The Contributions of James M.Buchanan to Public Finance and Political Economy

Thomas E. Borcherding
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Thomas E. Borcherding: Claremont Graduate University, thomas.borcherding@cgu.edu

Public Finance Review, 2002, vol. 30, issue 6, 646-666

Abstract: James M. Buchanan’s contributions to public finance and political economy are surveyed in six areas: (1) debt, fiscal illusion, and Keynesian criticisms; (2) London School of Economics cost approach; (3) methodological individualism and the economics of politics; (4) welfare price theory; (5) rent seeking and polity failure; and (6) political economy and constitutions. A comprehensive bibliography through 1984 of 10 books, 4 monographs, 43 refereed articles, 30 essays in books, 10 short papers, 33 papers in collected works, and a translation is offered.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1177/109114202238006

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