Loopholes

We formalise the argument of those American founding fathers who opposed the inclusion of the Bill of Rights into the Constitution. For some parameter values, the legislator, who is not sure whether or not there are any rights that he is unaware of, optimally chooses not to enumerate even those righ...

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Published in:The Economic journal (London) 2016-09, Vol.126 (595), p.1774-1797
Main Authors: Chung, Kim-Sau, Fortnow, Lance
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