Suppressing Shays' Rebellion: Collective action and constitutional design under the Articles of Confederation

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 233-260

  Cain, Michael J G ^a   Dougherty, Keith L ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Collective action; Constitutional design; Shays' Rebellion; Step goods

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033420752     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692899011002005     Document Type: Article

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