Collective choice
Subtitle: essays in honor of Mancur Olson
By: Jac C. Heckelman, Dennis Coates, editors
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9783642055652; 9783540247111
Subjects: Rational choice theory; Social choice; Social interaction
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: 2003.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-283) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / -- Thomas Schelling -- Preface / -- Alison Olson; title: On the shoulders of a giant :; title: the legacy of Mancur Olson  -- Jac C. Heckelman and Dennis Coates; title: Precursors of Mancur Olson  -- Keith L. Dougherty; title: Warr neutrality and the natural egalitarianism of voluntary public good provision  -- Bryan Jack and Mancur Olson; title: Collective silence and individual voice :; title: the logic of information games  -- Edward A. Parson, Richard J. Zeckhauser and Cary Coglianese; title: The collective action problems of political consolidation :; title: evidence from Poland  -- Marek M. Kaminski; title: An empirical analysis of institutional sclerosis and managerial incentives :; title: the case of motor carrier deregulation  -- Charles R. Enis; title: Developing the Canadian government's bargaining position on the constitution, June-July, 1980 :; title: an application of Olson's argument from The rise and decline of nations  -- Patrick James; title: Absolute and relative effects of interest groups on the economy  -- Dennis Coates and Jac C. Heckelman; title: If I had a hammer :; title: Mancur Olson as an economic historian  -- Robert Whaples; title: Social polarization, political institutions, and country creditworthiness  -- Philip Keefer and Stephen Knack; title: The international campaign against corruption :; title: an institutionalist perspective  -- Christopher Clague; title: The public promotion of private interest (groups)  -- John Joseph Wallis; title: Macroeconomic policy and collective action -- David C. Colander, Kenneth J. Koford and Jeffrey B. Miller.