James M. Buchanan - Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 1986
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James M. Buchanan

Prize
Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel — 1986
for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making
Citizenship
United States United States
Languages
English
date of birth
10/3/1919
place of birth
Murfreesboro
date of death
1/9/2013
place of death
Blacksburg
Lived
93 years
member of
  • Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
    • start time: 11/11/1991
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Mont Pelerin Society
  • The Independent Institute
  • Institute of Economic Affairs
doctoral student
  • Charles Breeden
  • Charles Plott
  • Randall G. Holcombe
  • Mark V. Pauly
  • Richard Edward Wagner
  • James Flinn Crook
employer
  • Florida State University
  • University of Virginia
  • University of Florida
  • George Mason University
field of work
  • economist
  • public choice theory
educated at
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Tennessee
  • Middle Tennessee State University
occupation
  • economist
  • university teacher
notable work
  • The Calculus of Consent
  • public choice theory
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