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

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  • Geoffrey Brennan, 2009. "Politics, selection and the public interest: Besley’s benevolent despot," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 22(2), pages 131-143, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:22:y:2009:i:2:p:131-143
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-009-0072-x
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    1. Timothy Besley & Stephen Coate, 1997. "An Economic Model of Representative Democracy," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 112(1), pages 85-114.
    2. Mueller,Dennis C., 2003. "Public Choice III," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521894753, January.
    3. Brennan,Geoffrey & Buchanan,James M., 2006. "The Power to Tax," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521027922, January.
    4. Brennan,Geoffrey & Hamlin,Alan, 2000. "Democratic Devices and Desires," Cambridge Books, Cambridge University Press, number 9780521639774, November.
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    Keywords

    Benevolent despot; Selection; Principal–agent; Public economics and public choice; H11; D72;
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    JEL classification:

    • H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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