The Constitutional Political Economy of Gordon Tullock

32 Pages Posted: 3 Dec 2009 Last revised: 4 Jan 2014

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Roger D. Congleton

West Virginia University - Department of Economics; George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice

Date Written: November 24, 2009

Abstract

This review essay focuses on the subset of Gordon Tullock’s research that contributes to the constitutional political economy (CPE) research program. His most direct work on constitutional political economy is his joint work with James Buchanan, The Calculus of Consent (1962), which is widely acknowledged to be a classic work in the field. A good deal of his subsequent work also sheds light on the origins and properties of standing procedures for making and implementing public policies, although it is less explicitly “constitutional” in focus, and less recognized by other scholars working in the CPE research program.

Keywords: constitutional political economy, dictatorship, public choice, conflict, democracy, court systems

JEL Classification: D7, K4

Suggested Citation

Congleton, Roger D., The Constitutional Political Economy of Gordon Tullock (November 24, 2009). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1515714 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1515714

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