Intro; Acknowledgements; Contents; Contributors; 1 British Public Debt, the Acadian Expulsion and the American Revolution; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 British Public Finance and the Burden of Empire; 1.3 The Acadian Upheaval; 1.4 A Public Choice Interpretation of the Policy Shift; 1.5 Conclusion; References; 2 North-South Alliances During the Drafting of the Constitution: The Costs of Compromise; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The Political Economy of Constitution Making; 2.3 The North-South Alliances at the 1787 Constitutional Convention; 2.3.1 Apportionment and Direct Taxation; 2.3.2 Election of Executive

2.3.3 The Fugitive Slave Clause2.3.4 The Slave Trade Compromise; 2.3.5 Taxation of Exports and Imports; 2.3.6 Slave Importation; 2.3.7 Congressional Voting Rules for Commercial Regulations; 2.3.8 Analysis of the Slave Trade Compromise; 2.4 Conclusion; References; 3 A Paradox of Secessionism: The Political Economy of Slave Enforcement and the Union; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Political Economy of Slavery; 3.3 What Lincoln's Election Meant for Slavery; 3.4 The Secessionist Impulse; 3.5 Creating a Slave-Based Security State; References

4 Why Is There a Ratchet Effect? Evidence from Civil War Income Taxes4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The Ratchet Effect in the US Civil War; 4.2.1 The Crisis and Immediate Response; 4.2.2 The Process of Forming a Coalition; 4.2.3 The Civil War Income Tax of 1861; 4.2.4 The Civil War Income Tax of 1862; 4.2.5 Civil War Income Tax of 1864; 4.3 Civil War Income Tax Repeal, or What Happens After the Crisis?; 4.3.1 Manufacturers; 4.3.2 Farmers; 4.3.3 Financial Interests; 4.4 Interaction of the Three Groups; 4.5 Conclusion: Lessons From the Civil War Income Taxes; References

5 Who Did Protective Legislation Protect? Evidence from 18805.1 Introduction; 5.2 The 1880 Census Sample; 5.3 Employee Opposition to Long Hours and the Length of the Working Day; 5.4 The Emergence of Protective Legislation; 5.5 Some Qualitative Evidence on Enforcement and the Impact of Hours Laws on Behavior; 5.6 Recent Debate Over Female Protective Legislation; 5.7 Protective Legislation and Hours of Work; 5.8 Impact of Hours Legislation in 1920 Compared with 1880; 5.9 Impact of Hours Legislation in 1880; 5.10 The Impact of Hours Legislation on Labor Force Composition

5.11 Compliance and Protective Legislation5.12 Conclusion; References; 6 Political Selection of Federal Reserve Bank Cities; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Background; 6.3 Regression Analysis; 6.4 Conclusion; References; 7 Demand for Private and State-Provided Health Insurance in the 1910s: Evidence from California; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Private Health Insurance in 1918; 7.3 Debating State-Provided Health Insurance; 7.4 Voting on State-Provided Health Insurance; 7.5 Explaining the Defeat; 7.6 Concluding Remarks; References; 8 What Determines the Allocation of National Government Grants to the States?