Gordon Tullock is University Professor of Law and Economics and Distinguished Research Fellow in the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He holds a joint teaching position in the Department of Economics and the School of Law.
Professor Tullock is best known for his pioneering work in public choice theory and the political economy of rent seeking. His publications include The Calculus of Consent (with James M. Buchanan), The Logic of the Law, The Politics of Bureaucracy, The Social Dilemma, Autocracy, The Economics of Non-Human Societies, Rent Seeking and On Voting. He is also the author of numerous seminal articles.
Professor Tullock was the first recipient of the Lastly T. Wilkins Award, received the 1992 Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy, and was presented with the 1993 Adam Smith Award. In 1996 Professor Tullock was named a member of the American Political Science Review Hall of Fame and also was honored with an Award for Outstanding Contributions in the field of law and economics by George Mason University School of Law.
Professor Tullock received his education at Yale University (Chinese, 1949-1951), Cornell University (Chinese, 1951-1952), and at the University of Chicago Law School (J.D., 1947). He was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Chicago in 1992. He also holds honorary doctorates from Basle and Universidad Francisco Marroquin.