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My main purpose is to place in a common context the various papers contributed to the conference. What follows was written after the papers had been received but before the conference took place. It therefore takes account only of the papers themselves, not of points raised in discussion.
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Matthews, R.C.O. (1982). Collective Consumption — an Overview of the Issues. In: Matthews, R.C.O., Stafford, G.B. (eds) The Grants Economy and Collective Consumption. International Economic Association Series . Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05377-3_14
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