Is voluntary government possible? A critique of constitutional economics

Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 567-582

  Block, Walter ^b   DiLorenzo, Thomas J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL ARKANSAS   (United States)

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