… omitted in a basic course in public choice - or so I believe. Public Choice III represents a
substantial expansion of its predecessor, just as Public Choice II was a substantial expansion of …

… this transformation of "public finance" from a public choice perspective, one that … of "public
choice." The unanimity rule was presented as the normative benchmark for efficiency in public-…

The Theory of public choice--II The Theory of public choice--II …

… of the forerunners to public choice. Another mathematician, the … to political science rather
than to public choice, as it makes no … that still warrants reading by students of public choice. …

… public choice, as for economics, is that man is an egoistic, rational, utility maximizer.' This
places public choice … Indeed, public choice's development as a separate field has been largely …

… , but no consensus developed on the choice of a name to characterize those interests. In …
form a Public Choice Society and to publish a journal, Public Choice.** The term "public choice" …

… All this raises the first digression: what, as Freud would have put it had he studied public
choice, do voters really want? If voters in fact valued constitutional deliberation, then our visitor’s …

On several different occasions in recent years, I have offered my interpretation of the history,
development, and content of public choice1. What I want to do here is something different …

T HE purpose of this essay is to survey what might loosely be called the economic theory of
legislation. Its emphasis is on elucidating main principles and results and not on the copious …

… to use, I mean behavior motivated by the desire to choose good public policy.) The "public
choice" argument is far worse than simply tively inaccurate. Achieving good public policy, I …