James M. Buchanan
James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962. He continued to develop the theory, eventually receiving the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986.
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Background
- Born in
- Murfreesboro
- Educated at
- University of ChicagoUniversity of TennesseeMiddle Tennessee State University
- Awards
- 🏆 Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel🏆 Adam Smith Award🏆 National Humanities Medal🏆 honorary doctorate of the University of Valladolid🏆 honorary doctor of the University of Valencia
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 Frank Knight
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Charles Plott📖 Randall G. Holcombe📖 Mark V. Pauly📖 Richard Edward Wagner
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1919
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