Public Goods Theory from Eighteenth Century Political Philosophy to Twentieth Century Economics

Keith L Dougherty

Public Choice, 2003, vol. 117, issue 3-4, 239-53

Abstract: Some scholars have studied Mancur Olson's legacy by investigating the effects of his research on the social sciences (McLean, 2000). Others have scrutinized the logical and empirical implications of his theories (Sandler, 1992; Marsh, 1976; Chamberlin, 1974; Frohlich and Oppenheimer, 1970). A third group have quietly claimed that his greatest work, The logic of collective action, was little more than a popularization of earlier ideas (Dowding, 1997; Chamberlain, 1966). This paper attempts to exonerate Olson of the latter claim by reviewing the major contributions to collective action theory before his time and comparing them to The logic of collective action. Copyright 2003 by Kluwer Academic Publishers

Date: 2003
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