Adam Smith and Musgrave's concept of merit good

Journal of Socio-Economics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 701-720

  Ver Eecke, W ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adam Smith; Interference in consumer preferences; Merit good; Musgrave; Private good; Public good

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037221926     PISSN: 10535357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1053-5357(02)00144-0     Document Type: Article

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