. Explorations in the Theory of Anarchy and Further Explorations in the Theory of Anarchy, published in 1972 and 1974 (Tullock, 1972 … and 1974a). This volume contains seven responses to the essays in Explorations in the Theory of Anarchy, as well as …

may arise as a predatory hierarchy from a state of pure anarchy. A dictator minimizes the probability of a palace … associated with anarchy and weak dictators, while strong dictators implement a system of monopolistic corruption. Efforts at …

literature on anarchy and radical self-governance treats Buchanan's position, and social contract theory more generally, as a … conclusion, yields conclusions commensurate with anarchy. Buchanan's theory of individual sovereignty suggests that political …

Public choice economists began studying the economics of anarchy in the 1970s. Since then, the amount of research on … anarchy has burgeoned. This article surveys the important public choice contributions to the economics of anarchy. Following … their historical studies of attempts to internalize externalities under anarchy, public choice scholars are arriving at a …

This paper explores how the viability of anarchy depends on the decisiveness parameter that determines the marginal … appropriative competition the same resource that they are competing to appropriate, anarchy appears to be fragile, because in this … model equilibrium consumption would be adequate for the viability of anarchy only if the decisiveness parameter were small …

We consider the relative robustness of libertarian anarchy and liberal democracy to meddlesome preferences … illiberal law in anarchy while weak, dispersed meddlesome preferences are more likely to do so in democracy. Using insights from … the economics of religion, we argue that anarchy is more likely than democracy to produce small groups with intense …