Regulation and the Theory of Legislative Choice: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
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Regulation and the Theory of Legislative Choice: The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 Author(s): Thomas W. Gilligan, William J. Marshall and Barry R. Weingast Source: The Journal of Law & Economics, Vol. 32, No. 1 (Apr., 1989), pp. 35-61 Published by: The University of Chicago Press for The Booth School of Business, University of Chicago and The University of Chicago Law School Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/725379 Accessed: 10-11-2017 22:06 UTC
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