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One of the most interesting developments in the Anglo-American public finance literature of recent years has been the appearance, under the formidable aegis of Professor Samuelson, of a prescriptive theory of public expenditure based on the alien Continental concept of a ‘public good ’.1
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Head, J.G. (1972). Public Goods and Public Policy. In: Rowley, C.K. (eds) Readings in Industrial Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-15486-9_5
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