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Spring/Summer 1990

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Federalism and the Economic Order

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    By James A. Dorn PDF
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    By Peter H. Aranson PDF
  • A Double Security: Federalism as Competition

    By Aaron Wildavsky PDF
  • The Policy Consequences of Intergovernmental Competition

    By Thomas R. Dye PDF
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    By Richard K. Vedder PDF
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    By Randall G. Holcombe PDF
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    By Bernard H. Siegan PDF
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    By James D. Gwartney PDF
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