2023 Conference Program Details
Conference Schedule | Participant List
- Thursday, March 16
- 1:00pm – 6:30pm
- 2:00pm – 3:30pm
- 4:00pm – 5:45pm
- 5:45pm – 7:15pm
- 7:15pm – 11:59pm
- Friday, March 17
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 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
- Saturday, March 18
- 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 – 2:45pm
- 2:50pm – 4:20pm *
- 4:20pm – 4:30pm
- 4:30pm – 6:00pm *
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 7:30pm – 11:59pm
Thursday, March 16, 2023
Opening Plenary Session with Kevin Grier, Recipient of the Inaugural James M. Buchanan Distinguished Fellow Award
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
Edward Lopez
Conference Welcome, Special Introductions
Presenter: Edward Lopez
President’s Welcome
Presenter: Lynne Kiesling
Reflections on the Public Choice Society at 60 Years with Roger Congleton, Kevin Grier, Roberta Herzberg, and Georg Vanberg
Presenter: David Skarbek
Introduction of the Inaugural Recipient of the James M. Buchanan Distinguished Fellow Award
Presenter: Randall Holcombe
Opening Plenary Main Presentation: “Coups are Bad!”
Presenter: Kevin Grier
Friday, March 17, 2023
Institutions of Freedom
Session Chair:
Christian Bjørnskov
Session Organizer:
Christian Bjørnskov
Microfoundations of effects of economic freedom
Presenter: Dennis Coates
The Rule of Law Predicts Trust in Journalists and Scientists
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Presenter: Niclas Berggren
Co-Author(s): Christian Bjornskov and Alexandra Sandstrom
Discussant: Dennis Coates
Room: Greenwood
Institutions: Past, Present, and Criminal
Session Chair:
Henry Thompson
Session Organizer:
Henry Thompson
Passing-the-Buck: Why Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta Will Exacerbate Indian Country’s Public Safety Crisis
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Presenter: Adam Crepelle
Discussant: Eric Alston
Police Unions Bargain For More than Money
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Presenter: Eric Alston
Co-Author(s): Tate Fegley; Bryant Joachim Jackson-Green; Ilia Murtazashvili
Discussant: Jacob Hall
On the Road to the Nation-State: Itinerant Kingship in Medieval England
Presenter: Jacob Hall
Discussant: Henry Thompson
The Organization of Extortion
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Presenter: Henry Thompson
Discussant: Adam Crepelle
Room: Kirkland
Law and Economics 2
Session Chair:
Jason Aimone
Session Organizer:
Bryan McCannon
Chicken Tournaments
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Presenter: Joy Kanengiser
Co-Author(s): Kole Reddig
Discussant: Bryan McCannon
Three Golden Balls: Pawn Shops and Crime
Presenter: Bryan McCannon
Co-Author(s): Zach Porreca
Discussant: Jason Aimone
Prosecutorial Discretion: A Theoretical and Experimental Investigation
Presenter: Jason Aimone
Co-Author(s): Stanton Hudja
Discussant: Toshihiro Ihori
Misestimation of Danger and Collective Risk Management in the Context of COVID-19
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Presenter: Toshihiro Ihori
Co-Author(s): Shintaro Nakagawa
Discussant: Joy Kanengiser
Room: Capitol Hill
Economic Development and Economic Calculation
Session Chair:
Julia Norgaard
Session Organizer:
Thomas Stratmann
Ecological Rationality & The Common Law: Examining the burden of proof for new regulations based on behavioral economics
Presenter: Alexander Cartwright
Discussant: Scott Burns
Is Economic Growth Special to Special Economic Zones?
Presenter: Scott Burns
Co-Author(s): Caleb Fuller
Discussant: Julia Norgaard
Is Economic Growth Special to Special Economic Zones?
Presenter: Julia Norgaard
Co-Author(s): Alexander C. Cartwright
Discussant: Alexander Cartwright
Room: Leschi
Firms, Organizations, and Property Rights
Session Chair:
Louis Rouanet
Session Organizer:
Louis Rouanet
Employee vs. Independent Worker: A Framework for Understanding Work Differences
Presenter: Paola Suarez
Co-Author(s): Liya Palagashvili, Clara Piano
Discussant: Doug Allen
On the efficiency of representative institutions: The case of the Italian communes
Presenter: Ennio Piano
Discussant: Paasha Mahdavi
A firm-centered theory of climate disclosure: Risk reporting and time horizons in the oil industry
Presenter: Paasha Mahdavi
Discussant: Paola Suarez
On the complexity of Property Rights
Presenter: Doug Allen
Co-Author(s): Yoram Barzel
Discussant: Ennio Piano
Room: Issaquah
Institutional Paradoxes, Failure, and Mistakes 1 – Honoring Peter C. Ordeshook
Session Chair:
Marek Kaminski
Session Organizer:
Marek Kaminski
The Toss of a Coin: Electoral Policymaking in Turkey from 1980 to 2018
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Presenter: Ugurcan Evci
Discussant: Keith Dougherty
The Effect of Congressional Apportionment on U.S. Presidential Elections
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Presenter: Keith Dougherty
Discussant: Maria Gallego
Modelling the influence of campaign contributions and advertising on Presidential elections
Presenter: Maria Gallego
Discussant: Ugurcan Evci
Why is political science not a science?
Presenter: Peter Ordeshook
Discussant: Maria Gallego
Room: Ballard
Political Economy and Policy
Session Chair:
Ryan Yonk
Session Organizer:
Ryan Yonk
Chinese Antitrust: Politics or Economics?
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Presenter: Ethan Yang
Discussant: Amelia Janaskie
The Fiscal Illusion of AI-Driven Fiscal Policy Solutions
Presenter: Amelia Janaskie
Discussant: Filippo Pavesi
Narratives and Policy Opinions: a Survey Experiment
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Presenter: Filippo Pavesi
Co-Author(s): Antinyan, Armenak; Bassetti, Thomas; Corazzini, Luca; Pavesi, Filippo
Discussant: Ethan Yang
Room: Medina
Effects of Regulation on Business Success
Session Chair:
Sriparna Ghosh
Session Organizer:
Alicia Plemmons
Occupational Licensing and Employment: A Cross-Border Comparison of Licensed and Unlicensed Industries
Presenter: Walker Rhine
Discussant: Sriparna Ghosh
The Political Economy of CON Law Boards
Presenter: Sriparna Ghosh
Co-Author(s): Matthew Mitchell
Discussant: Brian Mulligan
Perspectives from Elite Executives on Rightsizing Regulations for Business Performance
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Presenter: Brian Mulligan
Co-Author(s): Granados, Nelson, Ph.D.
Discussant: Sriparna Ghosh
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
Roundtable on Public Choice Research in Latin America
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
Edward Lopez
Remarks
Presenter: Robin Grier
Remarks: Populism as a unifying Public Choice theme in Latin America
Presenter: Nicolas Cachanosky
Remarks
Presenter: Lenore Ealy
Remarks: Setting the foundations for teaching Public Choice in Latin America through the Centro para el Análisis de las Decisiones Públicas (CADEP)
Presenter: Carroll Ríos Arathoon
Lunch on Own
Room: Willow
Luncheon – The Future of Public Choice – Sponsored by Institute for Humane Studies and Public Choice Society (Lunch for Students by Invitation) (Register at IHS Booth)
Modeling Social Choice Rules and Their Effects
Session Chair:
Bernard Grofman
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
… And the Rule Matters! A Comparison of Preference Elicitation Methods and Voting Rules
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Presenter: Christian Klamler
Co-Author(s): Darmann, Andreas
Detecting Gerrymandering in Multiparty Elections
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Presenter: Dariusz Stolicki
Co-Author(s): Słomczyński, Wojciech
Discussant: Bernard Grofman
Swing Models for Seats and Votes
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Presenter: Bernard Grofman
Co-Author(s): Wilson, Mark
Discussant: Christian Klamler
Room: Medina
Institutions and Regulation
Session Chair:
Vincent Carret
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
European internet regulation: a public choice explanation
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Presenter: Bartek Chomanski
Discussant: W. Benedikt Schmal
Governing the Cartels – an Institutional Exploration
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Presenter: W. Benedikt Schmal
Discussant: Vincent Carret
Distribution of Power and Ordered Competition in the European Coal and Steel Community
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Presenter: Vincent Carret
Discussant: Bartek Chomanski
Room: Greenwood
Models of Rent-Seeking and Lobbying
Session Chair:
Theo Simon
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Low Clearance: A Rent-Seeking Model of the Market for Security Clearances
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Presenter: Caleb Petitt
Co-Author(s): Tegan Truitt
Discussant: Shane Sanders
Private Regulation of Free Ridership in Contest Alliances
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Presenter: Shane Sanders
Discussant: Randall Holcombe
The transformative impact of rent-seeking theory on the study of public choice
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Presenter: Randall Holcombe
Discussant: Theo Simon
The Nature of the Lobby. A Transaction Cost Approach to the Process of Lobbyism
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Presenter: Theo Simon
Co-Author(s): Goldschmidt, Nils
Discussant: Caleb Petitt
Room: Kirkland
Formal Political Economy Theory
Session Chair:
Vlad Tarko
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Effect of Election on Political Preferences
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Presenter: Siyu Wang
Co-Author(s): Stratmann, Thomas
Discussant: Steven Beckman
Absolute Monopoly Power: Life and Death at the Margin
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Presenter: Steven Beckman
Co-Author(s): Smith, W. James
Discussant: Vlad Tarko
Social Norms, Personal Identity, and Rational Choice
Presenter: Vlad Tarko
Discussant: Siyu Wang
Room: Capitol Hill
Historical Political Economy II
Session Chair:
Robert Fleck
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Did the ‘Quiet Revolution’ Really Change Anything?
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Presenter: Chandler Reilly
Co-Author(s): Geloso, Vincent
Discussant: Sean-Patrick Alvarez
Restricting Manumission in the Antebellum South: Evidence from Slave State Legislatures
Presenter: Sean-Patrick Alvarez
Co-Author(s): Piano, Ennio
Discussant: Chandler Reilly
Room: Ravenna
Legal Institutions in Game-Theoretic Models
Session Chair:
Lottte Swank
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The puppeteer’s dilemma: loyalty, endogenous authority, and indirect rule
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Presenter: Benjamin Broman
Discussant: Georg Vanberg
Judicial Power and Judicial Independence: A Tale of Three Paths
Presenter: Georg Vanberg
Co-Author(s): Broman, Benjamin
Discussant: Caterina Chiopris
Social Networks and the Origins of State Capacity: Evidence from Early Modern Venice
Presenter: Caterina Chiopris
Co-Author(s): Wang, Yuhua
Discussant: Benjamin Broman
Room: Issaquah
Labor, Occupational Regulation, and Economic Welfare
Session Chair:
Alicia Plemmons
Session Organizer:
Alicia Plemmons
Indexing States’ Propensity to Bar Entry: a New Occupational Licensing Index
Presenter: Noah Trudeau
Co-Author(s): Edward Timmons
Discussant: Agnitra Roy Choudhury
Access to Mental Health Care Services: Evidence Using Gun Violence
Presenter: Agnitra Roy Choudhury
Co-Author(s): Shishir Shakya
Discussant: Kihwan Bae
Exploring the effects of occupational licensing on wage inequality in the U.S.
Presenter: Kihwan Bae
Co-Author(s): Conor Norris and Edward Timmons
Discussant: Noah Trudeau
Room: Leschi
Political Economy of Conflict and Crime
Session Chair:
Lucas Rentschler
Session Organizer:
Bryan McCannon
The Crime Effect of Refugees
Presenter: Naci Mocan
Discussant: Lucas Rentschler
Dispute Resolution in the Signaling Model
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Presenter: Paul Pecorino
Co-Author(s): Michael Solomon, Mark Van Boening
Discussant: Naci Mocan
How policing incentives affect crime, measurement, and justice
Presenter: Lucas Rentschler
Co-Author(s): Jordan Adamson
Discussant: Georgios Marios Bantis
Felon Enfranchisement’s Effect on Municipal Public Finance
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Presenter: Georgios Marios Bantis
Discussant: Paul Pecorino
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
Eighth Annual Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate Student (Finalists TBD)
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
Edward Lopez
Immigration and Income Inequality in the United States
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Presenter: Francisco Alberto Castellanos Sosa
Discussant: Paola Suarez
The Toss of a Coin: Electoral Policymaking in Turkey from 1980 to 2018
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Presenter: Ugurcan Evci
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Singapore: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the State
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Presenter: Tegan Truitt
Discussant: Ennio Piano
Tax Policy and its Consequences
Session Chair:
William B. Hankins
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Economic Forecasts and Executive Approval
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Presenter: Luis Aguiar-Conraria
Co-Author(s): Magalhães, Pedro; Fernandes, Bruno
Discussant: Nila Zarepour Arizi
Sanctions, Taxes, and Regime Survival in Autocracies
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Presenter: Nila Zarepour Arizi
Discussant: William B. Hankins
Partisan Politics and Excise Tax Rates in the United States
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Presenter: William B. Hankins
Discussant: Luis Aguiar-Conraria
Room: Capitol Hill
Voting and Voters
Session Chair:
Alexander Billy
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Do Voters Punish or Reward Agenda Setters? Evidence from Local Elections
Presenter: Walter Melnik
Discussant: Robert Ainsworth
District competitiveness increases voter turnout: evidence from repeated redistricting in North Carolina
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Presenter: Robert Ainsworth
Co-Author(s): Garcia Munoz, Emanuel; Munoz Gomez, Andres
Discussant: Alexander Billy
Felony Financial Disenfranchisement
Presenter: Alexander Billy
Co-Author(s): Bagwe, Gaurav, Sukhatme, Neel
Discussant: Walter Melnik
Room: Medina
Externality
Session Chair:
Elena Prenovitz
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Intellectual Property and the Governance of Nested Externalities
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Presenter: Otto Lehto
Co-Author(s): Goodman, Nathan
Discussant: Elena Prenovitz
Can one man’s trash be another man’s treasure?
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Presenter: Elena Prenovitz
Co-Author(s): Hazlett, Peter; Reilly, Chandler
Discussant: Otto Lehto
Room: Ravenna
Beyond Standard Models of Parties and Voters
Session Chair:
Anders Kärnä
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Spoilers and Spoiler-Proofness in Multiwinner Party Elections
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Presenter: Dariusz Stolicki
Co-Author(s): Boratyn, Daria; Słomczyński, Wojciech, Szufa, Stanislaw
Discussant: Alexander Taylor
Monumental Effects: Confederate Monuments in the Post-Reconstruction South
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Presenter: Alexander Taylor
Discussant: Jarosław Flis
Tug of war – on factors driving the strength of radical political parties
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Presenter: Jarosław Flis
Co-Author(s): Kotnarowski, Michał
Discussant: Dariusz Stolicki
Room: Greenwood
Education and Political Economy
Session Chair:
Maria Tackett
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Detriments of the Legislative Pendulum: An Empirical Case Study of Proposition 57
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Presenter: Rainita Narender
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Greg; Quandt, Ryan; Yun, Minjae
Discussant: Sean-Patrick Alvarez
The Itch & the Razor War: The Political Economy of U.S. Barber Licensure in the Progressive Era
Presenter: Sean-Patrick Alvarez
Co-Author(s): Smith, Daniel J.; Scheck, Macy
Discussant: Haibin Jiang
How Does Integrated Student Support Intervention Help Middle school Students During School Transition?
Presenter: Haibin Jiang
Co-Author(s): Khanani, Noman; Leigh, Yan; Raczek, Stacey; Walsh, Mary
Discussant: Maria Tackett
Female Education in the Times of Peace
Presenter: Maria Tackett
Discussant: Rainita Narender
Room: Kirkland
Institutional Analysis: Energy and Environment
Session Chair:
Labanyalata Roy
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Regulatory Capture and Obsolete Regulation
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Presenter: Timothy Fitzgerald
Discussant: Labanyalata Roy
Efficacy of direct democracy: Impact of Community Choice Aggregation programs on low-income communities in US
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Presenter: Labanyalata Roy
Co-Author(s): Roy, Labanyalata
Discussant: Rimvydas Baltaduonis
Behavioral Interventions and Market Efficiency: A Case of a Volatile Retail Electricity Market
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Presenter: Rimvydas Baltaduonis
Co-Author(s): Jaraitė, Jūratė; Kažukauskas, Andrius
Discussant: Timothy Fitzgerald
Room: Leschi
Comparative Political Institutions
Session Chair:
Richard Jankowski
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Political Scandal and Party Governance
Presenter: Slade Mendenhall
Discussant: Tegan Truitt
Singapore: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the State
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Presenter: Tegan Truitt
Discussant: Rachel Sweet
Creating Terror: The Politics of (Mis)Information in Civil War Violence
Presenter: Rachel Sweet
Discussant: Richard Jankowski
The Impact of Military Technology on Political Institutions: A Test of the Selectorate Model
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Presenter: Richard Jankowski
Discussant: Slade Mendenhall
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
History of Political Economy
Session Chair:
Phil Magness
Session Organizer:
Ryan Yonk
True believers” and Tocqueville: towards a public choice theory of the revolutionary Vanguard
Presenter: Walker Haskins
Discussant: Robertas Bakula
Economic Calculation in Centralized Private Sector Planning
Presenter: Robertas Bakula
Discussant: Garion Frankel
Old Kinderhook and Civic Integration in America
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Presenter: Garion Frankel
Discussant: Walker Haskins
Room: Ballard
Customary Authority, Indigenism, and the Governance of the Commons
Session Chair:
Lenore Ealy
Session Organizer:
Santiago Fernández Ordóñez
Native American Tribal Governments and the Decline of Customary Authority in Governance: Evidence from the Navajo Nation
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Explaining the Resurgence of Customary Order
Presenter: Jennifer Murtazashvili
Public Choice and the Constitutionalization of Indigenous Law in Latin America
Presenter: Daniel Rodríguez-Carreiro
Political Economy and Health
Session Chair:
Rimvydas Baltaduonis
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Starving for Information? An Experiment in Willingness to Pay for Nutritional Attributes
Presenter: Amberly Dozier
Discussant: Mohammed Alaohaid
Certificate of Need Laws impact on Organ Transplantation Centers in the U.S.
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Presenter: Mohammed Alaohaid
Discussant: Tomi Ovaska
The Drug Overdose Death Epidemic: Evidence from U.S. Counties
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Presenter: Tomi Ovaska
Co-Author(s): Sumell, Albert; Uppal, Yogesh
Discussant: Rimvydas Baltaduonis
The Role of Price Transparency and Mandatory Insurance in Determining Healthcare Prices
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Presenter: Rimvydas Baltaduonis
Co-Author(s): Cushing-Daniels, Brendan; Petkov, Tsvetomir
Discussant: Amberly Dozier
Room: Greenwood
Constitutions and Legitimacy
Session Chair:
Israt Jahan
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Persistent Public Debt as a Constitutional Choice
Presenter: Jonathan Plante
Discussant: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
Economic Effects of (Non)Compliance with Constitutions
Presenter: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
Co-Author(s): Lewczuk, Anna
Discussant: Edwar Escalante
Friends or foes? The insurgent’s dilemma of seeking legitimacy while keeping secrets
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Presenter: Edwar Escalante
Discussant: Israt Jahan
Constitutional Rights, Economic Freedom, and Inequality
Presenter: Israt Jahan
Discussant: Jonathan Plante
Room: Kirkland
Political Economy and Climate Change
Session Chair:
Lookman Issa
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Political Economy of a Development and Climate policy – Challenges for an Emission Trading Scheme as Development and Climate Policy Tool
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Presenter: Sebastian Schuhmann
Co-Author(s): Freytag, Andreas; Menter, Matthias, Montag, Hauke
Discussant: Lookman Issa
Climate Policy capture by interest groups- a public choice explanation
Presenter: Lookman Issa
Discussant: Sebastian Schuhmann
Room: Leschi
Networks and Public Goods
Session Chair:
Matteo Pazzona
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Assessing the Political Motivations Behind Ransomware Attacks
Presenter: Karen Nershi
Co-Author(s): Grossman, Shelby
Discussant: Matteo Pazzona
Private Provision of Public Goods: the case of the Private UK Security Sector
Presenter: Matteo Pazzona
Discussant: Karen Nershi
Room: Ravenna
Civil Society as Collective Choice
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Bonnie Wilson
The Constitutional Choice Architecture of Civil Society
Presenter: Emily Skarbek
Discussant: Clara Piano
Economic Freedom and the Fertility Gap
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Presenter: Clara Piano
Co-Author(s): Lyman Stone
Discussant: Anthony Gill
Religion, Civil Society Governance, and Public Choice
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Presenter: Anthony Gill
Discussant: Emily Skarbek
Room: Capitol Hill
The Political Economy of State Interventions on Marginalized Communities
Session Chair:
Darwyyn Deyo
Session Organizer:
Thomas Stratmann
The History of Healthcare Licensing and its Effects for Marginalized Communities
Presenter: Alicia Plemmons
Discussant: Darwyyn Deyo
The Burden of Occupational Regulation on Women-Driven Industries
Presenter: Darwyyn Deyo
Co-Author(s): Alicia Plemmons
Discussant: Amy Eremionkhale
State Intervention vs. Free State: A consideration of this debate from the perspective of Racial (In)Equity
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Presenter: Amy Eremionkhale
Discussant: Anna Chorniy
More Money, Fewer Problems? The Effect of Foster Care Payments on Children’s Quality of Care
Presenter: Anna Chorniy
Co-Author(s): Christopher Mills
Discussant: Alicia Plemmons
Room: Ballard
Institutional Paradoxes, Failure, and Mistakes 2 – Honoring Donald G. Saari
Session Chair:
Marek Kaminski
Session Organizer:
Marek Kaminski
How to design elections for the inclusion of more candidates and more voters
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Presenter: Wesley Holliday
Co-Author(s): Eric Pacuit
Discussant: Marcelo Maciel
Majoritarian principles and critical junctures: an analysis of Brazil’s 2018 presidential election
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Presenter: Marcelo Maciel
Discussant: Marek Kaminski
Coordination not consolidation: Duverger’s Law works … sort of.
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Presenter: Marek Kaminski
Co-Author(s): Jarosław Flis
Discussant: Wesley Holliday
The dark side of voting! What causes those voting paradoxes?
Presenter: Donald Saari
Discussant: Marcelo Maciel
Room: Medina
Regulation and Individual Decision-Making
Session Chair:
Yang Zhou
Session Organizer:
Bryan McCannon
Matching in Marital Financial Information
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Presenter: Florence Neymotin
Co-Author(s): Baek, H. Young; Chenail, Ronald; Neymotin, Florence
Discussant: Yang Zhou
AACSB Accreditation and Student Demand
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Presenter: Kat Starr
Co-Author(s): Marisa Cameron
Discussant: Vitor Melo
Introducing an Index of Healthcare Regulation
Presenter: Vitor Melo
Co-Author(s): Patrick McLaughlin
Discussant: Kat Starr
Languages, Ideologies, and Collective Action Problems
Presenter: Yang Zhou
Co-Author(s): Dutta, Nabamita; Matti, Josh; Zhou, Yang
Discussant: Daniel Benjamin
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
Author Meets Critics: Let the People Rule by John Matsusaka
Session Chair:
Ekkehard Koehler
Session Organizer:
David Skarbek
Let the People Rule: How Direct Democracy Can Meet the Populist Challenge
Presenter: John Matsusaka
Remarks for the Author
Presenter: Ekkehard Koehler
Remarks for the Author
Presenter: Info at Public Choice Society
Remarks for the Author
Presenter: Lars P. Feld
Saturday, March 18, 2023
Pandemics and Public Policy
Session Chair:
Guanting Yi
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Public Choice, Covid, & Employment Among Women
Presenter: Roberta Herzberg
Co-Author(s): Hoffman, Jeanne
Discussant: Jan Schnellenbach
Limits to interventionist policies during and after the pandemic: Are we on a slippery slope?
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Presenter: Jan Schnellenbach
Discussant: Marcelin Joanis
Roads and Politics in a COVID-19 Recovery Plan
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Presenter: Marcelin Joanis
Co-Author(s): Thomas Stringer
Discussant: Guanting Yi
Discrimination in Restaurant Patronage at the Onset of the Covid Pandemic
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Presenter: Guanting Yi
Discussant: Roberta Herzberg
Room: Kirkland
Voting Models in Theory and Practice
Session Chair:
Dylan Johnson
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Two Case Studies of Monotonicity Paradoxes Arising from Single Transferable Vote Elections
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Presenter: David McCune
Co-Author(s): Graham-Squire, Adam
Discussant: Man Wai Mak
The Impact of Brexit in the 2015 UK General Election
Presenter: Man Wai Mak
Co-Author(s): Maria Gallego
Discussant: Dylan Johnson
Electoral market structure in a Liquid Democracy
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Presenter: Dylan Johnson
Discussant: David McCune
Room: Ballard
Fiscal Decentralization
Session Chair:
Tomomi Miyazaki
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Rise of the Financial Dependency Model of Fiscal Decentralization: The Political Relevance of Common Pool Resources
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Presenter: Pedro Camões
Discussant: JEEBAN AMGAIN
Assessing the performance of local governments in internal revenue mobilization under federalism in Nepal
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Presenter: JEEBAN AMGAIN
Discussant: Lars P. Feld
Federalism and Foreign Direct Investment: An Empirical Analysis
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Presenter: Lars P. Feld
Co-Author(s): KÖHLER, EKKEHARD A.; PALHUCA, LEONARDO; SCHALTEGGER, CHRISTOPH A.
Discussant: Tomomi Miyazaki
Effects of monetary-fiscal policy interaction on regional employment: Evidence from Japan
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Presenter: Tomomi Miyazaki
Co-Author(s): Kondoh, Haruo
Discussant: Pedro Camões
Room: Leschi
Exploring Alternatives in Social Choice Theory
Session Chair:
Andranik Tangian
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Weighted Bucklin elections: better than Borda?
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Presenter: D. Marc Kilgour
Co-Author(s): Grégoire, Jean-Charles; Foley, Angèle
Discussant: Daria Boratyn
Metrics and Strategy-Proofness of Grading Systems
Presenter: Daria Boratyn
Discussant: Andranik Tangian
Apportionment and Discrete Optimization
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Presenter: Andranik Tangian
Room: Ravenna
Political Economy and Land Use
Session Chair:
Vasyl Kvartiuk
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Mein Kaffee & Your Bananas: Property Right Enforcement and State Modernization in Great Depression Guatemala
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Presenter: Ricardo R. Noé
Discussant: Randy Simmons
Public Choice and Public Trust
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Presenter: Randy Simmons
Discussant: Robert Mulligan
Land Tenures in Medieval England and the Possessory Assizes
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Presenter: Robert Mulligan
Discussant: Vasyl Kvartiuk
Putting a “price tag” on property rights: The effect of institutional quality on farmland prices and land reform support
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Presenter: Vasyl Kvartiuk
Co-Author(s): Thomas Herzfeld
Discussant: Ricardo R. Noé
Room: Medina
Institutional Capacity
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Chandan Jha
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President-Elect Session
Internal Conflicts and Local Shocks. A Narrative Meta-Analysis
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Presenter: Pierre Mandon
Co-Author(s): Laville, Camille
Discussant: Andrea Saenz de Viteri
Economic liberation and crime. An association between economic institutions and crime in Mexico.
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Presenter: Andrea Saenz de Viteri
Discussant: Chandan Jha
Racist Attitudes and Economic Growth
Presenter: Chandan Jha
Co-Author(s): Kabiraj, Sujana
Discussant: Pierre Mandon
Room: Capitol Hill
The Political Economy of Innovation and Populism
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Caitlin Ainsley
Session Organizer:
Caitlin Ainsley
The Luddites Strike Back: U.S. Innovation Inequality and Trumpism
Presenter: Victor Menaldo
Co-Author(s): Wittstock, Nicolas
Discussant: Kevin Aslett
Innovation and Populism
Presenter: Kevin Aslett
Discussant: Beatrice Magistro
Zero-sum thinking, economic populism, and support for free trade
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Presenter: Beatrice Magistro
Discussant: Ayse Lokmanoglu
Righteous Currencies: An Examination of Economic Messaging in Alt-Tech Platforms
Presenter: Ayse Lokmanoglu
Discussant: Victor Menaldo
Room: Issaquah
Humanomics 1
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Ravi Roy
Session Organizer:
Ryan Yonk
Humanomics Special Issue
Presenter: Ravi Roy
Co-Author(s): Ryan Yonk; William Shughart
Discussant: Lucas Rentschler
Sympathy, Punishment, and Adam Smith. An Experimental Look
Presenter: Lucas Rentschler
Co-Author(s): Bart Smith; Vernon Smith
Discussant: Ryan Yonk
Humanomics and Public Policy
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Co-Author(s): Raymond March; Veeshan Raymajhee; Robertas Bakula
Discussant: Ravi Roy
Room: Greenwood
Political Constraints and Processes
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Justin Callais
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Kevin Grier
Revolutionary Constitutions: Are They Revolutionary in terms of Constitutional Design?
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Presenter: Justin Callais
Co-Author(s): Andrew Young
Discussant: Joshua Martin
Educated Allies? The (Indirect) Impact of the Great Recession on Support for Same-Sex Marriage
Presenter: Joshua Martin
Co-Author(s): Joshua Martin & Zachary Rodriguez
Discussant: João Pedro Bastos
Macroeconomic Populism in the 21st Century: Revisiting Dornbusch & Edwards
Presenter: João Pedro Bastos
Co-Author(s): Nicolás Cachanosky; Tomás Faintich
Discussant: Glenn Furton
Constitution in Crisis: Political Path Dependence and the Precautionary Principle
Presenter: Glenn Furton
Discussant: Justin Callais
Gender, Corruption, and Economic Performance
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Robin Grier
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President-Elect Session
Gender and Economic Freedom
Presenter: Robin Grier
Discussant: João Pedro Bastos
Is Corruption More Harmful to Women? Evidence from Firm-Level Surveys
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Presenter: João Pedro Bastos
Co-Author(s): Bologna Pavlik, Jamie
Discussant: George Clarke
How Robust Is the Link between Gender and Corruption? Evidence from Firm-Level Panel Data
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Presenter: George Clarke
Discussant: Robin Grier
Room: Greenwood
Comparative Institutional Analysis
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Kim Leonie Kellermann
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President-Elect Session
Goldilocks Legislatures: Are Hybrid Legislatures Ideal for Getting Economic Freedom Just Right
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Presenter: Feler Bose
Co-Author(s): Baugus, Brian; Jacob, Jeffry
Discussant: Sriparna Ghosh
Causal Relationship between Institutions and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Sriparna Ghosh
Co-Author(s): Israt Jahan
Discussant: Javier Portillo
Cashing in On Culture: Local Employment Effects from Art and Cultural District Designation
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Presenter: Javier Portillo
Co-Author(s): Wagner, Gary A.
Discussant: Feler Bose
Room: Kirkland
Empirical Analyses of Institutions and Economic Growth
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Michal Brzezinski
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President-Elect Session
Coffee and Development: the Case of Brazil
Presenter: Silvio Livio Simonetti Neto
Discussant: Maximilian Dirks
The Relationship between Political Instability and Economic Growth in Advanced Economies: Empirical Evidence from a Panel VAR and a Dynamic Panel FE-IV Analysis.
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Presenter: Maximilian Dirks
Co-Author(s): Schmidt, Torsten
Discussant: Mansokku Lee
Economic Freedom and Outward Foreign Direct Investment
Presenter: Mansokku Lee
Discussant: Michal Brzezinski
Prudent populists? The short-term macroeconomic impact of populist policies in Poland
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Presenter: Michal Brzezinski
Co-Author(s): Drozdz-Salach, Katarzyna
Discussant: Silvio Livio Simonetti Neto
Room: Capitol Hill
Appointment, Apportionment, and Voting as Decision Processes
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Jeff Milyo
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Apportionment in Legislatures: A Measure
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Presenter: Alejandro Corvalan
Discussant: Caitlin Ainsley
Revisiting the “Reliable” Central Bank Appointment Hypothesis
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Presenter: Caitlin Ainsley
Discussant: Jeff Milyo
Did Shelby Matter? The Effects of Ending Federal Preclearance on Disparities in Voter Turnout
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Presenter: Jeff Milyo
Co-Author(s): Brendan Cirillo
Discussant: Alejandro Corvalan
Room: Ravenna
Reflecting on Public Choice Research
Session Chair:
Robert Mulligan
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Multidisciplinary Public Policy Analysis and Methodological Individualism
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Presenter: Roger Congleton
Discussant: Ricardo R. Noé
Beyond Comparative Economic Systems: The Contributions of Svetozar Pejovich to Smithian Political Economy
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Presenter: Ricardo R. Noé
Discussant: Robert Mulligan
Publication Trends in Public Choice Scholarship 2000-2022
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Presenter: Robert Mulligan
Discussant: Roger Congleton
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
Property Rights and the State: Celebrating Yoram Barzel
Session Chair:
Anthony Gill
Session Organizer:
Anthony Gill
On the complexity of Property Rights
Presenter: Doug Allen
Co-Author(s): Yoram Barzel
The Italian Commune as a Barzellian State
Presenter: Ennio Piano
Increasing the Value of Property Rights by Limiting Transferability
Presenter: F. Andrew Hanssen
Co-Author(s): Robert Fleck
Reflections on Barzel’s Contributions to Public Choice and Political Economy
Presenter: Dean Lueck
Room: Leschi
Irregular Transitions and Institutional Change
Session Chair:
Christian Bjørnskov
Session Organizer:
Christian Bjørnskov
On the Relationship between De Jure and De Facto Judicial Independence – A Global Puzzle?
Presenter: Jerg Gutmann
Co-Author(s): Stefan Voigt
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Institutional Shocks and Economic Crises
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Presenter: Christian Bjørnskov
Discussant: Peter Calcagno
Political Systems, Regime Memory, and Economic Freedom
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Presenter: Peter Calcagno
Co-Author(s): Nesbit, Todd; Maldonado, Beatriz; Zeager, Mary Frances
Discussant: Pablo Paniagua
Room: Issaquah
Humanomics 2
Session Chair:
Ryan Yonk
Session Organizer:
Ryan Yonk
Shared Mental Models and Humanomics
Presenter: Ravi Roy
Co-Author(s): Arthur Denzau
Discussant: Phil Magness
Consumer Sovereignty and W. H. Hutt’s Critique of the Colour Bar
Presenter: Phil Magness
Co-Author(s): Ilia Maurtazashvili; Art Carden
Discussant: Vlad Tarko
Social Norms, Personal Identity, and Rational Choice
Presenter: Vlad Tarko
Discussant: Colin Harris
Sentiments Outside the Lab
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Presenter: Colin Harris
Discussant: Ravi Roy
Room: Medina
Communication and Persuasion in Politics
Session Chair:
David Waugh
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The economics of political rhetoric: when to go negative
Presenter: michael davis
Discussant: David Waugh
Information From the Ether: Climate and Sustainability Discourse in #ethereum on Twitter
Presenter: David Waugh
Discussant: michael davis
Awards Luncheon and Business Meeting
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
Edward Lopez
Society Announcements
Presenter: Edward Lopez
Presentation of Duncan Black Prize and Gordon Tullock Prize
Presenter: Peter Leeson
Presentation of the Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate Student
Presenter: Lynne Kiesling
Presidential Address: The Political Economy of Criminal Governance
Presenter: David Skarbek
Incoming President’s Look Ahead
Presenter: Christian Bjørnskov
Institutions and Corruption
Session Chair:
Robert Gillanders
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
“Blazing furnance” anti-corruption in Vietnam: An institutional analysis backed by empirical evidence
Presenter: Van Ha Le
Discussant: Erik Lakomaa
Bureaucratic activism as private consumption
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Presenter: Erik Lakomaa
Discussant: Jeff Milyo
Campaign Finance Reforms and Corruption among State Legislators
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Presenter: Jeff Milyo
Discussant: Robert Gillanders
Police corruption and crime: Evidence from Africa
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Presenter: Robert Gillanders
Co-Author(s): Ouedraogo, Idrissa; Maiga Eugenie; Aja-Eke, Doris
Discussant: Van Ha Le
Room: Issaquah
Political Economy and Public Debt
Session Chair:
Rene Cabral
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The U.S. Modern Budget Era Problem: Informal Spending Rules Dominate Formal Deficit Constraints
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Presenter: Edward Lopez
Co-Author(s): Calcagno, Peter
Discussant: Jonathan Plante
Rent Extraction through Money-Financed Deficits
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Presenter: Jonathan Plante
Discussant: Stephen Miller
How Much Would It Cost to Guarantee Debt for All Publicly Traded U.S. Corporations?
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Presenter: Stephen Miller
Discussant: Ernesto del Castillo
Mexico’s subnational debt sustainability: Is the new fiscal rule working?
Presenter: Ernesto del Castillo
Co-Author(s): René Cabral
Discussant: Edward Lopez
Room: Greenwood
Politics and Fiscal Policy
Session Chair:
Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
On the Macroeconomic Effects of Fiscal Reforms : Fiscal Rules and Public Sector Efficiency
Presenter: Ablam Estel APETI
Co-Author(s): Bao-We-Wal Bambe
Discussant: Minji Hong
Party Politics and Taxation: Before and After the Crisis
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Presenter: Minji Hong
Discussant: Laiyang Ke
Mayoral Partisanship and Municipal Fiscal Health: A difference-in-difference analysis
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Presenter: Laiyang Ke
Co-Author(s): Jimenez, Benedict; Hong, Minji
Discussant: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
Do people value compliance with (constitutional) fiscal rules? Evidence from a conjoint experiment
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Presenter: Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska
Co-Author(s): Kantorowicz, Jaroslaw
Discussant: Ablam Estel APETI
Room: Kirkland
Historical Political Economy I
Session Chair:
Robert Fleck
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Why We Don’t Fight: Coasean Peace
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Presenter: Robert Warren Anderson
Discussant: Peter Hazlett
Ear Witnessing in 17th Century New England: The Law and Economics of Puritan Organization
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Presenter: Peter Hazlett
Co-Author(s): Peter T. Leeson
Discussant: Paul Lowood
Princes, Merchants, and Prelates: City Growth in the Holy Roman Empire, 1400-1800
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Presenter: Paul Lowood
Discussant: Robert Fleck
Courts, Legislatures, and Evolving Property Rules: Lessons from Eminent Domain
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Presenter: Robert Fleck
Co-Author(s): Andy Hanssen
Discussant: Robert Warren Anderson
Room: Capitol Hill
Political Economy and Social Media
Session Chair:
Dmitriy Vorobyev
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
How to Reduce Misinformation: The Role of Competition and Fact-Checking
Presenter: Zeeshan Samad
Co-Author(s): Rentschler, Lucas
Discussant: Jun HU
Does the Internet make our society more polarized? Evidence from panel data.
Presenter: Jun HU
Discussant: Jun HU
User-generated content, Online News Bias, and Slant Regulation
Presenter: Jun HU
Discussant: Dmitriy Vorobyev
Control over Biased Media
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Presenter: Dmitriy Vorobyev
Co-Author(s): Arbatli, Eren; Celik, Levent.
Discussant: Zeeshan Samad
Room: Leschi
Organized Crime and Public Security
Session Chair:
Omar García Ponce
Session Organizer:
Omar García Ponce
Market Structure and Extortion: Evidence from 50,000 Extortion Payments
Presenter: Carlos Schmidt-Padilla
Discussant: Ana Paula Pellegrino
How Does Trust in Law Enforcement Impact Attitudes towards Gun Regulation and Ownership?
Presenter: Ana Paula Pellegrino
Discussant: Isabel Laterzo
A New Typology of Political Positions on Public Security: Evidence from Brazil
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Presenter: Isabel Laterzo
Discussant: Gemma Dipoppa
Migrant Labor Exploitation: Evidence from Italian Farmlands
Presenter: Gemma Dipoppa
Discussant: Carlos Schmidt-Padilla
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
Buchanan’s Constitutional Economics
Session Chair:
John Meadowcroft
Session Organizer:
John Meadowcroft
The miraculous old-time fiscal religion: how a political norm discouraged deficit spending
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Presenter: Cameron Tilley
Discussant: Paul Lewis
A Marriage Made in Heaven or Incompatible Bedfellows? James Buchanan and Vincent Ostrom on the Political Economy of Constitutional Choice
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Presenter: Paul Lewis
Discussant: John Meadowcroft
Asymmetrical and symmetrical man: group size, non-cooperation and cooperation in James Buchanan’s constitutional economics
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Presenter: John Meadowcroft
Co-Author(s): Alain Marciano
Discussant: Cameron Tilley
Room: Ballard
Monetary Politics
Session Chair:
Bryan Cutsinger
Session Organizer:
Kevin Grier
Hawks, Doves, Owls, and Dodos
Presenter: William Luther
Co-Author(s): Thomas Hogan
Discussant: Eunmi Ko
Markup Polarization and Missing (Dis)Inflation: A Tale of Two Firms
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Presenter: Eunmi Ko
Discussant: Ron Mau
If it were a snake, it would have bitten you: Money in the New Keynesian Model
Presenter: Ron Mau
Co-Author(s): Joshua R. Hendrickon
Discussant: Bryan Cutsinger
The Use of Inputs by the Federal Reserve Revisited
Presenter: Bryan Cutsinger
Co-Author(s): William J. Luther; Louis Rouanet
Discussant: William Luther
Room: Medina
Institutions and Immigration I
Session Chair:
Josh Smith
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The fiscal burden of aging: can opening borders close the gap?
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Presenter: Tiago Bernardino
Co-Author(s): Franco, Francesco; Teles Morais, Luís
Discussant: Josh Smith
Understanding immigration attitudes: beliefs and preferences for fact checking
Presenter: Josh Smith
Co-Author(s): Lucas Rentschler
Discussant: Tiago Bernardino
Fact checking and policy preferences around immigration
Presenter: Lucas Rentschler
Co-Author(s): Katherine VanShaar Manning
Discussant: Tiago Bernardino
Technology, Media, and Corruption
Session Chair:
Labanyalata Roy
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Digitalisation of public services and corruption in the EU
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Presenter: Cristina Strango
Discussant: Linda Veiga
Are electronic government innovations helpful to deter corruption? Evidence from across the world.
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Presenter: Linda Veiga
Co-Author(s): Martins, João; Fernandes, Bruno
Discussant: Labanyalata Roy
Impact of newspaper closures on corruption
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Presenter: Labanyalata Roy
Discussant: Cristina Strango
Room: Medina
Institutions and Immigration II
Session Chair:
Zeeshan Samad
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Immigration Restrictions as Transitional Gains
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Presenter: Jon Murphy
Co-Author(s): Bedi, Joshua
Discussant: Francisco Alberto Castellanos Sosa
Immigration and Income Inequality in the United States
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Presenter: Francisco Alberto Castellanos Sosa
Discussant: Jon Murphy
Immigrant attitudes and statistical discrimination
Presenter: Zeeshan Samad
Co-Author(s): Lucas Rentschler
Room: Ravenna
Fiscal Policy: Budgets and Regions
Session Chair:
Laiyang Ke
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
When do more selfish politicians manipulate less, not more?
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Presenter: Francisco Veiga
Co-Author(s): Wang, Xue; Bohn, Frank
Discussant: Shiyang Xiao
The Political Economy of Subnational Targeted Industrial Policymaking in China: 2003-2017
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Presenter: Shiyang Xiao
Discussant: Laiyang Ke
The Interesting Case of Special and Extraordinary Items: What Are They and How Do They Influence Municipal Government Finances?
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Presenter: Laiyang Ke
Co-Author(s): Jimenez, Benedict
Discussant: Francisco Veiga
Room: Ballard
Policy and Entrepreneurship
Session Chair:
Abraham Song
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Into the Final Frontier: Analyzing the Efficiency of Celestial Resource Allocation Frameworks
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Presenter: Susannah Barnes
Discussant: Chandan Jha
Municipal Bankruptcies and Entrepreneurship
Presenter: Chandan Jha
Co-Author(s): Joshi, Swarup
Discussant: Baekhyeon Kim
Moderating effect of politicians’ power on the distribution of Special Grants
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Presenter: Baekhyeon Kim
Co-Author(s): Sangheon, Kim; Kyungmin, Yoo
Discussant: Susannah Barnes
Room: Greenwood
Empirical Political Economy: Africa and the Middle East
Session Chair:
Jozefina Kalaj
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The G7’s impact on social welfare in Africa
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Presenter: Moritz Wolf
Discussant: Jozefina Kalaj
Rainfall anomalies and children’s health outcomes in semi-arid Senegal
Presenter: Jozefina Kalaj
Discussant: Moritz Wolf
Room: Kirkland
Democracy and Performance
Session Chair:
Henry Moncrieff
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Nationalization of Local Elections – The president’s strategic intervention in mayoral elections
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Presenter: Heonuk Ha
Co-Author(s): Jeffery Alan Jenkins (University of Southern California, jenkinja@usc.edu)
Discussant: Jacek Lewkowicz
How to win support again? Performance of MPs, resemblance to party leader and their re-election to the Polish parliament
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Presenter: Jacek Lewkowicz
Co-Author(s): Fałkowski, Jan; Kurek, Przemysław
Discussant: Towhid Mahmood
Impact of Democracy: Evidence from Bangladesh
Presenter: Towhid Mahmood
Discussant: Henry Moncrieff
Myanmar: The Causal Effect of a Democratic Transition on Income
Presenter: Henry Moncrieff
Co-Author(s): Jahan, Israt; Mahmood, Towhid
Discussant: Heonuk Ha
Room: Issaquah
Historical Political Economy
Session Chair:
Ennio Piano
Session Organizer:
Ennio Piano
Solving the paradox of the French Revolution
Presenter: Louis Rouanet
Discussant: Craig Palsson
The Inefficacy of Land Titling Programs: Homesteading in Haiti, 1933—1950
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Presenter: Craig Palsson
Co-Author(s): Seth Porter
Discussant: Matthew Toro
Promises Betrayed? Ideological Commitments and Revolutionary Outcomes
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Presenter: Matthew Toro
Co-Author(s): Steven Pfaff
Discussant: Louis Rouanet
Room: Leschi
Crime, Conflict, and Policing
Session Chair:
Megan Erickson
Session Organizer:
Megan Erickson
Unified Police Commands and Public Security: Evidence from a Police Reform in Mexico
Presenter: Marco Alcocer
Discussant: Omar García Ponce
The Legacy of Mexico’s Drug War on Youth Political Attitudes
Presenter: Omar García Ponce
Co-Author(s): Isabel Laterzo
Discussant: Morgan Wack
Not So Sweet: Assessing How Shifts in Global Demand for Natural Vanilla Influenced Crime in Madagascar
Presenter: Morgan Wack
Co-Author(s): Megan Erickson
Discussant: Marco Alcocer
Room: Metropolitan Ballroom A
Future Directions in Public Choice
Session Chair:
Ryan Yonk
Session Organizer:
Ryan Yonk
Public Choice and Public Policy
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Co-Author(s): Ray March
Discussant: Cameron Tilley
Public Choice’s Divergence from Social Choice
Presenter: Cameron Tilley
Discussant: Randall Holcombe
The Domain of Public Choice
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Presenter: Randall Holcombe
Discussant: Ryan Yonk