Politics, selection and the public interest: Besley's benevolent despot

Review of Austrian Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-143

  Brennan, Geoffrey ^a,b,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Benevolent despot; Principal agent; Public economics and public choice; Selection

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349240829     PISSN: 08893047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11138-009-0072-x     Document Type: Article

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