Collective Choice

Zu Ehren Olsons (gest. 1998) versammelt der Band Beiträge einiger seiner früheren Studenten, Kollegen und Koautoren zu Themen, mit denen er sich auch selbst auseinander gesetzt hat. Der Zugang ist unterschiedlich: Während manche Beiträge Olsons Werk hinsichtlich seiner Originalität und Wirkung untersuchen, wird es in anderen mit dem Ziel seiner Weiterentwicklung aufgegriffen. Inhalt: Jac C. Heckelman / Dennis Coates: On the shoulders of a Giant. The Legacy of Mancur Olson (1-13). I. Collective action: Keith L. Dougherty: Precursors of Mancur Olson (17-31); Bryan Jack / Mancur Olson: Warr Neutrality and the natural Egalitarianism of Voluntary Public Good Provision (33-48); Edward A. Parson / Richard J. Zeckhauser / Cary Coglianese: Collective Silence and Individual Voice: The Logic of Information Games (49-70); Marek M. Kaminski: The Collective Action Problems of Political Consolidation: Evidence from Poland (71-85). II. Institutional Sclerosis: Charles R. Enis: An Empirical Analysis of Institutional Sclerosis and Managerial Incentives: The Case of Motor Carrier Deregulation (89-112); Patrick James: Developing the Canadian Government's Bargaining Position on the Constitution, June-July, 1980: An Application of Olson's Argument from The Rise and Decline of Nations (113-127); Dennis Coates / Jac C. Heckelman: Absolute and Relative Effects of Interest Groups on the Economy (129-142); Robert Whaples: If I Had a Hammer: Mancur Olson as an Economic Historian (143-161). III. Market Augmenting Government: Philip Keefer / Stephen Knack: Social Polarization, Political Institutions, and Country Creditworthiness (165-186); Christopher Clague: The International Campaign against Corruption: An Institutionalist Perspective (187-217); John Joseph Wallis: The Public Promotion of Private Interest (Groups) (219-245); David C. Colander / Kenneth J. Koford / Jeffrey B. Miller: Macroeconomic Policy and Collective Action (247-259).