| The limits of liberty: Between anarchy and Leviathan JM Buchanan University of Chicago Press, 1975 | 4347 | 1975 |
| The reason of rules: Constitutional political economy G Brennan, JM Buchanan | 2605* | 2008 |
| Democracy in deficit: The political legacy of Lord Keynes JM Buchanan, RE Wagner | 2579 | 1977 |
| Revenue structure, fiscal illusion, and budgetary choice RE Wagner Public choice, 45-61, 1976 | 591 | 1976 |
| Fiscal sociology and the theory of public finance: An exploratory essay RE Wagner Edward Elgar Publishing, 2007 | 306 | 2007 |
| Pressure groups and political entrepreneurs: A review article RE Wagner Papers on Non-Market Decision Making 1 (1), 161-170, 1966 | 263 | 1966 |
| The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan: The Power to Tax: Analytical Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution JM Buchanan, RD Congleton, G Brennan, G Tullock, RE Wagner Liberty Fund, 1999 | 250* | 1999 |
| Mind, society, and human action: time and knowledge in a theory of social-economy R Wagner Routledge, 2010 | 207 | 2010 |
| Wagner's law, fiscal institutions, and the growth of government RE Wagner, WE Weber National Tax Journal, 59-68, 1977 | 195 | 1977 |
| Politics as a peculiar business: Insights from a theory of entangled political economy RE Wagner Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016 | 184 | 2016 |
| The collected works of James M JM Buchanan Buchanan. Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, 34-35, 1999 | 183 | 1999 |
| Dialogues concerning fiscal religion JM Buchanan, RE Wagner Journal of Monetary economics 4 (3), 627-636, 1978 | 181 | 1978 |
| Competition, monopoly, and the organization of government in metropolitan areas RE Wagner, WE Weber The Journal of Law and Economics 18 (3), 661-684, 1975 | 160 | 1975 |
| Public choice and constitutional economics JD Gwartney, RE Wagner Jai Pr, 1988 | 152 | 1988 |
| Deficits, debt, and democracy: Wrestling with tragedy on the fiscal commons RE Wagner Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012 | 141 | 2012 |
| An efficiency basis for federal fiscal equalization JM Buchanan, RE Wagner The analysis of public output, 139-162, 1970 | 139 | 1970 |
| To promote the general welfare: Market processes vs. political transfers RE Wagner Pacific Research Inst for Public, 1989 | 130* | 1989 |
| The Consequences of Mr Keynes JM Buchanan, J Burton, RE Wagner Institute of Economic Affairs, 1978 | 112 | 1978 |
| The cameralists: A public choice perspective J Backhaus, RE Wagner Public choice 53 (1), 3-20, 1987 | 109 | 1987 |
| Self-governance, polycentrism, and federalism: recurring themes in Vincent Ostrom's scholarly oeuvre RE Wagner Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 57 (2), 173-188, 2005 | 104 | 2005 |
