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Robert D. Tollison

Robert D. Tollison

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Law
USA
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Economics and Finance

D-Index
60
Citations
16551
World Ranking
821
National Ranking
511

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Law in United States Leader Award

Overview

Robert D. Tollison was affiliated with Clemson University in the United States. Over the course of their academic career, they contributed to the field of economics, engaging with various scholarly activities and research endeavors associated with this institution.

While specific details about their recent papers, including titles, years of publication, and publication venues, are not available, their role as a researcher was connected with the academic community at Clemson University.

There is no recorded data on frequent co-authors, which suggests collaborations were either limited or not documented in the provided sources.

Similarly, no information is available regarding frequent publication venues or book publications. This limits the insights into the journals or forums where their research may have appeared or the publishers with whom they worked.

Details about the main fields and subfields of study connected to their work are not provided, which means specific research themes or disciplinary focuses cannot be outlined.

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Since Robert D. Tollison is deceased, the profile is presented entirely in the past tense, summarizing the known aspects of their academic affiliation and research involvement without speculation.

Best Publications

  • Toward a theory of the rent-seeking society

    James M. Buchanan;Robert D. Tollison;Gordon Tullock

  • RENT SEEKING: A SURVEY

    Robert D. Tollison

  • The Political economy of rent-seeking

    Charles Kershaw Rowley;Robert D. Tollison;Gordon Tullock

  • The Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities

    Mancur Olson

  • Politicians, Legislation, and the Economy: An Inquiry into the Interest-Group Theory of Government

    Robert E. McCormick;Robert D. Tollison

  • An economic theory of mutually advantageous issue linkages in international negotiations

    Robert D. Tollison;Thomas D. Willett

  • Sacred Trust: The Medieval Church as an Economic Firm

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hebert;Robert D. Tollison;Gary M. Anderson

  • Mercantilism as a rent-seeking society : economic regulation in historical perspective

    Laurence S. Moss;Robert B. Ekelund;Robert D. Tollison

  • The theory of public choice--II

    James M. Buchanan;Robert D. Tollison

  • POLITICIANS, LEGISLATION, AND THE ECONOMY

    Robert E. McCormick;Robert D. Tollison

  • Intellectual Collaboration

    Unknown

  • Congressional Influence and Patterns of New Deal Spending, 1933-1939

    Gary M. Anderson;Robert D. Tollison

  • Politicized Economies: Monarchy, Monopoly, and Mercantilism

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert D. Tollison

  • The National Collegiate Athletic Association: A Study in Cartel Behavior

    Arthur A. Fleisher;Brian L. Goff;Robert D. Tollison

  • An Economic Analysis of the Protestant Reformation

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • Crime on the Court

    Robert E. McCormick;Robert D. Tollison

  • Religious participation and income

    Unknown

  • Antitrust Pork Barrel

    Roger L. Faith;Donald R. Leavens;Robert D. Tollison

  • The Marketplace of Christianity

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • Free Entry and Efficient Rent-Seeking

    Richard S. Higgins;William F. ShughartII;Robert D. Tollison

  • Efficient rents 2 free entry and efficient rent seeking

    Richard S. Higgins;William F. Shughart;Robert D. Tollison

  • An Economic Model of the Medieval Church: Usury as a Form of Rent Seeking

    Robert B. Ekelund;Robert F. Hébert;Robert D. Tollison

  • Some simple economics of voting and not voting

    R. D. Tollison;T. D. Willett

  • FREE RIDING, SHIRKING, AND TEAM PRODUCTION IN LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS

    Arleen Leibowitz;Robert Tollison

  • The Economic Analysis of Rent Seeking

    Roger D. Congleton;Robert Tollison

  • Constitutional Change in an Interest-Group Perspective

    W. Mark Crain;Robert D. Tollison

  • The Economic Theory of Clubs

    Gary M. Anderson;William F. Shughart;Robert D. Tollison

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert B. Ekelund
Robert B. Ekelund Auburn University
Thomas D. Willett
Thomas D. Willett Claremont Graduate University
Gordon Tullock
Gordon Tullock George Mason University
Kevin B. Grier
Kevin B. Grier Texas Tech University
Randall G. Holcombe
Randall G. Holcombe Florida State University
Arleen Leibowitz
Arleen Leibowitz University of California, Los Angeles
Dennis C. Mueller
Dennis C. Mueller University of Vienna
Geoffrey Brennan
Geoffrey Brennan Australian National University
Friedrich Schneider
Friedrich Schneider Johannes Kepler University of Linz
Immanuel Wallerstein
Immanuel Wallerstein Yale University

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