Acknowledgments

The authors thank Robert Puentes of the Brookings Institution, Ellen Dannin of the Penn State Dick-inson School of Law, Dennis Enright of NW Financial, and Michael Likosky of New York University's Institute for Public Knowledge for their thoughtful review and insightful suggestions. Thanks also to Josh Bogus for his research support in the early phases of this project. Finally, thanks to Susan Rakov of Frontier Group and to Carolyn E. Kramer for their editorial assistance.

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