2018 Conference Program Details
- Thursday, March 1
- 1:00pm – 6:30pm
- 2:00pm – 3:30pm
- 4:00pm – 5:45pm *
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 7:30pm – 11:59pm
- Friday, March 2
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 7:00am – 5:00pm
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 12:50pm *
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm *
- 2:30pm – 2:40pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- 6:00pm – 11:59pm
- 6:00pm – 9:00pm
- Saturday, March 3
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 7:00am – 5:00pm
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 11:30am
- 11:30am – 1:00pm *
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 7:30pm – 11:59pm
- Sunday, March 4
- 8:30am – 12:30pm
Thursday, March 1, 2018
Plenary Session 1: Intellectual Histories of Public Choice with Panelists Marianne Johnson, Roger Congleton, and Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard – Sponsored by the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in PPE and Public Choice Society
Session Chair:
Georg Vanberg
Rules versus Authorities in Early American Public Choice
Presenter: Marianne Johnson
Public Choice and Political Science: A View from Europe
Presenter: Peter Kurrild-Klitgaard
The Emergence of Public Choice: The Forest from the Trees
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Presenter: Roger Congleton
Room: Carolina Ballroom
Conference Welcome, Special Introductions
Session Chair:
Edward Lopez
Friday, March 2, 2018
Political Economy of Corruption I
Session Chair:
Oguzhan Dincer
Session Organizer:
Oguzhan Dincer
Social Influence and Economic Incentives: Complements or Substitutes—The Case of Fighting Corruption
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Presenter: Chenyang Xu
Co-Author(s): Van ‘t Veld, Klaas
Discussant: Oguzhan Dincer
Experimental Evidence on Collusive Bribery and the Value of Corrupt Networks
Presenter: Eugen Dimant
Co-Author(s): Burkhard Hehenkamp; Xinyu Li
Discussant: Amihai Glazer
How a Corrupt Official Can Increase His Budget
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Presenter: Amihai Glazer
Co-Author(s): Kimiko Terai
Discussant: Chenyang Xu
One Hundred Years of Corruption in America
Presenter: Oguzhan Dincer
Discussant: Eugen Dimant
Room: Pinckney Room
Experimental Public Choice I
Session Chair:
Gregory DeAngelo
Session Organizer:
Gregory DeAngelo
Priming the Jury by Asking for Donations: An Empirical and Experimental Study
Presenter: Jason Aimone
Co-Author(s): Charles North; Lucas Rentschler
Discussant: Fabrice Le Lec
Stopping Rules for Majority Voting: A Public Choice Experiment
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Presenter: Alice Kisaalita
Co-Author(s): Keith Dougherty, Jordan McKissick, Evan Katz
Discussant: Eric Cardella
The Significance of Salience in Candidate Evaluation: A Direct Measure
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Presenter: Libby Jenke
Co-Author(s): Munger, Michael
Discussant: Keith Poole
Political Competition in Judge and Prosecutor Elections
Presenter: Bryan McCannon
Co-Author(s): Greg DeAngelo
Discussant: Alice Kisaalita
Room: Colonial Ballroom
Book Panel: “From Enactment to Repeal: Examining the Post-Passage Fate of Landmark Laws.”
Session Chair:
Peter Calcagno
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
From Enactment to Repeal: Examining the Post-Passage Fate of Landmark Laws
Presenter: Jordan Ragusa
Co-Author(s): Nathaniel Birkhead
A Change of Heart on Major Legislation
Presenter: Seth McKee
Why Repealing Legislation is Harder Than Passing It
Presenter: William Shughart
Rethinking Revision: Comments on “Enactment to Repeal: Examining the Post-Passage Fate of Landmark Laws”
Presenter: Irwin Morris
Room: Rutledge Room
The Political Economy of Autocracy
Session Chair:
Thomas Apolte
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
A Theory of Autocratic Transition. How Populists Establish Dictatorship
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Presenter: Thomas Apolte
Discussant: Aleksandr Demin
Dictators’ Behavior Under Conditions of Economic Sanctions Cumulative Effect
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Presenter: Aleksandr Demin
Co-Author(s): Chmel, Kirill; Kazantcev, Kirill.
Discussant: Jerg Gutmann
Coups, Regime Transition, and the Dynamics of Press Freedom
Presenter: Jerg Gutmann
Co-Author(s): Christian Bjørnskov; Andreas Freytag
Discussant: Greta Piktozyte
When do coups succeed?
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Presenter: Greta Piktozyte
Co-Author(s): Bjørnskov, Christian; Rode, Martin
Discussant: Thomas Apolte
Room: Calhoun Room
Comparative Institutional Analysis and Design
Session Chair:
Richard F. Potthoff
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Spot It! and balanced block designs: keys to better debate architecture for a plethora of candidates in presidential primaries?
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Presenter: Richard F. Potthoff
Discussant: Piruz Saboury
Informative fundraising: The signaling value of seed money and matching gifts
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Presenter: Piruz Saboury
Co-Author(s): Krasteva, Silvana
Discussant: Andranik Tangian
Design and results of the third vote experiment during the 2017 election of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology student parliament
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Presenter: Andranik Tangian
Discussant: Amjad Toukan
A Theory of the Small Minority Autocratic Rule in Tribal Societies
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Presenter: Amjad Toukan
Discussant: Richard F. Potthoff
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Models of Legislative Bargaining
Session Chair:
Georg Vanberg
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Coalition Bargaining Before an Audience
Presenter: Georg Vanberg
Co-Author(s): Lanny Martin
Discussant: Thomas Choate
Legislative bargaining and partisan delegation
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Presenter: Thomas Choate
Co-Author(s): Weymark, John; Wiseman, Alan
Discussant: Mustafa Yildirim
Legislative bargaining with a stochastic surplus and costly recognition
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Presenter: Mustafa Yildirim
Discussant: Jose Juan Bautista
The Role of Influence in Valence Politics
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Presenter: Jose Juan Bautista
Discussant: Georg Vanberg
Room: Laurens Room
Public Choice and Public Goods
Session Chair:
David Chandler Thomas
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
An Economic Theory of Conducible Goods
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Presenter: David Chandler Thomas
Co-Author(s): Thomas, David; Horowitz, John
Discussant: Wolfgang Bretschneider
Crowdfunding Defense
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Presenter: Garrett Wood
Discussant: David Chandler Thomas
Efficient private provision of security services in a societal security regime
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Presenter: Wolfgang Bretschneider
Discussant: Garrett Wood
Room: Middleton Room
The Political Economy of Taxation
Session Chair:
Tomomi Miyazaki
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Property Tax and Land Use: Evidence from the Japan’s reform in the 1990s
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Presenter: Tomomi Miyazaki
Co-Author(s): Motohiro Sato
Discussant: Patricia Moser
On the relevance of double tax treaties in the presence of treaty shopping
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Presenter: Martin Zagler
Co-Author(s): Petkova, Kunka; Zagler, Martin
Discussant: Tomomi Miyazaki
Tobacco Taxes
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Presenter: Patricia Moser
Discussant: Andrzej Stasio
Room: Carolina Ballroom A
Freedom and Economic History _ Papers Honoring Jac Heckelman
Session Chair:
Keith Dougherty
Session Organizer:
Keith Dougherty
The Nature of Limits in the Concept of Limited Government
Presenter: John Wallis
Discussant: Farley Grubb
Colonial North Carolina’s Paper Money Regime, 1712-1774: Value Decomposition and Performance
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Presenter: Farley Grubb
Co-Author(s): Cutsail, Cory
Discussant: John Wallis
Economic freedom impact on corporate performance: the evidence from Russian public companies
Presenter: Anna Bykova
Co-Author(s): Coates, Dennis
Discussant: Bonnie Wilson
The Optimal Extent of Regulation: Evidence from a Panel of International Data
Presenter: Bonnie Wilson
Co-Author(s): Heckelman, Jac C.
Discussant: Dennis Coates
Plenary Session 2: Positive Political Theory and Public Choice: Ken Shepsle’s Contributions to the New Institutionalism – Sponsored by Duke Political Science Department and Public Choice Society
Session Chair:
Georg Vanberg
Session Organizer:
Georg Vanberg
Positive Political Theory in Perspective
Presenter: Kenneth Shepsle
Ken Shepsle, Public Choice, and the New Institutionalism
Presenter: John Aldrich
Public Policy and Entrepreneurship
Session Chair:
Diana Thomas
Session Organizer:
Diana Thomas
Field of dreams: If government builds infrastructure, will entrepreneurs come?
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Presenter: Daniel Bennett
Discussant: Kathleen Sheehan
The Treason of Rules: Institutional Entrepreneurship and Representative Government
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Presenter: Diana Thomas
Co-Author(s): Adam Martin
Discussant: Jeremy Horpedahl
Bootleggers, Baptists, and Ballots: Spending on Alcohol Legalization Elections in Arkansas
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Presenter: Jeremy Horpedahl
Discussant: Diana Thomas
The Gender Wage Gap and Regulation
Presenter: Kathleen Sheehan
Co-Author(s): Sheehan, Kathleen
Discussant: Daniel Bennett
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Political Economy of Public Policy
Session Chair:
Jakob de Haan
Session Organizer:
Arye Hillman
Policy Coordination under Model Disagreement and Uncertainty
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Presenter: Carsten Hefeker
Discussant: Jakob de Haan
Subsidizing moderates
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Presenter: Artyom Jelnov
Discussant: Jac Heckelman
The Independence of Prosecutors and Government Accountability
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Presenter: Jerg Gutmann
Co-Author(s): Stefan Voigt
Discussant: Alexander Libman
Oil Discoveries and Education Spending in the Postbellum South
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Presenter: Stephan Maurer
Discussant: Jerg Gutmann
Room: Gold Ballroom
Fourth Annual Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate Student: Finalist Presentations
Session Chair:
Michael Munger
Session Organizer:
Lynne Kiesling
Titles For Me But Not For Thee: Transitional Gains Trap of Property Rights Extension in Colombia
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Presenter: Perry Ferrell
Discussant: Lynne Kiesling
Political Competition and Local Government Performance: Evidence from Indonesia
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Presenter: Jahen Rezki
Discussant: Bonnie Wilson
The Contingent Value of Relationships: Revolving-Door Lobbyists in the U.S. States
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Presenter: James Strickland
Discussant: Michael Munger
Room: Carolina Ballroom A
Corruption in Comparative Perspective
Session Chair:
Suryadipta Roy
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Trusting the Hand that Feeds You: The Effect of Institutional Trust and Participation on Foreign Aid Effectiveness
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Presenter: Kevin Aslett
Discussant: Suryadipta Roy
Public Choice View of Demonetization in India
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Presenter: Feler Bose
Discussant: Kevin Aslett
The Distortionary Eects of Partisan Alignment on Political Accountability: Evidence from Kenya
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Presenter: Michael Mbate
Discussant: Feler Bose
Size-adjusted Markups and Firm-level Bribe Payments: Evidence from Productivity and Investment Climate Survey (PICS)
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Presenter: Suryadipta Roy
Co-Author(s): Roy, Suryadipta
Discussant: Michael Mbate
Room: Colonial Ballroom
Institutional Quality and Growth / Development
Session Chair:
Helena Helfer
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Democratic Institutions and Prosperity – A Bundled Approach
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Presenter: Helena Helfer
Discussant: Haruo Kondo
Redistributive Politics and Regional Economic Growth: Evidence from Japanese Prefectures
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Presenter: Haruo Kondo
Discussant: Friedrich Schneider
Drivers of the Underground Economy for over a Century: A Long Term Look for the U.S.
Presenter: Friedrich Schneider
Co-Author(s): Goel, Rajeev; Saunoris, James
Discussant: Brandon Brice
The Resource Curse: Evidence from U.S. State Constitutional Structures
Presenter: Brandon Brice
Co-Author(s): Corey, Joab; Sobel, Russell; Montesinos, Hugo
Discussant: Helena Helfer
Room: Middleton Room
Institutional Origins and Change
Session Chair:
Craig Depken
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
State capacity and jurisdictional competition
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Presenter: Ennio Piano
Discussant: Danko Tarabar
Culture, Voting Behavior, and Institutional Reform: Evidence from Transition Countries
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Presenter: Danko Tarabar
Co-Author(s): Portillo, Javier
Discussant: Craig Depken
Evolution of a Social Norm: The Rise and Fall of the Enforcer in the National Hockey League
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Presenter: Craig Depken
Co-Author(s): Peter Groothuis; Mark Strazicich
Discussant: Ennio Piano
Room: Laurens Room
Constitutions and the Legal System
Session Chair:
Josh Matti
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Constitutional Overperformance
Presenter: Anna Lewczuk
Co-Author(s): Metelska-Szaniawska, Katarzyna
Discussant: Josh Matti
Votes or Violations: Enforcement Cycles in Sheriff Elections
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Presenter: Josh Matti
Co-Author(s): Ferrell, Perry
Discussant: Cameron Shelton
What constrains partisan gerrymandering?
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Presenter: Cameron Shelton
Co-Author(s): Sabouni, Hisam
Discussant: Bryan McCannon
Informational Value of Challenging an Incumbent Prosecutor
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Presenter: Bryan McCannon
Discussant: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
Room: Calhoun Room
Local Fiscal Policy
Session Chair:
Ross Milton
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
“Majority Builds: Direct Democracy and the Intra-district Allocation of School Facilities Spending”
Presenter: Ross Milton
Co-Author(s): Grosz, Michel
Discussant: Yilin Hou
Inferring Tax Compliance from Pass-through: Evidence from Airbnb Tax Enforcement Agreements
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Presenter: Keith Teltser
Co-Author(s): Bibler, Andrew; Tremblay, Mark
Discussant: Ross Milton
The impact of local households’ housing tenure on local public debt levels
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Presenter: Danny Woodbury
Discussant: Keith Teltser
Local Government User Charges and the Tax and Expenditure Limitations
Presenter: Yilin Hou
Co-Author(s): Zhang, Pengju
Discussant: Danny Woodbury
Room: Rutledge Room
Voter Behavior and Political Competition
Session Chair:
Richard Jankowski
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Myopic Voting?: A State Level Empirical Analysis
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Presenter: Richard Jankowski
Discussant: Dwight Lee
An expressive voter model of Anger, Hatred, Harm and shame
Presenter: Dwight Lee
Co-Author(s): Ryan Murphy
Discussant: Steven Brownell
Social Attitudes and Civic Engagement of International Migrants
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Presenter: Steven Brownell
Discussant: Richard Jankowski
Social Choice and Populism
Session Chair:
Keith Dougherty
Session Organizer:
Keith Dougherty
The Political Economy of Populism
Presenter: Andreas Freytag
Co-Author(s): Ball, Christopher
Discussant: Roger Congleton
Spoiler Effects in Proportional Representation Systems: Evidence from Eight Polish Parliamentary Elections, 1991-2015
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Presenter: Marek Kaminski
Discussant: Robi Ragan
Centripetal and Centrifugal Electoral Incentives in Multidimensional Policy Spaces
Presenter: Robi Ragan
Discussant: Nicolaus Tideman
Selecting the Run-off Pair
Presenter: Nicolaus Tideman
Co-Author(s): Green-Armytage, James
Discussant: Marek Kaminski
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Empirical State and Local Political Economy
Session Chair:
Dean Stansel
Session Organizer:
Dean Stansel
Is it the economy, stupid? Economic policy, economic performance, and the incumbent advantage in state gubernatorial re-elections
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Presenter: Jason Long
Co-Author(s): Bennett, Daniel
Discussant: Alexandre Padilla
The Legal System and Protection of Property Rights at the Subnational Level
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Presenter: Ryan Murphy
Discussant: Dean Stansel
The “California Horse”: Do Domestic Migrants Impact State Institutions?
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Presenter: Alexandre Padilla
Co-Author(s): Dean Stansel, Meg Tuszynski Patrick
Discussant: Ryan Murphy
Economic Freedom and Domestic Trade: A Gravity Model Estimation
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Presenter: Dean Stansel
Co-Author(s): Tuszynski, Meg
Discussant: Daniel Bennett
Room: Middleton Room
40+ Years of Approval Voting Research: Its History and Future
Session Chair:
Mahendra Prasad
Session Organizer:
Mahendra Prasad
Approval Voting: Its History and Future
Presenter: Steven Brams
Approval Ballots for Multi-Winner Elections
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Presenter: D. Marc Kilgour
Approval Voting’s Strengths and Weaknesses: Reflections of a Friendly Apostate
Presenter: Jack Nagel
Room: Gold Ballroom
International Cooperation and Conflict
Session Chair:
Paul Pecorino
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Social Capital Accumulation and Terrorism
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Presenter: Alex Ray
Discussant: Paul Pecorino
Defense Expenditures and Allied Cooperation
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Presenter: Toshihiro Ihori
Discussant: Alex Ray
Bridge burning
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Presenter: Paul Pecorino
Discussant: Ryusuke Shinohara
Interregional negotiations and strategic delegation under government subsidy schemes
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Presenter: Ryusuke Shinohara
Discussant: Toshihiro Ihori
Room: Pinckney Room
Institutions and the Firm
Session Chair:
Jacob Burgdorf
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Does the quality of institutions influence the performance of enterprises ? A case study analysis
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Presenter: Sevgi Ineci
Discussant: Anders Kärnä
Estimating Corruption in Publicly Owned Firms using Network Theory
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Presenter: Anders Kärnä
Co-Author(s): Bergh, Andreas; Erlingsson, Gissur; Wittberg, Emanuel
Discussant: Jacob Burgdorf
The strategic impact of voluntary vs. mandated vertical restraints
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Presenter: Jacob Burgdorf
Discussant: Sevgi Ineci
Room: Carolina Ballroom A
Labor Policy and Regulation
Session Chair:
Jason Saving
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Why Haven’t Regional Wages Converged? The Role of Fiscal Federalism
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Presenter: Jason Saving
Discussant: Mark Crain
Regulatory Barriers to Women in Business
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Presenter: Mark Crain
Co-Author(s): Nicole V. Crain
Discussant: Christopher John Cruz
Avoiding the Housewife Stigma: Self-Employment as a Female Career Choice
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Presenter: Carl Magnus Bjuggren
Co-Author(s): Henrekson, Magnus
Discussant: Jason Saving
The Labor Supply Effects of the 1983 Social Security reforms
Presenter: Christopher John Cruz
Discussant: Carl Magnus Bjuggren
Room: Rutledge Room
Legislative Decisionmaking in Panel Data Models
Session Chair:
William B. Hankins
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Partisan Determinants of Federal Highway Grants
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Presenter: William B. Hankins
Co-Author(s): Goetzke, Frank; Hoover, Gary
Discussant: Steven Johnson
Voting on the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
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Presenter: Steven Johnson
Discussant: Bjoern Kauder
Conservative Politicians and Voting on Same-Sex Marriage
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Presenter: Bjoern Kauder
Co-Author(s): Potrafke, Niklas
Discussant: James Klingensmith
Pork-Barrel Spending and Political Entrepreneurship: Using Tax Money to Win Elections
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Presenter: James Klingensmith
Discussant: William B. Hankins
Room: Laurens Room
Political Economy of Property
Session Chair:
Colin Harris
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights
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Presenter: Colin Harris
Co-Author(s): Leeson, Peter
Discussant: Perry Ferrell
Nail-house Strategy: The Weapon of the Weak in Land Expropriation and House Demolition in China
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Presenter: Wanlin Lin
Discussant: Colin Harris
Titles For Me But Not For Thee: Transitional Gains Trap of Property Rights Extension in Colombia
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Presenter: Perry Ferrell
Discussant: Sakshi Jain
Effects of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program Targeting Young Girls: Evidence from India
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Presenter: Sakshi Jain
Discussant: Wanlin Lin
Room: Calhoun Room
Policy Responsiveness and Accountability
Session Chair:
Stefanie Gaebler
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The effects of direct elections on public services and spatial inequalities – Quasi-experimental evidence from Germany
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Presenter: Stefanie Gaebler
Co-Author(s): Roesel, Felix
Discussant: John Matsusaka
When Do Legislators Follow Constituent Opinion? Evidence from Matched Roll Call and Referendum Votes
Presenter: John Matsusaka
Discussant: Stefanie Gaebler
Experimental Public Choice III
Session Chair:
Gregory DeAngelo
Session Organizer:
Gregory DeAngelo
Wage Distributions – Preferences and Productivity
Presenter: Eric Cardella
Co-Author(s): Alex Roomets
Discussant: Adam Hoffer
An Experimental Investigation of the Calculus of Consent
Presenter: Adam Hoffer
Discussant: Libby Jenke
Liberal or paternalistic preferences? An experimental test
Presenter: Fabrice Le Lec
Co-Author(s): Benoît, Tarroux
Discussant: Michael Makowsky
Rent dissipation and streamlined costs: Laboratory experiments
Presenter: Charles Holt
Co-Author(s): Goeree, Jacob and Smith, Angela
Discussant: Keith Dougherty
Room: Middleton Room
Art, Science, and Political Economy I
Session Chair:
Richard Wagner
Session Organizer:
Richard Wagner
The Irrelevance of Balanced Budgets
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Presenter: David Hebert
Discussant: Richard Wagner
The constitutional rules of self-governing: Vincent Ostrom on formal rules and social commitments
Presenter: Roberta Herzberg
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Group formation in constitutional political economy
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Presenter: Jayme Lemke
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Room: Gold Ballroom
Constitutional Political Economy
Session Chair:
Matthew Bonick
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Historical Roots of Racism
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Presenter: Matthew Bonick
Co-Author(s): Antonio Farfán-Vallespín
Discussant: Paola Suarez
Immigration and Emigration: Legislation and
Presenter: Bradley Hobbs
Co-Author(s): Wenzel, Nikolai
Discussant: Matthew Bonick
The Korea Story
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Presenter: Yong Yoon
Co-Author(s): Lim, J.D.
Discussant: Bradley Hobbs
Child-Bride Marriage and Female Welfare
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Presenter: Paola Suarez
Discussant: Yong Yoon
Room: Calhoun Room
Development and Redistribution
Session Chair:
Vasyl Kvartiuk
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The political economy of regional policy formation: the case of Russian agricultural subsidies
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Presenter: Vasyl Kvartiuk
Co-Author(s): Herzfeld, Thomas; Ghukasyan, Siranush
Discussant: Stanley Winer
The Effect of the Community Reinvestment Act on Bank Closures and Location Choice
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Presenter: Danielle Zanzalari
Co-Author(s): Jacob Walloga
Discussant: Vasyl Kvartiuk
Sharing development surplus with landowners in economic development projects
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Presenter: Hojun Lee
Co-Author(s): Kim, Iljoong; Park, Sungkyu
Discussant: Danielle Zanzalari
The Privateness of Public Expenditure: A model and empirics for Indian states
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Presenter: Stanley Winer
Co-Author(s): Ferris, J. Stephen; Dash, Bharatee; Chakraborty, Pinaki
Discussant: Hojun Lee
Room: Laurens Room
Panel Data Models of Democracy and Performance
Session Chair:
Sebastiano Bavetta
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Decentralization and Quality of Governance
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Presenter: Pedro Camões
Discussant: Jahen Rezki
Political Competition and Local Government Performance: Evidence from Indonesia
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Presenter: Jahen Rezki
Discussant: Vincent Geloso
A Revolution Delayed? Dairy Output and Tenure Institutions in Lower Canada, 1831
Presenter: Vincent Geloso
Discussant: Pedro Camões
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Games and Experiments in Public Choice
Session Chair:
Calvin Blackwell
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The efficiency impact of policy uncertainty: An experimental study
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Presenter: Calvin Blackwell
Co-Author(s): Sobel, Russell
Discussant: Allison Bugenis
The Danger of Hyper-Competence: How Highly Skilled Agents can be Costly to their Principals
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Presenter: Allison Bugenis
Discussant: Huseyin Yildirim
Social Pressure, Transparency, and Voting in Committees
Presenter: Huseyin Yildirim
Co-Author(s): Name-Correa, Alvaro J.
Discussant: Calvin Blackwell
Room: Rutledge Room
Political Theory and the History of Ideas
Session Chair:
Charles Delmotte
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Ontology of Taxation : The Romantic vs. the Realistic Point of View
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Presenter: Charles Delmotte
Discussant: Mahendra Prasad
A Theory of Self-Governance: De Facto Constitutions as Filters
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Presenter: Alexander Salter
Discussant: Charles Delmotte
How to Criticize James M. Buchanan? Amartya K. Sen on the Normative Premises of Classical Liberalism
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Presenter: Malte Dold
Discussant: Alexander Salter
Nicolas de Condorcet: the first philosopher of the intelligence explosion hypothesis
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Presenter: Mahendra Prasad
Discussant: Malte Dold
Room: Pinckney Room
Voter Preferences and Voter Choice
Session Chair:
Niclas Berggren
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Do Voters Dislike Liberalizing Reforms? New Evidence Using Data on Satisfaction with Democracy
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Presenter: Niclas Berggren
Co-Author(s): Bjørnskov, Christian
Discussant: Luis Aguiar-Conraria
The Impact of Government Programs on Individual Preferences for Redistribution: Evidence from SCHIP/Medicaid Expansion
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Presenter: Thuy Vu
Discussant: Niclas Berggren
Voter Policy Preferences in the U.S. Presidential Elections
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Presenter: Wilson Law
Discussant: Thuy Vu
The importance of Consumer Sentiment in explaining presidential approval ratings
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Presenter: Luis Aguiar-Conraria
Co-Author(s): Bruno Fernandes; Pedro C. Magalhães; Maria Joana Soares
Discussant: Wilson Law
Saturday, March 3, 2018
Politics and Housing Markets
Session Chair:
Daniel Jones
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
Minority Representation in Local Government and Distributional Outcomes
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Presenter: Daniel Jones
Co-Author(s): Beach, Brian; Jones, Daniel; Twinam, Tate; Walsh, Randall
Discussant: Chris Mothorpe
Are campaign contributions normal goods? Evidence from local house price fluctuations
Presenter: Carly Urban
Co-Author(s): Lessem, Rebecca
Discussant: Daniel Jones
All Politics is Local? Evidence from Foreclosures and Voter Participation
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Presenter: Jessica Van Parys
Discussant: Carly Urban
Interjurisdictional competition for land: The stratetic decisions of municipalities competing for annexations
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Presenter: Chris Mothorpe
Co-Author(s): Sobel, Russell; Woolsey, Bill
Discussant: Jessica Van Parys
Room: Gold Ballroom
Political Economy of Institutions
Session Chair:
Peter Calcagno
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
Income Inequity and Regime Changes: Theory and Evidence
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Presenter: Yang Zhou
Co-Author(s): Calcagno, Peter T
Discussant: Beatriz Maldonado
The Long-run Effect of Government Ideology on Economic Freedom
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Presenter: Ryan Murphy
Discussant: Andrew Young
Political Systems, Institutional Memory, and Economic Freedom
Presenter: Todd Nesbit
Co-Author(s): Calcagno, Peter; Maldonado, Beatriz; Zeager, Frankie
Discussant: Ryan Murphy
Medieval Traditions in Representation as Foundations of State Capacity Today
Presenter: Andrew Young
Co-Author(s): Jamie Bologna Pavlik
Discussant: Todd Nesbit
Room: Carolina Ballroom A
Governance and Corruption in Sports
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Raymond Sauer
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Raymond Sauer
What if a figure skating team event had been held at past Winter Olympic Games?
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Presenter: Peter Coughlin
Co-Author(s): Cheng, Diana
Discussant: D. Marc Kilgour
Catch-Up: A Rule That Makes Service Sports More Competitive
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Presenter: D. Marc Kilgour
Co-Author(s): Brams, Steven J.; Ismail, Mehmet S.; Stromquist, Walter
Discussant: Daniel Schwab
Corruption in the Bidding, Construction, and Organization of Mega-Events: An Analysis of the Olympics and World Cup
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Presenter: Daniel Schwab
Co-Author(s): Matheson, Victor A.; Koval, Patrick
Discussant: Benjamin Posmanick
Off The Post: The FIFA World Cup Bidding Process
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Presenter: Benjamin Posmanick
Discussant: Peter Coughlin
Room: Pinckney Room
Political Determinants of Development
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King Banaian
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Armenia as a borderland surrounded by bandits
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Presenter: King Banaian
Discussant: Loujaina Abdelwahed
Fiscal Management of Foreign Aid in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Presenter: Loujaina Abdelwahed
Discussant: Maria Carnovale
Who gets the surplus is Value Chains: development aid implications of competition within and between production stages
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Presenter: Maria Carnovale
Co-Author(s): Mayer, Frederick; Pfaff, Alexander
Discussant: Gonzalo Macera
The Washington Consensus: A comparative case
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Presenter: Gonzalo Macera
Discussant: King Banaian
Room: Rutledge Room
Interest Group Politics in the States
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Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
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President-Elect Session
Political Economy of Cultural Districts: The Diffusion of Cultural Districts Laws Across US States
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Presenter: Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
Discussant: Ghanshyam Sharma
Impact of Market Concentration on Effective Sales Tax Rate: Evidence from Insurance Industry
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Presenter: Ghanshyam Sharma
Discussant: Carl Kitchens
Civil Asset Forfeiture, Crime, and Police Incentives: Evidence from the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984
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Presenter: Carl Kitchens
Co-Author(s): Kantor, Shawn; Pawlowski, Steven
Discussant: Amir Borges Ferreira Neto
Room: Calhoun Room
The Political Economy of Monetary Policy
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Stephen Miller
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President-Elect Session
The Recourse Rule, regulatory arbitrage and the financial crisis
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Presenter: Stephen Miller
Discussant: Julia Norgaard
The Consequences of Diversity at the Federal Reserve
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Presenter: Caitlin Ainsley
Discussant: Stephen Miller
Government ideology and monetary policy in OECD countries
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Presenter: Luisa Doerr
Co-Author(s): Potrafke, Niklas; Cahan, Dodge
Discussant: Caitlin Ainsley
Black Market Exchange Rate as a Proxy for Inflation
Presenter: Julia Norgaard
Discussant: Luisa Doerr
Room: Colonial Ballroom
Developments in Social Choice Theory
Session Chair:
James Endersby
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Cyclical Majorities and Legislative Voting: Condorcet’s Paradox in Congress?
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Presenter: James Endersby
Discussant: Katsuyoshi Okui
Dynamic Veto Player Theory: What Institutions Do in Dynamic Settings And a New Tool for Simulating It
Presenter: Brandon Zicha
Discussant: James Endersby
Fair Division with Minimal Cuts
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Presenter: Steven Brams
Co-Author(s): Peter Landwebber
Political Success Theory in the Context of the Median Voter Theorem
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Presenter: Katsuyoshi Okui
Discussant: Steven Brams
Room: Middleton Room
Experimental Approaches to Voting Experiments
Session Chair:
William English
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President-Elect Session
Why so much popular support for a billionaire candidate? Insights from a survey experiment of campaign finance perceptions.
Presenter: William English
Discussant: Daniela Goya-Tocchetto
When do parochial voters support increased immigration? Reconsidering the link between perceived interests and policy preferences
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Presenter: Alexander Kustov
Discussant: William English
In-group Love vs. Out-group Hate: Which Is More Important to Partisans and When?
Presenter: Daniela Goya-Tocchetto
Co-Author(s): Amira, Karyn; Wright, Jennifer Cole
Discussant: Alexander Kustov
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Institutions, Norms, and Collective Action
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Roger Congleton
Session Organizer:
Roger Congleton
Membership and Decision-Making in International Organizations
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Presenter: Stephan Michel
Co-Author(s): Schories, Fanny
Discussant: Roger Congleton
Risk-taking, Trust, and Traumatization among Syrian Refugees in Jordan – A Lab-in-the-Field Experiment
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Presenter: Stefan Voigt
Co-Author(s): Nora El Bialy, Andreas Nicklisch
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Populism and Constitutional Reform in Latin America
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Presenter: Andrea Saenz de Viteri
Co-Author(s): Bjørnskov, Christian
Discussant: Stefan Voigt
Ethics and the Rule of Law
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Presenter: Roger Congleton
Discussant: Stephan Michel
Plenary Session 3: Lars Feld and David Primo on Fiscal Institutions in America and Europe – Sponsored by the BB&T Distinguished Professorship of Capitalism at Western Carolina University and Public Choice Society
Session Chair:
Georg Vanberg
Public debt, factions, and rules: Toward effective restraints on fiscal commons problems
Presenter: Lars P. Feld
(Budget) Rules Are Made to Be Broken: Can We Fix Them?
Presenter: David Primo
Political Influence and Benefits
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Amihai Glazer
The Growth of Government, Trust in Government, and Evidence on Their Coevolution
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Presenter: John Garen
Co-Author(s): Gordon, Steven; Clark, J.R.
The distortionary effects of stringent employee hours-of-service regulations on the U.S. airline industry
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Presenter: Cody Nehiba
Co-Author(s): Luttmann, Alexander
Monetizing Creative Destruction: Forward Markets to Spur Innovation
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Presenter: Amihai Glazer
Co-Author(s): Linda Cohen
What Did the Earmark Ban Do? Evidence from Intergovernmantal Grants
Presenter: Steven Gordon
Room: Gold Ballroom
The Political Economy of Policing and Imprisonment
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
David Skarbek
Cartel Federalism and Mass Incarceration
Presenter: Daniel D’Amico
Predation and Participation
Presenter: Brandon Davis
Contact with the Criminal Justice System and Political Participation
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Presenter: Paul Testa
The Myth of Mob Rule: Violent Crime and Democratic Politics
Presenter: Lisa Miller
Room: Calhoun Room
Engineering Political Stability in Ancient Greece
Session Chair:
F. Andrew Hanssen
Explaining the High Frequency and Low Intensity of Civil Conflict in Ancient Greece
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Presenter: Scott Arcenas
Discussant: Robert Fleck
Democratic Stability in Ancient Greece
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Presenter: F. Andrew Hanssen
Co-Author(s): Robert K Fleck
Discussant: Scott Arcenas
Judicial Review by the People Themselves: Constitutional Litigation in Ancient Athens
Presenter: Federica Carugati
Co-Author(s): Calvert, Randy; Weingast, Barry
Discussant: F. Andrew Hanssen
The Institutional Foundations of Athenian Resilience: Trade, Law, and Recovery from the Peloponnesian War
Presenter: Robert Fleck
Co-Author(s): F. Andrew Hanssen, Federica Carugati
Discussant: Federica Carugati
Room: Laurens Room
Constitutional Design
Session Chair:
GIUSEPPE EUSEPI
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
An Environmental Constitution vs. an Environmental Policy
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Presenter: GIUSEPPE EUSEPI
Co-Author(s): Conti, Marcelo Enrique; Cristina, Simone
Discussant: Anna Faria
The Birth and Demise of Market-Preserving Federalism in Brazil
Presenter: Anna Faria
Discussant: Bryan Cutsinger
Political Property Rights and Constitutional Change
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Presenter: Bryan Cutsinger
Discussant: Richard Salsman
Rent Selling and Constitutionalism
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Presenter: Richard Salsman
Discussant: GIUSEPPE EUSEPI
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Experimental Approaches to Bargaining
Session Chair:
Christoph Vanberg
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Logrolling under different q-majority rules: Theory and Experiments
Presenter: Christoph Vanberg
Co-Author(s): Charroin, Liza
Discussant: Gavin Roberts
Deterrence, Contagion, and Legitimacy in Anti-Corruption Policymaking: An Experimental Analysis
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Presenter: Robert Gillanders
Co-Author(s): Boly, Amadou; Miettinen, Topi
Discussant: Christoph Vanberg
All-pay auctions with noise
Presenter: Lucas Rentschler
Co-Author(s): Boudreau, James; Nagaraja, Haikady; Sanders, Shane
Discussant: Robert Gillanders
A piece for justice? The effect of voting on equality-efficiency preferences in the laboratory
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Presenter: Gavin Roberts
Co-Author(s): Buchanan, Joy; Gnagey, Jennifer
Discussant: Lucas Rentschler
Room: Middleton Room
Game Theoretic Models of Elections
Session Chair:
Kim Leonie Kellermann
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Electoral Accountability and Responsive Democracy
Presenter: Cesar Martinelli
Co-Author(s): Duggan, John
Discussant: Kim Leonie Kellermann
Political Participation and Party Capture in a Dualized Economy: A Game Theory Approach
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Presenter: Kim Leonie Kellermann
Discussant: Tetsuro Okazaki
Media diversity and its effect on elections
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Presenter: Tetsuro Okazaki
Discussant: Taiki Susa
The Politics of Tariff Cooperation in the Presence of Trade Costs
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Presenter: Taiki Susa
Co-Author(s): Tsubuku, Masafumi
Discussant: Cesar Martinelli
Room: Parkview Room
Political Budget Cycles
Session Chair:
Velibor Mačkić
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Conditional Political Budget Cycles in the EU – Where Do They Originate From and Do They Pay Off?
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Presenter: Velibor Mačkić
Discussant: Maria Escobar-Lemmon
Yardsticks and budget cycles: can neighbors encourage spending restraint?
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Presenter: Maria Escobar-Lemmon
Co-Author(s): Mitchell, Austin
Discussant: Georgios Chortareas
Electoral Cycles and Regulation
Presenter: Georgios Chortareas
Co-Author(s): Logothetis, Vassilis; Papandreou, Andreas
Discussant: Manuela Krause
Communal fees and election cycles: Evidence from German municipalities
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Presenter: Manuela Krause
Discussant: Velibor Mačkić
Room: Pinckney Room
Smith, Buchanan, and the Ostrom Tradition
Session Chair:
Nathan Goodman
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Exit, Voice, and Democratic Policing
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Presenter: Nathan Goodman
Discussant: Paul Dragos Aligica
Reverence toward rank: How Adam Smith’s idea of rank impacts the Ostrom’s art of association
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Presenter: Michael Clark
Co-Author(s): Behr, Rachael K.
Discussant: Roberta Herzberg
Public Choice in the Ostrom Tradition
Presenter: Roberta Herzberg
Discussant: Michael Clark
Artefact and Artisanship: James M. Buchanan and Vincent Ostrom at the Core and beyond the Boundaries of Public Choice
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Presenter: Paul Dragos Aligica
Discussant: Nathan Goodman
Room: Rutledge Room
Political Participation and Turnout
Session Chair:
Alfa Farah
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Does fiscal decentralization encourage electoral participation?
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Presenter: Alfa Farah
Discussant: Erica VanSant
Declined-Ballot Voting in Manitoba General Elections, 1999-2016
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Presenter: Stefan Dodds
Discussant: Alfa Farah
How Does Political Advertising Influence Voters’ Decisions? A Study of the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
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Presenter: Wilson Law
Discussant: Stefan Dodds
Voting Persistence After Close Elections
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Presenter: Erica VanSant
Co-Author(s): Lessem, Rebecca; Urban, Carly
Discussant: Wilson Law
Art, Science, and Political Economy II
Session Chair:
Richard Wagner
Session Organizer:
Richard Wagner
Do political entrepreneurs innovate?
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Presenter: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Individual Choice and Social Welfare: Theoretical Foundations of Political Economy
Presenter: Viktor Vanberg
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Complex and Entangled Public Policy: Here Be Dragons
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Presenter: Abigail Devereaux
Discussant: Richard Wagner
The spatial dimension: Reflections on the architecture of community
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Presenter: Lenore Ealy
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Stateless Commerce and Governance
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
David Skarbek
Stateless Commerce: The Diamond Network and the Persistence of Relational Exchange
Presenter: Barak Richman
The politics of order in informal markets: Evidence from Lagos
Presenter: Shelby Grossman
The tolerance of the intolerant
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Presenter: John Meadowcroft
Co-Author(s): Jennings, Colin; Morrow, Elizabeth
Stateless property: why customary property institutions persist
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Presenter: Ilia Murtazashvili
Co-Author(s): Murtazashvili, Jennifer
Room: Parkview Room
Political Economy of Corruption II
Session Chair:
Peter Calcagno
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
Institutions without romance: corruption and provisioning of infrastructure in canal irrigation systems
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Presenter: Sechindra Vallury
Co-Author(s): Leonard, Bryan; Abbott, Joshua
Discussant: Oguzhan Dincer
Does an Early Start Help or Hurt? Statehood, Institutions and Modern Climate Change Policies
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Presenter: Per Fredriksson
Co-Author(s): Ang, James B.
Discussant: Nan Chen
The Economic Impact of China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign
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Presenter: Nan Chen
Co-Author(s): Zemin Zhong
Discussant: Per Fredriksson
Corruption and the Shadow Economy: Friends or Foes
Presenter: Oguzhan Dincer
Co-Author(s): Adhikari, Bibek
Discussant: Peter Calcagno
Room: Laurens Room
Protests and Democratization
Session Chair:
Stefan Voigt
Session Organizer:
Stefan Voigt
Disasters in India – a welcome pretext for the federal government to get rid of state governments?
Presenter: Shruti Rajagopalan
Co-Author(s): Bjørnskov, Christian; Voigt, Stefan
Discussant: Lena Gerling
Public Protests, Coups d’État and Elections – Evidence from Africa
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Presenter: Lena Gerling
Discussant: Stefan Voigt
Terror and States of Emergency
Presenter: Stefan Voigt
Co-Author(s): Christian Björnskov
Discussant: Daniel Hicks
Climate Change and Civil Unrest in Latin America: Evidence from the El Niño Southern Oscillation
Presenter: Daniel Hicks
Co-Author(s): Beatriz Maldonado
Discussant: Shruti Rajagopalan
Room: Gold Ballroom
Coaseian Public Choice
Session Chair:
Colin Doran
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Economic Effects of Legal Rulings: How Liability Assignments Change Prices
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Presenter: Colin Doran
Discussant: Rosolino Candela
Political Transaction Costs: Constitutions as Unique Barriers to Coaseian Bargaining
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Presenter: Eric Alston
Discussant: Colin Doran
The Coase theorem, applied to markets and government
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Presenter: Randall Holcombe
Discussant: Eric Alston
The Lightship in Economics?
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Presenter: Rosolino Candela
Co-Author(s): Geloso, Vincent
Discussant: Randall Holcombe
Room: Calhoun Room
Fiscal Policy in Comparative Perspective
Session Chair:
Real Arai
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Public Debt Policy in a Political Economy
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Presenter: Real Arai
Discussant: Mavuto Kalulu
Transparency and Fiscal Discipline at Arkansas County Level Government
Presenter: Mavuto Kalulu
Co-Author(s): Ashley Phillips and Terra Aquia
Discussant: Velibor Mačkić
Political Stubbornness and Online Local Budget Transparency in Croatia
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Presenter: Velibor Mačkić
Co-Author(s): Katarina Ott, Mihaela Bronić
Discussant: Real Arai
Room: Middleton Room
Regulatory Politics at the State and Local Level
Session Chair:
Caitlin O’Loughlin
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Effects of Proposition G on Neighborhood Reconstruction: Evidence from San Francisco
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Presenter: Caitlin O’Loughlin
Discussant: Hans Pitlik
Is trust in companies rooted in social trust, or regulatory quality, or both?
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Presenter: Hans Pitlik
Co-Author(s): Leibrecht, Markus
Discussant: Christine Ries
Market Failure and Artificial Intelligence: The Case of K-12 Education in the United States
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Presenter: Christine Ries
Discussant: Mark Febrizio
Analyzing the economic effects of state-level regulation
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Presenter: Mark Febrizio
Discussant: Caitlin O’Loughlin
Room: Carolina Ballroom A
Markets and Government
Session Chair:
Andreas Bergh
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Economic freedom and the sharing economy
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Presenter: Andreas Bergh
Co-Author(s): Kate Dildy, Alexander Funcke & Joakim Wernberg
Discussant: Adrian Moore
Markets and Government: Realizing the Promise of Gaints from ‘Politics as Exchange’
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Presenter: Michael Munger
Co-Author(s): Keech, William
Discussant: Vincent Munley
The Economic Value of Attendance at a Museum with No Admissions Fee
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Presenter: Vincent Munley
Discussant: Michael Munger
Privatization and Public choice
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Presenter: Adrian Moore
Discussant: Andreas Bergh
Room: Pinckney Room
Public Choice Insights on Regulation – a View from Washington
Session Chair:
Bruce Yandle
Session Organizer:
Susan Dudley
Anticompetitive effects of social regulation: A case study from the CPSC
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Presenter: Sofie Miller
Co-Author(s): Mannix, Brian
Discussant: Bruce Yandle
Anticompetitive Effects, Part Deux: A Case Study from NHTSA
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Presenter: Brian Mannix
Co-Author(s): Miller, Sofie
Discussant: Bruce Yandle
The Organization of Inquiry at Executive Branch Regulatory Agencies: An Empirical Note
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Presenter: Jerry Ellig
Co-Author(s): Konieczny, Catherine
Discussant: Bruce Yandle
Does a Regulatory Budget Counter Regulator Incentives?
Presenter: Susan Dudley
Discussant: Bruce Yandle
Experimental Public Choice II
Session Chair:
Gregory DeAngelo
Session Organizer:
Gregory DeAngelo
Deviant or Wrong? The Effects of Norm Information on the Efficacy of Punishment
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Presenter: Eugen Dimant
Co-Author(s): Cristina Bicchieri; Erte Xiao
Discussant: Murat Mungan
The General versus Specific Deterrence Effects of Expungements: Experimental Evidence
Presenter: Murat Mungan
Co-Author(s): Greg DeAngelo: Romain Espinosa; Rustam Romaniuc
Discussant: Bryan McCannon
The Price of Hypocrisy
Presenter: Michael Makowsky
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Greg; McCannon, Bryan
Discussant: Jason Aimone
The perils of democracy
Presenter: Rustam Romaniuc
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Greg; Dubois, Dimitri
Discussant: Charles Holt
Room: Middleton Room
Theory and History
Session Chair:
Diana Thomas
Session Organizer:
Diana Thomas
Trade or Raid: Acadian Settlers and Native Indians Before 1755
Presenter: Vincent Geloso
Co-Author(s): Candela, Rosolino
Discussant: Diana Thomas
The Fiscal Squeeze
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Presenter: Diana Thomas
Co-Author(s): Michael Thomas
Discussant: Lynne Kiesling
Innovation, Interconnection, and Institutions: Evolving Electric Power Systems in the Early 20th Century
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Presenter: Lynne Kiesling
Co-Author(s): Clay, Karen
Discussant: Vincent Geloso
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Rules and Rule Changes in Public and Private Sectors
Session Chair:
F. Andrew Hanssen
Session Organizer:
F. Andrew Hanssen
Collusion in Private Procurement: How Does Mandatory Building Repair Increase Renovation Prices?
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Presenter: Kevin Tsui
Co-Author(s): Leung, Tin Cheuk; Tsang Kwok Ping
Discussant: Robert Fleck
Interest Group Rent Seeking in Unlicensed Spectrum: DSRC v. Wi-Fi in the 5.9 MHz Band.
Presenter: Thomas Hazlett
Discussant: Jonathan Ernest
Ensuring Compliance: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Auto Insurance Regulation on Uninsured Motorist Rates
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Presenter: Jonathan Ernest
Discussant: Kevin Tsui
Do Long-Term Contracts Promote Firm Investment in General Human Capital? Casting Actors to Discover Stars during the Hollywood Studio Era
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Presenter: F. Andrew Hanssen
Co-Author(s): Alexander Raskovich
Discussant: Thomas Hazlett
Room: Gold Ballroom
Round Table Honoring Jac Heckelman
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Keith Dougherty
On Interest Representation and Constitutional Structure: The Remarkable Contributions of Jac Heckelman to Public Choice
Presenter: Michael Munger
Constitutional Convention: For Session–Roundtable Honoring Jac Heckelman
Presenter: Farley Grubb
Surveys of Public Choice
Presenter: Robert Whaples
Lessons from Heckelman
Presenter: Christopher Cotter
Room: Rutledge Room
Environmental Regulation and Public Choice
Session Chair:
Sami Dakhlia
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Did tradable quota rights really affect fleet size? The case of IFQ Programs in the Gulf of Mexico
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Presenter: Sami Dakhlia
Co-Author(s): Marca
Discussant: Patrick O’Reilly
Pollution Hedging in the Air? The Effect of Anticipatory Command-and-Control on Market-Based Hedging in the U.S. Acid Rain Program
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Presenter: Patrick O’Reilly
Discussant: Yeon A Hong
The Effect of a Government Planner’s Educational Background on Environmental Outcomes in Autocratic Regimes
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Presenter: Yeon A Hong
Discussant: Sami Dakhlia
Room: Laurens Room
Happiness and Well-being
Session Chair:
Jeremy Jackson
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Happy Partisans and Ideologues: State versus National
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Presenter: Jeremy Jackson
Discussant: Moiz Bhai
Minimum Wages and Well-being
Presenter: Moiz Bhai
Discussant: Henrik Jordahl
Choice and competition in the welfare state: Home care as the ideal quasi-market
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Presenter: Henrik Jordahl
Co-Author(s): Bergman, Mats; Lundberg, Sofia
Discussant: Jeremy Jackson
Room: Pinckney Room
Interest Groups in a Public Choice Perspective
Session Chair:
Slade Mendenhall
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Can the size and the volatility of governmental subsidies for non-profit sport associations indicate the extent of special interest politics by the government?
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Presenter: Michael Koch
Co-Author(s): Emrich, Eike
Discussant: Thomas Hazlett
Is There a Public Choice Theory of the Financial Crisis?
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Presenter: Slade Mendenhall
Co-Author(s): Mendenhall, Slade; Cutsinger, Bryan
Discussant: Michael Koch
Interest Group Rent Seeking in Unlicensed Spectrum: DSRC v. Wi-Fi in the 5.9 MHz Band.
Presenter: Thomas Hazlett
Discussant: Slade Mendenhall
Room: Calhoun Room
Policy and Regulation in the States
Session Chair:
Mark Witte
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Child Safety Seat Laws and Motorist Behavior: Accidentally Less Safe
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Presenter: Mark Witte
Discussant: James Strickland
Closing the Deal: Targeted Business Subsidies and Economic Prosperity
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Presenter: Jacob Bundrick
Co-Author(s): Weici Yuan
Discussant: Mark Witte
Ensuring Compliance: Analyzing the Effectiveness of Auto Insurance Regulation on Uninsured Drivers and Fatalities
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Presenter: Jonathan Ernest
Discussant: Jacob Bundrick
The Contingent Value of Relationships: Revolving-Door Lobbyists in the U.S. States
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Presenter: James Strickland
Discussant: Jonathan Ernest