Table A.9:Theoretical expectations versus reality – monetary system206 Table A.10:Theoretical expectations versus reality – defense208 Table A.11:Theoretical expectations versus reality – higher education (universities)210 Table A.12:Theoretical expectations versus reality – party system212 Table A.13:Theoretical expectations versus reality – executive branch214 Table A.14:Economic characteristics of VSC – Part I218 Table A.15:Economic characteristics of VSC – Part II220 Table A.16:Pairwise correlations (Pearson)222 Table A.17:VSC and SAR worldwide224 Figure 3.1:Government consumption and log population52 Figure 3.2:Government consumption and log GNP62 Figure 4.1:Degrees of publicness71 Figure 4.2:Per-capita costs and non-preference adequacy of public good provision81 Figure 4.3:Federalism and preference 
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