Richard E. Wagner

Richard Edward Wagner (born April 28, 1941) is an American economist. He is professor of economics at George Mason University. He works primarily in the fields of public finance and public choice.

Richard E. Wagner
Richard Wagner
Born	(1941-04-28) April 28, 1941 Jamestown, North Dakota
Nationality	United States
Field	Public finance, public choice theory
School or tradition	Public Choice school
Alma mater	University of Virginia University of Southern California
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Wagner received his doctorate in economics from the University of Virginia, studying under James M. Buchanan. Wagner's work centers on the notion that macroeconomic phenomena are emergent, rather than being objects of choice. In addition to Buchanan, major influences on his thought include Carl Menger and Thomas Schelling.

Selected publications

• The Fiscal Organization of American Federalism (1971)
• "Revenue Structure, Fiscal Illusion, and Budgetary Choice" in Public Choice vol. 25, no. 1 (1976)
• "Institutional Constraints and Local Community Formation" in American Economic Review vol. 66, no. 2 (1976)
• Democracy in Deficit: The Political Legacy of Lord Keynes (co-authored with Buchanan) (1977)
• Public Finance: Revenues and Expenditures in a Democratic Society (1983)
• To Promote the General Welfare: Market Processes vs. Political Transfers (1989)
• The Economics of Smoking (co-authored with Robert Tollison) (1991)
• "Romance, Realism, and Economic Reform" (co-authored with Tollison) in Kyklos vol. 44, no. 1 (1991)
• Trade Protection in the United States (co-authored with Charles Rowley and Willem Thorbecke) (1995)
• Fiscal Sociology and the Theory of Public Finance (2007)

References

• Richard E. Wagner's CV at GMU

External links

• Richard E. Wagner, "Public Choice and the Diffusion of Classic Italian Public Finance"