Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History Volume 2 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hall, Joshua (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Witcher, Marcus (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Studies in Public Choice, 37
• Subjects: Welfare economics.; Economic history.; Economic policy.; America-Economic conditions.; Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy.; Economic History.; Economic Policy.; North American Economics.

This book - the second of two volumes- looks at episodes in American economic history from a public choice perspective. Each chapter discusses citizens, special interests, and government officials responding to economic incentives in both markets and politics. In doing so, the book provides fresh in...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: An Economic Analysis of the First Nationalist Movement of 1783
• Chapter 2: The Political Economy of the Arbitration Act of 1888
• Chapter 3: After Johnny Came Marching Home: The Political Economy of Veterans' Benefits in the 19th Century
• Chapter 4:Partisanship and Electoral Reform: Change in Congressional Cohesion, 1877-1932
• Chapter 5: The Political Economy of Bank Entry Restrictions
• Chapter 6: The Political Economy of the Chinese Exclusion Act
• Chapter 7: Immigrant Ethnic Composition and the Adoption of Women's Suffrage in the United States
• Chapter 8: The Economics and Politics of the Unit Banking: Evidence from the McFadden Banking Bill of 1927.