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Do Economies of Scale Exist in Private Protection? Evaluating Nozick's "Invisible Hand"

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  • Brian Meehan, 2017. "Do Economies of Scale Exist in Private Protection? Evaluating Nozick's "Invisible Hand"," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 32(Summer 20), pages 83-91.
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    1. Meehan, Brian, 2015. "The impact of licensing requirements on industrial organization and labor: Evidence from the U.S. private security market," International Review of Law and Economics, Elsevier, vol. 42(C), pages 113-121.
    2. Powell, Benjamin & Ford, Ryan & Nowrasteh, Alex, 2008. "Somalia after state collapse: Chaos or improvement?," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 67(3-4), pages 657-670, September.
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    5. Leeson, Peter T., 2007. "Better off stateless: Somalia before and after government collapse," Journal of Comparative Economics, Elsevier, vol. 35(4), pages 689-710, December.
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    7. Brian Meehan & Bruce Benson, 2015. "The occupations of regulators influence occupational regulation: evidence from the US private security industry," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 162(1), pages 97-117, January.
    8. G. Marcus Cole, 2007. "Law and Order Without Coercion," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 22(Spring 20), pages 37-70.
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    2. Michael Makovi, 2019. "Government vs. Governance: Libertarianism and Private Communities," Journal of Private Enterprise, The Association of Private Enterprise Education, vol. 34(Spring 20), pages 39-57.

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