What is Gordon Tullock?
{{Infobox scientist | image = Gordon tullock.jpg | caption = 2007 | name = Gordon Tullock | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|2|13}} | birth_place = [[Rockford, Illinois]] | alma_mater = [[University of Chicago]] | death_date = {{nowrap|{{death date and age|2014|11|3|1922|2|13}}}} | death_place = [[Des Moines, Iowa]] | nationality = [[United States]] | field = [[Law and economics]]<br />[[Public choice theory]] | influences = [[Henry Calvert Simons]]<br />[[Duncan Black]]<br />[[Ludwig von Mises]] | influenced = }} '''Gordon Tullock''' (February 13, 1922 &ndash; November 3, 2014) was an American [[economics|economist]] and a Professor of Law and Economics at the [[George Mason University School of Law]]. He was best known for his work on [[public choice theory]]. The theory was about [[political science]] and political issues. He is one of the founding figures in his field.<ref>Public Choice, Vol. 71, [https://www.jstor.org/pss/30025503], 1991. Retrieved on 2011-04-17.</ref> Tullock was born in [[Rockford, Illinois]]. He was raised in [[Chicago]]. Tullock studied at the [[University of Chicago]]. He worked with fellow economist [[James M. Buchanan]]. On November 3, 2014, Tullock died in [[Des Moines, Iowa]]. He was aged 92. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/bio.php?fac=45 Faculty Biography from George Mason University] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040502093829/http://www.law.gmu.edu/faculty/bio.php?fac=45 |date=2004-05-02 }} * [http://mercatus.org/gordon-tullock Tullock's bio] at the [[Mercatus Center]] * [http://www.heymiller.com/?p=568 Profile of Tullock in National Review] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091030053701/http://www.heymiller.com/?p=568 |date=2009-10-30 }} {{US-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Tullock, Gordon}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2014 deaths]] [[Category:American economists]] [[Category:Scientists from Chicag