James M. Buchanan and the European public choice movement : what did we learn from him?

by Friedrich Schneider

In this note, three major areas of Buchanan's research are briefly described: (1) The ideas of Knut Wicksell on Buchanan's work, (2) constitutional economics and the veil of ignorance, and (3) the role of government and/or the power to tax. It is shown that these three areas had a major influence on the European public choice movement, for example, at the European constitutional group.

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Year of publication:	2013
Authors:	Schneider, Friedrich
Other Persons:	Buchanan, James M. (honouree)
Publisher:	Linz : Univ., Dep. of Economics
Subject:	Work of James Buchanan \| constitutional economics \| veil of ignorance \| power to tax \| European public choice Society \| Knut Wicksell \| role of government \| Neue politische Ökonomie \| Public choice \| Verfassungsökonomik \| Constitutional economics \| Theorie \| Theory