Robert Tollison and operationalizing public choice

Peter Boettke

Public Choice, 2017, vol. 171, issue 1, No 4, 17-22

Abstract: Abstract In this tribute to Robert Tollison, I will outline his contributions to the development of public choice. I focus on Tollison’s work on rent-seeking, the political economy of reform, and the rules level of analysis in sports economics. Throughout his career, Tollison brilliantly figured out ways to take insights from price theory and public choice theory and operationalize them using multiple methods of empirical analysis, including historical interpretation and statistical testing.

Keywords: Robert Tollison; Rent-seeking; Political economy of reform; Sports economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B31 D70 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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