James McGill Buchanan Jr.

E441915

James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for developing public choice theory, which applies economic principles to political decision-making.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
James McGill Buchanan Jr. canonical 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences
economist
human
academicDegree PhD in economics
awardReceived National Humanities Medal NERFINISHED
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences NERFINISHED
Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences 1986 NERFINISHED
birthDate 1919-10-03
birthPlace Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath respiratory failure
coAuthor Geoffrey Brennan NERFINISHED
Gordon Tullock NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 2013-01-09
doctoralAdvisor Frank H. Knight NERFINISHED
educatedAt Middle Tennessee State Teachers College NERFINISHED
University of Chicago
University of Tennessee NERFINISHED
employer Florida State University NERFINISHED
George Mason University NERFINISHED
University of Tennessee NERFINISHED
University of Virginia NERFINISHED
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University NERFINISHED
familyName Buchanan NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork constitutional economics
economics
political economy
public choice theory
founded Center for Study of Public Choice NERFINISHED
fullName James McGill Buchanan Jr. NERFINISHED
givenName James
influencedBy Frank H. Knight NERFINISHED
Italian public finance tradition
Knut Wicksell NERFINISHED
knownFor constitutional economics
public choice theory
theory of public debt
work on political decision-making using economic analysis
memberOf Mont Pelerin Society NERFINISHED
notableWork Democracy in Deficit NERFINISHED
Public Principles of Public Debt NERFINISHED
The Calculus of Consent NERFINISHED
The Limits of Liberty NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Blacksburg, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University
professor of economics
theoreticalApproach Virginia school of political economy NERFINISHED
classical liberalism
workLocation Blacksburg, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED
Fairfax, Virginia, United States NERFINISHED

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James M. Buchanan fullName James McGill Buchanan Jr.