Gordon Tullock
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Gordon Tullock was an influential economist and one of the founders of public choice theory, known for his work on rent-seeking and the economic analysis of political processes.
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| Gordon Tullock canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Tullock Context triple: [James M. Buchanan, coAuthor, Gordon Tullock]
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George Stigler
George Stigler was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on industrial organization, the economics of regulation, and the history of economic thought.
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B.
Arnold Harberger
Arnold Harberger is an influential American economist known for his work on welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis, and the measurement of deadweight loss, and as a prominent figure of the Chicago School of economics.
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C.
Armen Alchian
Armen Alchian was an influential American economist known for his foundational contributions to property rights theory, the theory of the firm, and evolutionary approaches to economic behavior.
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D.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
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E.
Ronald Coase
Ronald Coase was a British economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on transaction costs, property rights, and the nature of the firm, which became foundational to law and economics and the Chicago School tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gordon Tullock Target entity description: Gordon Tullock was an influential economist and one of the founders of public choice theory, known for his work on rent-seeking and the economic analysis of political processes.
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A.
George Stigler
George Stigler was an American economist and Nobel laureate renowned for his work on industrial organization, the economics of regulation, and the history of economic thought.
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B.
Arnold Harberger
Arnold Harberger is an influential American economist known for his work on welfare economics, cost-benefit analysis, and the measurement of deadweight loss, and as a prominent figure of the Chicago School of economics.
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C.
Armen Alchian
Armen Alchian was an influential American economist known for his foundational contributions to property rights theory, the theory of the firm, and evolutionary approaches to economic behavior.
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D.
Frank Knight
Frank Knight was an influential American economist and founding figure of the Chicago School, best known for his work on risk, uncertainty, and profit.
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E.
Ronald Coase
Ronald Coase was a British economist and Nobel laureate best known for his work on transaction costs, property rights, and the nature of the firm, which became foundational to law and economics and the Chicago School tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
economist
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legal scholar ⓘ political economist ⓘ public choice theorist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
James M. Buchanan
ⓘ
Virginia school of political economy ⓘ
linked to:
Center for Study of Public Choice
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| author |
Gordon Tullock
ⓘ
James M. Buchanan ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Distinguished Fellow of the American Economic Association ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1922-02-13 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Rockford, Illinois, United States
ⓘ
linked to:
Rockford, Illinois
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| coAuthorOf | The Calculus of Consent ⓘ |
| coAuthorWith | James M. Buchanan ⓘ |
| conceptIntroduced |
Tullock paradox
ⓘ
transitional gains trap ⓘ |
| deathDate | 2014-11-03 ⓘ |
| employer |
George Mason University
ⓘ
University of Arizona ⓘ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Tech
|
| field |
economics
ⓘ
law and economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
constitutional economics
ⓘ
law and economics ⓘ public choice economics ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Tullock paradox
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calculus of consent ⓘ
linked to:
The Calculus of Consent
economic analysis of political processes ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ rent-seeking theory ⓘ theory of bureaucracy ⓘ |
| memberOf | Public Choice Society ⓘ |
| name | Gordon Tullock ⓘ |
| nationality |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| notableWork |
Autocracy
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The Calculus of Consent ⓘ The Politics of Bureaucracy ⓘ The Rent-Seeking Society ⓘ The Social Dilemma ⓘ |
| position |
professor of economics
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professor of law and economics ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1962 ⓘ |
| schoolOrTradition |
Virginia school of public choice
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linked to:
Center for Study of Public Choice
public choice school ⓘ |
| servedIn |
United States Army
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United States Foreign Service ⓘ |
| workedOn |
bureaucracy
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constitutional political economy ⓘ judicial decision-making ⓘ logrolling and vote trading ⓘ rent-seeking ⓘ revolutions and coups ⓘ transitional gains trap ⓘ |
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