abstract Political Science

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 5-11

    4. How Expenditure of the Tax Proceeds Came to be Disregarded in the Theory of Incidence

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 13-28

    5. Historical Notes: The Pythagoreans, Rev. C. L. Dodgson, Knut Wicksell and Lord Keynes

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 29-39

    6. Some Notes on the Development and Structure of the Theory of Committees

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 41-61

  3. Epistemology

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Introductory Notes

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 65-65

    3. Some Important Distinctions: The Traditional Distinction Between Instrumental and Independent Actions

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 67-69

    4. Rational Behavior

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 71-74

    5. The Mechanism of Hedonistic Choice

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 75-91

    6. The Commensurability of Intensities of Desires (Pleasures)

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 93-109

    7. That the Same Mathematical Model Applies in Epistemology

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 111-118

    8. The Assumptions — Imperfect Knowledge, Divided Expectations and the Discount

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 119-123

  4. Logrolling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Introductory Notes

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 127-129

    3. On Logrolling

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 131-132

    4. Logrolling

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 133-151

    5. Wicksell’s Use of the Theory of Committees in Public Finance

      • Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock
      Pages 153-176
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About this book

Duncan Black made a significant contribution to the development of public choice theory during his lifetime. Upon his death it became apparent that much of his scholarship and critique of economics was never published. Formal Contributions to the Theory of Public Choice is a collection of Duncan Black's unpublished works, representing his continuing contribution to economics and political science. It provides an insight into Black's intellectual endeavors and introduces some new ideas and extensions of earlier work.

Editors and Affiliations

  • George Mason University, USA

    Gordon L. Brady

  • University of Arizona, USA

    Gordon Tullock

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Formal Contributions to the Theory of Public Choice

  • Book Subtitle: The Unpublished Works of Duncan Black

  • Editors: Gordon L. Brady, Gordon Tullock

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1794-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1996

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-9556-0Published: 31 January 1996

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7300-4Published: 26 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1794-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 272

  • Topics: Political Science

  • Industry Sectors: Engineering

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