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Anyone who sets out to present a collection of essays which cover the current state of a subject runs the risk or charge that a number of important topics have been omitted. Attempting to survey the rapidly expanding boundaries of the domain of public sector economics is, therefore, a risky venture. As the recently published Handbook of Public Economics (Auerbach and Feldstein, 1985) demonstrates, the domain of public sector economics covers a vast territory.
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© 1992 Peter M. Jackson
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Jackson, P.M. (1992). Introduction: The Current State of Public Sector Economics. In: Jackson, P.M. (eds) Current Issues in Public Sector Economics. Current Issues in Economics. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22409-8_1
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