A scientific study of the political and economic factors influencing democratic decision making

In 1962, economists James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock published The Calculus of Consent, in which they developed the principles of public choice theory. In t

Buchanan and Tullock’s seminal work, The Calculus of Consent, linked economic methodology to substantive questions in political science. Among the major contr

During the past half-century Gordon Tullock continually advanced the frontiers of political economy, most particularly with respect to the workings of represent