James M. Buchanan

32.5k total citations · 14 hit papers
331 papers, 16.2k citations indexed

About

James M. Buchanan is a scholar working on Economics and Econometrics, Political Science and International Relations and Sociology and Political Science. According to data from OpenAlex, James M. Buchanan has authored 331 papers receiving a total of 16.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 140 papers in Economics and Econometrics, 80 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 30 papers in Sociology and Political Science. Recurrent topics in James M. Buchanan's work include Economic Theory and Institutions (58 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (41 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (25 papers). James M. Buchanan is often cited by papers focused on Economic Theory and Institutions (58 papers), Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth (41 papers) and Local Government Finance and Decentralization (25 papers). James M. Buchanan collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Australia. James M. Buchanan's co-authors include Gordon Tullock, Geoffrey Brennan, William H. Riker, Yong J. Yoon, James A. Wilde, Viktor J. Vanberg, Roger D. Congleton, John Broome, P. Stein and Dennis Raphael and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and The Journal of Finance.

In The Last Decade

James M. Buchanan

301 papers receiving 13.3k citations

Hit Papers

The Calculus of Consent 1954 2026 1978 2002 1960 1965 1962 1975 1979 500 1000 1.5k

Peers

James M. Buchanan
Comparison fields: 5 of 170
  • Economics and Econometrics 9.9k
  • Political Science and International Relations 5.4k
  • Sociology and Political Science 3.7k
  • General Economics, Econometrics and Finance 1.6k
  • Strategy and Management 1.3k
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of James M. Buchanan

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
# Work Indexed citations
1
Contractarian Political Economy and Constitutional Interpretation
9
2
ECONOMIC SCIENCE IN THE FUTURE
1
3
Secession and the Limits of Taxation: Toward a Theory of Internal Exit
40
4 6
5 2
6
The Power to Tax
50
7
Elección pública: génesis y desarrollo de un programa de investigación
4
8
El futuro de la democracia
1
9
Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State
3
10
Post-socialist political economy : selected essays
17
11
Pareto Superior Tax Reform: Some Simple Analytics
1
12
An American Perspective on Europe's Constitutional Opportunity
12
13
MARKET FAILURE AND POLITICAL FAILURE
26
14 1
15
De las preferencias privadas a una filosofía del sector público
0
16
The consequences of Mr. Keynes : an analysis of the misuse of economic theory for political profiteering, with proposals for constitutional disciplines
8
17
A Contractarian Paradigm for Applying Economic Theory
83
18
External Diseconomies in Competitive Supply: Reply
0
19
The bases for collective action
20
20
External Diseconomies, Corrective Taxes, and Market Structure breakdown →
323

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