Richard E. Wagner
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Richard E. Wagner is an American economist known for his work in public finance and public choice theory, and for his collaborations with James M. Buchanan.
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| Richard E. Wagner canonical | 3 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard E. Wagner Context triple: [James M. Buchanan, coAuthor, Richard E. Wagner]
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A.
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner was an American cinematographer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1946 adaptation of "The Yearling."
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B.
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke was a prominent American architect known for his influential modernist designs and his role in shaping mid-20th-century civic and memorial architecture in the United States.
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C.
Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
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D.
Karl Schaefer
Karl Schaefer is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the zombie apocalypse series Z Nation and its Netflix prequel Black Summer.
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E.
Walter Buch
Walter Buch was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as the chief judge of the Nazi Party’s Supreme Court and played a key role in enforcing party discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Richard E. Wagner Target entity description: Richard E. Wagner is an American economist known for his work in public finance and public choice theory, and for his collaborations with James M. Buchanan.
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A.
Sidney Wagner
Sidney Wagner was an American cinematographer known for his work on classic Hollywood films, including the 1946 adaptation of "The Yearling."
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B.
John Carl Warnecke
John Carl Warnecke was a prominent American architect known for his influential modernist designs and his role in shaping mid-20th-century civic and memorial architecture in the United States.
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C.
Walter Wolfrum
Walter Wolfrum was a German Luftwaffe fighter ace of World War II, credited with numerous aerial victories on the Eastern Front.
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D.
Karl Schaefer
Karl Schaefer is a television writer and producer best known for co-creating the zombie apocalypse series Z Nation and its Netflix prequel Black Summer.
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E.
Walter Buch
Walter Buch was a high-ranking Nazi official who served as the chief judge of the Nazi Party’s Supreme Court and played a key role in enforcing party discipline.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (40)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic
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economist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | James M. Buchanan ⓘ |
| citizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
James M. Buchanan
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various public choice scholars ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Virginia ⓘ |
| employer |
Florida State University
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George Mason University ⓘ Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University ⓘ
linked to:
Virginia Tech
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| fieldOfWork |
Austrian economics
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linked to:
Austrian School of economics
economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ public finance ⓘ |
| genre | academic literature ⓘ |
| hasAcademicDiscipline |
fiscal sociology
ⓘ
law and economics ⓘ macroeconomics ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
public choice economists
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scholars of public finance ⓘ |
| hasWrittenOn |
Keynesian economics
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budgetary politics ⓘ federalism ⓘ fiscal illusion ⓘ taxation ⓘ |
| knownFor |
collaborations with James M. Buchanan
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contributions to public choice theory ⓘ contributions to public finance ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| mainInterest |
constitutional political economy
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deficit spending ⓘ fiscal institutions ⓘ |
| memberOf | Public Choice Society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Democracy in Deficit
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The Calculus of Consent-related scholarship ⓘ The Fiscal Organization of American Federalism ⓘ |
| occupation |
university professor
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writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Holbert L. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University ⓘ |
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