In Memoriam: R. Morris Coats, a Second Wave Public Choice Scholar in Camouflage

12 Pages Posted: 15 Mar 2016 Last revised: 8 Jun 2016

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Gary M. Pecquet

Central Michigan University - Department of Economics

Gokhan Karahan

University of Alaska Anchorage - College of Business & Public Policy

R. Andrew Luccasen, III

Mississippi University for Women (MUW)

Christopher Boudreaux

Florida Atlantic University

Shane Sanders

Western Illinois University - Department of Economics

Date Written: March 8, 2016

Abstract

R. Morris Coats, late Professor of Economics and Argent Bank Professor of Business Administration (2000-2006) at Nicholls State University, was a prolific scholar in the area of public (choice) economics. The present memoriam piece contends that he was a highly significant figure among the “second wave” of public choice scholars.

Keywords: R. Morris Coats, public choice scholar, public choice tradition, in memoriam

Suggested Citation

Pecquet, Gary M. and Karahan, Gokhan and Luccasen, III, R. Andrew and Boudreaux, Christopher and Sanders, Shane, In Memoriam: R. Morris Coats, a Second Wave Public Choice Scholar in Camouflage (March 8, 2016). Public Choice, Vol. 166, No. 3, pp. 379-387, March 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2744930

Gary M. Pecquet

Central Michigan University - Department of Economics ( email )

Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
United States

Gokhan Karahan

University of Alaska Anchorage - College of Business & Public Policy ( email )

United States

R. Andrew Luccasen, III

Mississippi University for Women (MUW) ( email )

1100 College Street
Columbus, MS 39701
United States

Christopher Boudreaux

Florida Atlantic University ( email )

777 Glades Road
KH 145
Boca Raton, FL 33431
United States

HOME PAGE: http://home.fau.edu/cboudreaux/web/

Shane Sanders (Contact Author)

Western Illinois University - Department of Economics ( email )

Macomb, IL 61455-1390
United States

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