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This special issue brings together the papers presented and discussed at the James M. Buchanan Centennial Birthday Academic Conference hosted at Middle Tennessee State University. The papers appraise and extend Buchanan’s contributions to the fields of public choice and constitutional political economy. This special issue demonstrates that Buchanan’s scholarship continues to be relevant and fruitful for scholars working on modern scholarship in these fields.
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Acknowledgements
This special issue would not have been possible without the help and support of numerous individuals. I thank William F. Shughart II for agreeing to publish the papers in a special issue of Public Choice and his help and encouragement throughout the process. Henrietta Bailey-Webb, Gabriel Fancher, and Susan Lyons played essential roles in planning and executing the conference. Brian Delaney assisted me in editing the submitted papers for this special issue. A special thanks also goes out to Dean John Vile (MTSU University Honors College), Dean David Urban (Jennings A. Jones College of Business), and President McPhee (MTSU) for making the Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU, and this conference, possible. This conference was cohosted by the Political Economy Research Institute and the University Honors College with the generous support of Jeff Whorley. Finally, I thank the authors and discussants for participating in the conference and the special issue.
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Smith, D.J. James M. Buchanan centennial birthday academic conference: an introduction to the special issue. Public Choice 183, 223–226 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-020-00823-4
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