Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History: Volume 3 (Studies in Public Choice, 39)

This book is the third installment in a series of volumes looking 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 insights into important periods of American history, from the Rhode Island’s 1788 Referendum on the U.S. Constitution and the political influence of women’s clubs in the United States. The volume features economic historians such as Ruth Wallis Herndon, junior public choice scholars such as Jayme Lemke and Leo Krasnozhon, and political scientists such as Michael Faber. This volume will be useful for researchers and students interested in economics, history, political science, economic history, public choice, and political economy. Front Matter ....Pages i-ix Club Women and the Provision of Local Public Goods (Jayme Lemke, Julia R. Norgaard)....Pages 1-19 Samuel J. Tilden, Iron Money and the Election of 1876 (Clifford F. Thies)....Pages 21-29 The Impact of Decentralization on Municipalities: Evidence from the Municipal Home Rule Movement (Jessica Hennessey)....Pages 31-49 Organized Opposition: The Anti-Federalist Political Network (Michael J. Faber, Robi Ragan)....Pages 51-71 Bootleggers and Baptists in the Passage of Federal Surface Mining Law (Jessi L. Troyan)....Pages 73-82 Pro-consumer Legislation Supported by Elites: The Curious Case of the 1866 Post Roads Act (Aaron M. Honsowetz)....Pages 83-102 Economic History of the Relationship Between Congress and NASA: A Case Study of the Apollo Program (Leonid Krasnozhon, William Maye)....Pages 103-116 An Economic Interpretation of Rhode Island’s 1788 Referendum on the Constitution (Ruth Wallis Herndon, John E. Murray)....Pages 117-135 A Hard Day’s Night: Provision of Public Evening Schools in the United States, 1870–1910 (Linda English)....Pages 137-165 Private Seeking of Private Monopoly in Early American Banking (Howard Bodenhorn)....Pages 167-206 This book--the first 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 insights into important periods of American history, from the Acadian expulsion in 1755 to the allocation of government grants during the New Deal. This volume features the work of prominent economic historians such as Dora Costa, John Wallis, and Jeremy Atack; well-known public choice scholars such as Jac Heckelman; and younger scholars such as Vincent Geloso and Philip Magness. This book will be useful for researchers and students interested in economics, history, political science, economic history, public choice, and political economy