61st
Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society
Detailed
Program of Events
March
14-16, 2024
Thursday, March 14
1:00pm-6:30pm Conference Registration Desk and Windrose Foyer
Book
Exhibitors
2:00pm-3:00pm Executive Committee Meeting Hong
Kong
4:15pm-5:45pm Conference Welcome, Special
Introductions Windrose Ballroom
President’s
Welcome, Plenary Introduction
T.1 Opening Plenary
Jeffery A. Jenkins:
Historical Political Economy: What is it?
Session Chair: Lynne Kiesling
Session
Organizer; Lynne Kiesling
5:45pm-7:15pm Welcome Cocktail Reception Pool Terrace
Sponsored
by Bridwell Institute and Public Choice Society
7:15pm Dinner on Own
Friday, March 15
7:00am-5:00pm Conference Registration Desk and Windrose Foyer
Book
Exhibitors
7:00am-8:00am Gather: Coffee, Tea, and Small Bites Windrose Foyer
8:00am-9:30am Session F1.1 Legacy E
Occupational
Licensing Reforms Over Time
Session
Chair: Darwyyn Deyo
Session Organizer: Darwyyn Deyo
· Alicia Plemmons: The
Costs of Licensing for Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups
o
Co-Author(s): Darwyyn
Deyo
o
Discussant: Darwyyn
Deyo
· Ilya Kukaev: A
noteworthy case of overregulation: occupational licensing of public notaries in
Russia
o
Co-Author(s): Edward
J. Timmons
o
Discussant: Conor
Norris
· Conor Norris: Reform
is Contagious: The Diffusion of Universal Recognition Reforms
o
Discussant: Alicia
Plemmons
· Darwyyn Deyo: Expanding
Workforce Access in the United States Through Reductions and Removals of
Occupational Licensing
o Discussant: Ilya Kukaev
Session F1.2 Tokyo
Voting
Paradoxes, Failure, and Mistakes – Honoring Iain McLean
Session
Chair: Marek Kaminski
Session Organizer: Marek Kaminski
· Eric Kamwa: Scoring
Run-off Rules, Single-peaked Preferences and Paradoxes of Variable Electorate
o
Co-Author(s): Vincent
Merlin, Faty Mbaye Top
o
Discussant: Wesley
Holliday
· Wesley Holliday: The
Strong No Show Paradox and its role in characterizing voting rules
o
Co-Author(s): Yifeng
Ding, Eric Pacuit
o
Discussant: David
McCune
· David McCune: Single
transferable vote is sensitive to ballot changes in funny ways
o
Co-Author(s): Adam
Graham-Squire
o
Discussant: Eric
Kamwa
·
Iain McLean: Jefferson, Condorcet, and institutional design
Session F1.3 Singapore
Public
Goods
Session
Chair: Paul Pecorino
Session Organizer: Paul Pecorino
· Paul Pecorino: Matching
as a Fund-Raising Device
o
Discussant: Vitezslav
Titl
· Brock Stoddard: Collateral
Enforcement in Public Goods Games
o
Co-Author(s): Abhijit
Ramalingam, Kenju Kamei
o
Discussant: Paul
Pecorino
· Christopher Oconnor: Public goods provision in complex contexts: Does
inequality matter when contributors are recognized?
o
Discussant: Brock
Stoddard
· Vitezslav Titl: The One
and Only: Single-Bidding in Public Procurement
o Discussant: Christopher
Oconnor
Session F1.4 Windrose 2-4
Neoclassical
Public Choice vs. Classical Political Economy
Session
Chair: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Session Organizer: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
· Meg Tuszynski: Reconceptualizing
public choice inside a theory of complex social systems
o
Co-Author(s): Richard
Wagner
o
Discussant: John
Meadowcroft
· James Caton: On the
Conception of Self-interest in Classical Political Economy
o
Discussant: Richard
Wagner
· Randall Holcombe: Social
interaction through conscious choice
o
Discussant: James
Caton
· John Meadowcroft: A
historical perspective on entangled political economy
o Discussant: Randall
Holcombe
Session F1.5 Legacy D
Using
behavioral experiments to study immigration
Session
Chair: Lucas Rentschler
Session Organizer: Lucas Rentschler
· Kushal Lamichhane: Strangers
Like Me: Does Group Affiliation Serve as a Noisy Signal of Agents’ Types?
o
Co-Author(s): Ashley
McCrea, J. Braxton Gately
o
Discussant: Barna
Bose
· Sajid Bin Hasnat: Are
undocumented immigrants unlikely to report crimes?
o
Co-Author(s): Zeeshan
Samad, Lucas Rentschler, Josh Smith
o
Discussant: Kushal
Lamichhane
· Barna Bose: Experimental
labor markets and immigration policy
o
Co-Author(s): Zeeshan
Samad, Lucas Rentschler, Josh Smith
o Discussant: Sajid Bin
Hasnat
Session F1.6 Hong Kong
Monetary
Politics
Session
Chair: Bryan Cutsinger
Session Organizer: Bryan Cutsinger
· Bryan Cutsinger: The
Political Determinants of Federal Reserve Remittances to the Treasury
o
Co-Author(s): Louis
Rouanet
o
Discussant: Michael
Wroblewski
· Joshua Hendrickson: The
Treasury Standard: Causes and Consequences
o
Co-Author(s):
o
Discussant: Bryan
Cutsinger
· Louis Rouanet: Central
Banking and Mission Creep
o
Co-Author(s): Alexander
W. Salter
o
Discussant: Joshua
Hendrickson
· Michael Wroblewski: State
Banks as an Interest Group Against the Second Bank
o
Co-Author(s): Louis
Rouanet
o Discussant: Louis Rouanet
Session F1.7 Windrose 1
Presidential
Session – Testing Institutions With Experiments
Session
Chair: Rimvydas Baltaduonis
Session Organizer: Rimvydas Baltaduonis
· Andrew Smyth: Stochastic
Share Contests
o
Co-Author(s): Phil
Brookins
o
Discussant: Rimvydas
Baltaduonis
· Paan Jindapon: Risk
Pooling in Contests
o
Co-Author(s): Phil
Brookins
o
Discussant: Andrew
Smyth
· Brendan Cushing-Daniels: The Role of Price Disclosure Under Mandatory Insurance: Evidence from
Bargaining Games with Application to the Healthcare Market
o
Co-Author(s): Rimvydas
Baltaduonis, Tsvetomir Petkov
o
Discussant: Paan
Jindapon
· Rimvydas Baltaduonis: Prosumers
and Behavioral Interventions
o
Co-Author(s): Jūratė Jaraitė, Andrius Kažukauskas
o Discussant: Brendan
Cushing-Daniels
Session F1.8 Busan
Corruption
and Political Institutions
Session
Chair: Cristina Strango
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· George Clarke: Why do
women report paying fewer bribes than men? The role of avoidance and refusals.
o
Discussant: Niclas
Berggren
· Jeff Milyo: Isolated
Capitals and Political Corruption
o
Co-Author(s): Tabitha
Chikhladze
o
Discussant: Cristina
Strango
· Cristina Strango: Green
but corrupt? Evidence of bribery in the renewable energy sector
o
Co-Author(s): Mihai
Mutascu, Labanyalata Roy
o
Discussant: Jeff
Milyo
· Niclas Berggren: Institutions
as Predictors of Government Discrimination
o
Co-Author(s): Christian
Bjørnskov
o Discussant: George Clarke
Session F1.9 Beijing
Law
& Economics
Session
Chair: Benjamin Seevers
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Graham Lawlor: A survey
of methods of transacting in "the law market"
o
Discussant: Benjamin
Seevers
· Jordan Hillman: Econsummation
o
Discussant: Graham
Lawlor
· Bianca Nigri: The
Effect of Crime on Local Judge Election: An Analysis of Texas Partisan Judge
Elections
o
Discussant: Jordan
Hillman
· Benjamin Seevers: A
Private Property Approach to Parental Rights
o Discussant: Bianca Nigri
Session F1.10 Osaka
Trade
Session
Chair: Nathaniel Smith
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Volker Nitsch: Emissaries
with a Mission? Ambassadors and
International Trade
o
Discussant: Nathaniel
Smith
· Nathaniel Smith: Trade,
development, and peace
o
Discussant: Tegan
Truitt
· Tegan Truitt: Foreign
brides: diplomacy and consanguinity in medieval marriages
o Discussant: Volker Nitsch
9:30am-10:00am Coffee Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored by AIER
10:00am-11:20am F2 Plenary
Session 2 Windrose
Ballroom
Roger
B. Myerson: Local Politics in Nations and Empires
Session
Chair: Lynne Kiesling
Session
Organizer: Lynne Kiesling
11:20am-12:50pm Lunch on Own
Executive
Committee Luncheon Osaka
1:00pm-2:30pm Session F3.1 Windrose 2-4
The
Normative Architecture of Civil Society & Public Choice
Session
Chair: Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer: Anthony Gill
· Emily Skarbek: The
Constitutional Choice Architecture of Civil Society
o
Discussant: Cameron
Tilley
· Gianna Englert: F.A.
Hayek on Tocqueville’s "True Individualism."
o
Discussant: Anthony
Gill
· Cameron Tilley: Obedience
to the Unenforceable: How Norms and Laws Conflict
o
Discussant: Emily
Skarbek
· Anthony Gill: Coase,
Community, and Competing Uses: There Are
No Externalities Among Friends
o
Co-Author(s): Diana
Thomas, Michael Thomas
o Discussant: Gianna Englert
Session F3.2 Tokyo
Political
Economy: Entangled and Historical
Session
Chair: John Meadowcroft
Session Organizer: John Meadowcroft
· John Meadowcroft: Racism
as rent seeking: an entangled political economy perspective
o
Discussant: Charles
Delmotte
· Dmitry Ismagilov: An
Ostromian analysis of state-mandated self-governance: The case of Russian
peasant communes after the abolition of serfdom
o
Discussant: Jonathan
Plante
· Charles Delmotte: Taxation
without Romance: The Virginia versus the Yale School of Political Economy
o
Discussant: John
Meadowcroft
· Jonathan Plante: Interest
Group Competition Under Deficits and Public Debt
o Discussant: Dmitry Ismagilov
Session F3.3 Singapore
Outcomes
from Rent-Seeking and Regulation
Session
Chair: Darwyyn Deyo
Session Organizer: Thomas Stratmann
· James Bailey: Certificate
of Need and Self-Employment
o
Discussant: Brian
Meehan
· Sarah Drain: The
Effect of Certificate-of-Need Laws on Healthcare Access for Medicaid and CHIP
Populations
o
Co-Author(s): Darwyyn
Deyo, Alicia Plemmons
o
Discussant: Alicia
Plemmons
· Brian Meehan: Neoliberal
Ideology or Rent-Seeking? What Explains World Bank Financing Decisions?
o
Discussant: James
Bailey
· Alicia Plemmons: Emergency
Medicine Training Facility Locations and Healthcare Access for Marginalized
Groups
o Discussant: Sarah Drain
Session F3.4 Legacy E
Expert
Failure
Session
Chair: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Session Organizer: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
· Marta Podemska-Mikluch: Bespoke scapegoats: Scientific advisory bodies and blame avoidance in the
Covid-19 pandemic and beyond
o
Co-Author(s): Roger
Koppl, Kira Pronin, Nick Cowen, Pablo Paniagua Prieto
o
Discussant: Vincent
Geloso
· Vincent Geloso: Are
Historians Increasingly Illiberal?
o
Co-Author(s): Chandler
S. Reilly
o
Discussant: Jon
Murphy
· Jon Murphy: Whispering
Expects
o
Discussant: Marta
Podemska-Mikluch
· Audrey Redford: Interstate
Cannabis Legalization: It’s a Trap!
o
Co-Author(s): Todd
M. Nesbit, Nicholas A. Snow
o Discussant: Audrey Redford
Session F3.5 Windrose 1
Presidential
Session – The Politics of Decentralization in Development and Conflict
Session
Chair: Jennifer Murtazashvili
Session Organizer: Jennifer Murtazashvili
· Hsu Yumin Wang: Authoritarian
Judicial Balancing: Distributional Conflict, Labor Law, and the Value of
Dependent Courts
o
Discussant: Oleksandra
Keudel
· Surachanee Sriyai: Introducing
FedLab: exploring perspectives on federalism in Myanmar
o
Discussant: Jennifer
Murtazashvili
· Jennifer Murtazashvili: Repoliticizing
decentralization: explaining divergent outcomes in comparative context
o
Co-Author(s): Kamran
Hakiman
o
Discussant: Surachanee
Sriyai
· Oleksandra Keudel: Functions
of communication during a polycentric crisis response: the case of internal
displacement in Ukraine due to the Russian invasion
o
Co-Author(s): Oksana
Huss
o Discussant: Hsu Yumin
Wang
Session F3.6 Legacy D
Bringing Public Choice to
Life: Interactive Pedagogical Strategies for the Public Choice Classroom
Session
Chair: Rosemarie Fike
Session Organizer: Rosemarie Fike
· Abigail Hall: Pepperoni
Permits and Sausage Standards: Navigating Regulatory Obstacles in the
Restaurant Industry
o
Discussant: Brian
Meehan
· Audrey Redford: Police
& Thieves: Combining Academic Articles with Popular Music to Understand the
Incentives that Law Enforcement Agents Face
o
Discussant: Rosemarie
Fike
· Brian Meehan: Gambling
for Grades: A Memorable Lesson on the Costs of Rent Seeking
o
Discussant: Abigail
Hall
· Rosemarie Fike: Lights,
Camera, and Government Action! Exploring Public Choice Through Video-Based
Projects
o Discussant: Audrey Redford
Session F3.7 Beijing
Polycentric
Governance
Session
Chair: Nathan Goodman
Session Organizer: Nathan Goodman
· Eniola Fasola: A
Polycentric Approach to Solving Socio-Economic Issues: Evidence from Local
Participation in Developing Countries
o
Discussant: Tymofii
Brik
· Roberta Herzberg: Civil
Society and Home Rule In Utah: Polycentric governing and the LDS Church
o
Co-Author(s): Nathan
Goodman, Jonathan Plante
o
Discussant: Nathan
Goodman
· Nathan Goodman: Polycentric
Governance in a Vulnerable World: Monocentric and Polycentric Models for
Preventing Civilization-Ending Events
o
Co-Author(s): Tom
Hanna, Pradyot Sharma
o
Discussant: Roberta
Herzberg
· Tymofii Brik: Explaining
Ukraine’s resilience to Russia’s invasion: The role of local governance
o
Co-Author(s): Tymofii
Brik, Andrii Darkovich, Myroslava Savisko, Valentyn Hatsko, Serhii Tytiuk, Igor
Piddubnyi
o Discussant: Eniola Fasola
Session F3.8 Hong Kong
Disasters
And Unrest
Session
Chair: Patrick Fitzsimmons
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Onsel Gurel Bayrali: Why federal incumbents’ avoid blames in the disaster
management: The role of integrated party systems in the federal countries’
Covid-19 policies
o
Discussant: Patrick
Fitzsimmons
· Patrick Fitzsimmons: Peace
and its correlates in the ancient world
o
Co-Author(s): Jordan
Adamson
o
Discussant: Jerg
Gutmann
· Patrick Fitzsimmons: Blood
and iron and fragmentation
o
Discussant: Onsel
Gurel Bayrali
· Jerg Gutmann: Economic
Freedom and Varieties of Peace
o
Co-Author(s): Tim
Krieger
o Discussant: Patrick
Fitzsimmons
Session F3.9 Busan
Local-Level
Politics
Session
Chair: Nathaniel Smith
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Kathleen Sheehan: The
effects of wildfire exposure on municipal bonds
o
Co-Author(s): Melissa
Woodley
o
Discussant: Edwar
Escalante
· Alexander Taylor: Institution
Building in Indian Country: Tribal Courts
o
Co-Author(s): Thomas
Stratmann, Adam Crepelle
o
Discussant: Nathaniel
Smith
· Edwar Escalante: Economic
Shocks and Local State Capacity: Evidence from Peru
o
Discussant: Kathleen
Sheehan
· Nathaniel Smith: Beyond
the State: Understanding the Impact of Informal Institutions on Colonial Relations
in Maine
o
Co-Author(s): Chandler
S. Reilly
o Discussant: Alexander
Taylor
2:30pm-2:40pm Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored by ACRE
2:40pm-4:10pm Session F4.1 Busan
Religion,
Family, and Civil Society
Session
Chair: Anthony Gill
Session Organizer: Bonnie Wilson
· Art Carden: Mere
Economics
o
Co-Author(s): Caleb
Fuller
o
Discussant: Anna
Claire Flowers
· Clara Piano: Ite Missa
Est: The Traditional Latin Mass in England and Wales, 2018-2023
o
Co-Author(s): Ennio
Piano
o
Discussant: Nathanael
Snow
· Anna Claire Flowers: A dynamic-process approach to overcoming pandemic
childcare restrictions
o
Discussant: Art
Carden
· Nathanael Snow: Endogenizing
Baptists Into the Bootleggers and Baptists Model
o Discussant: Clara Piano
Session F4.2 Hong Kong
Voting
methods and fairness criteria
Session
Chair: David McCune
Session Organizer: David McCune
· David McCune: The
Spoiler Effect in Multiwinner Ranked-Choice Elections
o
Co-Author(s): Jennifer
Wilson
o
Discussant: Nicolaus
Tideman
· Nicolaus Tideman: Voting
Rules for Reducing a Large Field of Candidates to Five
o
Co-Author(s): Chang
Geun Song
o
Discussant: Robbie
Robinette
· Wesley Holliday: Axioms
of fairness to candidates and their supporters
o
Co-Author(s): Eric
Pacuit
o
Discussant: Wesley
Holliday
· Robbie Robinette: Democracy
Without Violence
o Discussant: David McCune
Session F4.3 Tokyo
Local
Governance and Public Choice
Session
Chair: Yang Zhou
Session Organizer: Yang Zhou
· Cyrus Figiel: The
Political Economy of Transit Authorities
o
Co-Author(s): Lauren
Ames Fischer, Yang Zhou
o
Discussant: Yang
Zhou
· Yucheng Wang: The Effect
of Subway Policies on Gasoline Consumption: Subway Expansion versus Fare
Changes
o
Co-Author(s): Antung
A. Liu, Lei Zhang
o
Discussant: Patrick
O’Reilly
· Yang Zhou: Historic
District Designation and Collective Action Problem
o
Co-Author(s): Jordan
Lopez
o
Discussant: Yucheng
Wang
· Patrick O’Reilly: Income
and Employment Effects of Pooling and Unitization Laws in Appalachian Natural
Gas Boom States
o Discussant: Cyrus Figiel
Session F4.4 Legacy D
Cybernetics,
Bloomington and Public Choice
Session
Chair: Vincent Carret
Session Organizer: John Meadowcroft
· Otto Lehto: Cybernetic
dreams: Allende, Pinochet, and the twin experiments in cybersocialism and neoliberalism
o
Co-Author(s): Paniagua,
Pablo
o
Discussant: Vincent
Carret
· Paul Lewis: Bloomington
and Cambridge Compared: Varieties of Ontological Thinking, Social Positioning,
and the Self-Governance of Common Pool Resources
o
Co-Author(s): Jochen
Runde
o
Discussant: Otto
Lehto
· Vincent Carret: Do
engineers believe in spontaneous order? The case of Jacques Rueff
o Discussant: Paul Lewis
Session F4.5 Windrose 2-4
Politics
of Money and Banking
Session
Chair: Caitlin Ainsley
Session Organizer: Caitlin Ainsley
· Friedrich Schneider: The
Black Enigma: Evidence of Shadow Economy in the Agriculture of 15 EU Member
States over the period 1996-2019
o
Co-Author(s): Erika
Quendler
o
Discussant: Andre
Quintas
· Farley Grubb: The
Origins of the Continental Dollar, 1775-1777: Explaining the Choices That
Congress Had to Make When Creating a New Money
o
Discussant: Caitlin
Ainsley
· Caitlin Ainsley: Strategic
Regulation of Alternative Currencies
o
Discussant: Farley
Grubb
· Andre Quintas: On the
Political Economy of Central Bank Digital Currencies
o
Co-Author(s): Francisco
Nunes-Pereira
o Discussant: Friedrich
Schneider
Session F4.6 Legacy E
Comparative
Political Institutions
Session
Chair: Susannah Barnes
Session Organizer: Caitlin Ainsley
· Jonghoon Lee: Self-Granting
Immunity: When Do Politicians Grant Themselves Judicial Immunity?
o
Discussant: Lucas
Owen
· Sivaram Cheruvu: International
Courts and the Politics of Democratic Backsliding
o
Co-Author(s): Jay
Krehbiel
o
Discussant: Susannah
Barnes
· Lucas Owen: Life on
the Frontier: The Role of Transaction Costs in Litigation Over Technology
Standards
o
Discussant: Jonghoon
Lee
· Susannah Barnes: Pathways
to Women’s Autonomy: A Comparative Study of Market-Based and Centrally-Planned
Systems
o Discussant: Sivaram
Cheruvu
Session F4.7 Singapore
Corruption
Session
Chair: Robert Gillanders
Session Organizer: Robert Gillanders
· Robert Gillanders: Health
Sector Corruption and Access to Healthcare in Africa Africa
o
Co-Author(s): Idrissa
Ouedraogo, Eugenie Maiga, Doris Aja-Eke
o
Discussant: Oguzhan
Dincer
· Giovanna Rodriguez-Garcia: Party Unity and Political Corruption:
Modeling the Effect of Party Discipline on Bribery in the Legislature
o
Discussant: Peter
Calcagno
· Oguzhan Dincer: Does
Democratization help in the fight against corruption? Evidence from Turkey
o
Co-Author(s): Ozgur
Teoman
o
Discussant: Robert
Gillanders
· Peter Calcagno: Do US
Trade Agreements Affect Corruption in Latin America?: A Difference in Difference
Analysis
o
Co-Author(s): Taylor
Crawford, Beatriz Maldonado
o Discussant: Giovanna
Rodriguez-Garcia
Session F4.8 Beijing
Public Choice Challenges
in International Governance and Aid Institutions
Session
Chair: Jennifer Murtazashvili
Session Organizer: Lenore Ealy
· Carroll Ríos Arathoon: Corruption,
Lawfare, and the Failure of Good Intentions: Public Choice Insights on the
Failure of the UN International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala
(CICIG)
o
Discussant: Daniel
Rodríguez-Carreiro
· Ryan Yonk: Challenging
Interests: How foreign policy decision making impacts international governance.
o
Discussant: Lenore
Ealy
· Daniel Rodríguez-Carreiro: A Public Choice Approach to UN Organizational Change
o
Discussant: Carroll
Ríos Arathoon
· Lenore Ealy: Summits,
Narratives, and Targets, Oh My! The Concatenating Risks of the UN SDG Regime
o Discussant: Ryan Yonk
Session F4.9 Osaka
Private
Governance
Session
Chair: Phil Magness
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Martin Edwards: Public
Choice in private institutions
o
Discussant: Janna
Lu
· Jeremy Kidd: Corporate
Governance as Bloodsport
o
Discussant: Phil
Magness
· Janna Lu: Cradle of
Organized Firefighting
o
Discussant: Martin
Edwards
· Phil Magness: Toward
a Public Choice analysis of Marxist movements
o
Co-Author(s): Michael
Makovi
o Discussant: Jeremy Kidd
Session F4.10 Windrose 1
Ninth Annual Elinor and
Vincent Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate
Student
Session
Chair: Lynne Kiesling
Session Organizer: Edward Lopez
· Alisa Frey: Redistribution,
Moral Hazard, and Voting by Feet: An Experiment
o
Discussant: Thomas
Stratmann
· Benjamin Broman: Counterproductive
cooptation? Religion, institutional change, and resistance in the Scottish
Highland Clearances
o
Discussant: John
Meadowcroft
· Caterina Chiopris: The
Diffusion of Ideas
o Discussant: Ennio Piano
4:10pm-4:20pm Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored by BORSF/Acadiana Business
Economics
4:20pm-5:50pm Session F5.1 Windrose 1
Conflict,
Terror, and Disinformation
Session
Chair: Todd Sandler
Session Organizer: Todd Sandler
· Daniel Arce: Strategies
of disinformation
o
Discussant: Todd
Sandler
· Jared Edgerton: Rebel
strength and goals: networks of civilian and state violence during civil
conflicts
o
Co-Author(s): Gary
Uzonyi
o
Discussant: Daniel
Arce
· Kevin Siqueira: Conflict
and returns to scale in production
o
Co-Author(s): Petros
G. Sekeris
o
Discussant: Jared
Edgerton
· Todd Sandler: Immigration
from a terror-prone nation: destination nation’s optimal immigration and
counterterrorism policies
o
Co-Author(s): Subhayu
Bandyopadhyay, Khusrav Gaibulloev
o Discussant: Kevin Siqueira
Session F5.2 Legacy D
The
Political Economy of Populist Preferences
Session
Chair: Alessandro Del
Ponte
Session Organizer: Anthony Gill
· Victor Menaldo: How
Populism Harms Prosperity: Unified Populist Rule Reduces Investment,
Innovation, and Productivity
o
Co-Author(s): Beatrice
Magistro
o
Discussant: Alessandro
Del Ponte
· Beatrice Magistro: Who
Can Assert Ownership Over Automation? Workplace Technological Change, Populist
and Ethno-nationalist Rhetoric, and Candidate Support
o
Discussant: Cristina
Strango
· Alessandro Del Ponte: Bottom-up
sovereign debt preferences
o
Co-Author(s): Matt
DiGiuseppe
o
Discussant: Victor
Menaldo
· Cristina Strango: Online
social media and populism in Europe
o
Co-Author(s): Mihai
Mutascu, Camelia Turcu
o Discussant: Beatrice
Magistro
Session F5.3 Windrose 2-4
Incorporating
Public Choice Into Other Courses
Session
Chair: Adam Martin
Session Organizer: Adam Martin
· Anthony Gill: Public
Choice in the Study of Religion
o
Discussant: Adam
Martin
· Geoffrey Lea: Using
Normative Policy Analysis in Intermediate Macroeconomics
o
Discussant: Ryan
Yonk
· Jon Murphy: Public
Choice in Money and Banking
o
Discussant: Anthony
Gill
· Ryan Yonk: Teaching
American Government Using Public Choice
o Discussant: Geoffrey
Lea
·
Adam Martin: Economics,
Ecology, and Ethics
o Discussant: Jon Murphy
Session F5.4 Legacy E
Incentives
in the Legal System
Session
Chair: Bryan McCannon
Session Organizer: Bryan McCannon
· Murat Mungan: Tilted
and Neutral Evidence Generating Process
o
Co-Author(s): Claude
Fluet
o
Discussant: Suhyeon
Oh
· Andrew Samuel: Collusion
and Informational Bribes: Substitutes or Complements?
o
Discussant: Bryan
McCannon
· Suhyeon Oh: Are juries
racially discriminatory? Evidence from
the race-blind charging of grand jury defendants with and without racially
distinctive names
o
Co-Author(s): Mark
Hoekstra
o
Discussant: Murat
Mungan
· Bryan McCannon: The
Right to Counsel: Criminal Prosecution in 19th Century London
o
Co-Author(s): Zachary
Porreca
o Discussant: Andrew Samuel
Session F5.5 Hong Kong
Bargaining
And Political Stability
Session
Chair: Christian Henning
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Christian Henning: Where
Banzhaf meets Nash and Black: A
Legislative Bargaining Foundation of a Generalized Banzhaf Value
o
Co-Author(s): Malte
Braack, Johannes Ziesmer
o
Discussant: Tryphon
Kollintzas
· Richard Jankowski: Electoral
Competition in a Multidimensional Issue Space: An Analysis of the Evidence
o
Discussant: Christian
Henning
· Tryphon Kollintzas: Electability
of Stable Insiders’ Coalition Governments
o
Co-Author(s): Lambros
Pechlivanos
o Discussant: Richard
Jankowski
Session F5.6 Tokyo
Debt
Session
Chair: Mateusz Michnik
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Henry Moncrieff: Borrowing
Beyond Borders: An Exploration of Foreign Debt Strategies in Autocratic Regimes
o
Co-Author(s): Nila
Zarepour Arizi
o
Discussant: Philipp
Weber
· Marc Plooster: State
pension liabilities and the cost of debt: does disclosure or recognition change
the cost of debt?
o
Discussant: Mateusz
Michnik
· Philipp Weber: Government
Debt and Inflation: A cross country Investigation of the Fiscal Theory of the
Price Level
o
Co-Author(s): Lars
P. Feld
o
Discussant: Henry
Moncrieff
· Mateusz Michnik: Deficit
out of the control: The ratchet effect in Poland?
o Discussant: Marc Plooster
Session F5.7 Singapore
History
Of Public Choice Thought
Session
Chair: J. Patrick Higgins
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Herrade Igersheim: Kenneth
Arrow, Duncan Black and group decision making. A seminal dispute?
o
Discussant: Ravi
Roy
· J. Patrick Higgins: Arguments
for Pro-Free Market Reforms 210 Years before Smith?: The Executionist Movement
of 1560s Poland-Lithuania
o
Discussant: Herrade
Igersheim
· Ravi Roy: Discussion
about the Impact of Humanomics
o Discussant: J. Patrick
Higgins
Session F5.8 Busan
Innovation
Session
Chair: Rohan Shah
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Joakim Wernberg: The
Dynamics of Profit and Innovation in Markets and Quasi-markets
o
Co-Author(s): Andreas
Bergh
o
Discussant: Rohan
Shah
· Jan Schnellenbach: Mission-Oriented
Innovation Policy: A Behavioral Political Economy Approach
o
Discussant: Joakim
Wernberg
· Rohan Shah: Boosting
Innovation or Entry: What Works Best?
o Discussant: Jan Schnellenbach
Session F5.9 Beijing
Strategic
Communication
Session
Chair: Robert Lowry
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Laura Arce: Lying
about like a loaded weapon: Technocratic agility, democratic legitimacy, and
emergency powers during COVID
o
Co-Author(s): Nikolai
G. Wenzel
o
Discussant: Henry
Thompson
· Ruolong Xiao: Strategic
Communication in Conflict
o
Discussant: Robert
Lowry
· Henry Thompson: The
Price of Silence
o
Co-Author(s): Gabriel
Benzecry
o
Discussant: Laura
Arce
· Robert Lowry: Does a
pro-business political climate lead to an expanded state economy?
o Discussant: Ruolong
Xiao
Session F5.10 Osaka
Trust
Session
Chair: Jeremy Kidd
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Andrea Ghisletta: Can
Direct Democracy Preserve Government Trust? Evidence from a Swiss Pension
Reform
o
Discussant: Mumtaz
Anwar
· Jeremy Kidd: Public
Trust and Public Choice
o
Co-Author(s): Randy
T. Simmons
o
Discussant: Abu
Afzal Tauheed
· Abu Afzal Tauheed: En-Trusting
the "Other" in Contemporary India: An Experiment-based Study
o
Discussant: Andrea
Ghisletta
· Mumtaz Anwar: Interplay
of Couple’s Characteristics in Defining Male Perspectives on Intimates Partner
Violence.
o
Co-Author(s): Muhammad
Nadeem, Malik Irfan
o Discussant: Jeremy Kidd
5:50pm Dinner
on Own
Saturday, March 16
7:00am-5:00pm Conference Registration Desk and Windrose Foyer
Book
Exhibitors
7:00am-7:40am Gather: Coffee, Tea, and Small Bites Windrose Foyer
7:40am-9:10am Session S1.1 Windrose 1
Economic
freedom and institutional change
Session
Chair: Christian Bjørnskov
Session Organizer: Christian Bjørnskov
· Robert Lawson: Economic
Freedom and Growth, Income, Investment, and Inequality: A Quantitative Summary
of the Literature
o
Co-Author(s): Vincent
Miozzi, Meg Tuszynski
o
Discussant: Jerg
Gutmann
· Justin Callais: Nonviolent
Regime Change and Economic Freedom
o
Co-Author(s): Yahya
Alshamy, Joshua Ammons
o
Discussant: Nabamita
Dutta
· Jerg Gutmann: Can new
constitutions tighten the reins? The effect of constitutional change on
constitutional compliance
o
Co-Author(s): Jerg
Gutmann
o
Discussant: Robert
Lawson
· Nabamita Dutta: Individualism
and the Economic Freedom Index
o Discussant: Justin Callais
Session S1.2 Windrose 2-4
UVA,
VPE, and Buchanan: History and Thought
Session
Chair: Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer: Bonnie Wilson
· Daniel Kuehn: How
Buchanan "More or Less Inherited" Leadership at the University of
Virginia
o
Discussant: Roger
Congleton
· Richard Wagner: Rutledge
Vining and the Virginia Political Economy that might have been
o
Discussant: Daniel
Kuehn
· Roger Congleton: Buchanan’s
Theory of Rights
o Discussant: Richard
Wagner
Session S1.3 Hong Kong
Advances
in Condorcet-Consistent Voting
Session
Chair: Nicolaus Tideman
Session Organizer: Nicolaus Tideman
· Andrew Myers: The
Frequency of Condorcet Winners in Real Non-Political Elections
o
Discussant: Robbie
Robinette
· James Green-Armytage: Resistance
to Strategy in Condorcet-Consistent Voting Rules
o
Co-Author(s): Chang-Geun
Song
o
Discussant: Andrew
Myers
· Robbie Robinette: How
to Achieve a Representative Congress
o Discussant: James Green-Armytage
Session S1.4 Tokyo
Empirical
Political Economy
Session
Chair: Dean Stansel
Session Organizer: Dean Stansel
· Malcolm Kass: An
examination of economic freedom on unauthorized immigration across US States
o
Co-Author(s): Nazmul
Islam
o
Discussant: Nicholas
Reinarts
· Vincent Miozzi: Economic
Freedom and EU Accession: A Synthetic Control Analysis of the Eastern
Enlargement
o
Discussant: Dean
Stansel
· Nicholas Reinarts: Ramps
to Academia: State-Level Economic Freedom and Other Determinants of
Post-Secondary Education for the Disabled
o
Discussant: Malcolm
Kass
· Dean Stansel: Interjurisdictional
Competition and Local Economic Growth
o
Co-Author(s): Todd
Nesbit
o Discussant: Vincent
Miozzi
Session S1.5 Singapore
Theory
and Experiments on Political Behavior I
Session
Chair: Siyu Wang
Session Organizer: Thomas Stratmann
· Filippo Pavesi: Definitivity
Avoidance as a Source of Informational Inefficiency
o
Co-Author(s): Thomas
Bassetti, Stefano Bonini, Fausto Pacicco
o
Discussant: Matthew
Gould
· James Boudreau: Damaging
conflict: All-pay auctions with negative spillovers and bimodal bidding
o
Co-Author(s): Timothy
Mathews, Lucas Rentschler, Shane D. Sanders
o
Discussant: Briggs
Depew
· Matthew Gould: Are world
leaders loss averse?
o
Co-Author(s): Rablen,
Matthew
o
Discussant: Filippo
Pavesi
· Briggs Depew: Behavioral
Responses of Mandatory Masking Within Social Interactions
o
Co-Author(s): Eric
Cardella, Ryan Williams
o Discussant: James Boudreau
Session S1.6 Busan
Alternative
Public Choice
Session
Chair: Mario Juarez-Garcia
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Peter Hazlett: The
Economics of New England Witchcraft
o
Discussant: Mario
Juarez-Garcia
· Toshiaki Hiromitsu: Implementing
luck egalitarianism in a relational way: Selecting social contracts under
resource constraints, resolving practical challenges, and ensuring dignity
o
Discussant: John
Horowitz
· John Horowitz: From
Organism to Society: The Institutional Conditions for a Major Social Transition
o
Co-Author(s): Alexander
Schaeffer
o
Discussant: Toshiaki
Hiromitsu
· Mario Juarez-Garcia: The
Administrative State as a Self-Governing System
o Discussant: Peter Hazlett
Session S1.7 Legacy D
Collective
Action
Session
Chair: Julia Valdes
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Robert Mulligan: Market
process, public policy, and the entrepreneur
o
Discussant: Julia
Valdes
· Theo Simon: Entrepreneurship
of Collective Action: Why do People cast the first stone?
o
Co-Author(s): Nils
Goldschmidt
o
Discussant: Henrik
M. Nielsen
· Henrik M. Nielsen: Austrian
Reconstruction and the Emergence of International Intervention: Historical
Insights for Public Choice
o
Discussant: Robert
Mulligan
· Julia Valdes: Analyzing
the Similarities between Public and Private Political Participation
o Discussant: Theo Simon
Session S1.8 Legacy E
Congress
Session
Chair: James Endersby
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Keith Dougherty: The
Congressional Apportionment Game: Stalemate in the 1920s
o
Discussant: Heonuk
Ha
· Cameron Tilley: The
miraculous old-time fiscal religion: how a political norm discouraged deficit
spending
o
Discussant: James
Endersby
· Heonuk Ha: The Policy
Stances of Members of Congress in Committee Hearings
o
Co-Author(s): Jeffery
A. Jenkins
o
Discussant: Keith
Dougherty
· James Endersby: The
Single Non-transferable Vote in the Puerto Rico Legislative Assembly
o Discussant: Cameron
Tilley
Session S1.9 Beijing
Historical
Public Choice
Session
Chair: Juan Carlos Ortega
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Paul Lowood: Fiscal
Capacity, Railway Federalism, and German Railway Development 1835-1885
o
Discussant: Marcus
Shera
· Gavin Roberts: Lessons
from the Bayesian History of Astronomy
o
Discussant: Juan
Carlos Ortega
· Marcus Shera: Empire
and Desert: The Political Economy of Church and State in Late Antiquity
o
Discussant: Paul
Lowood
· Juan Carlos Ortega: Federal bargains in Latin America
o Discussant: Gavin Roberts
Session S1.10 Osaka
Regulation
Session
Chair: David Gilboa
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Fredrick Bedsworth: Toothless
tickets: Are speed cameras a public safety or fiscal tool?
o
Co-Author(s): Bryan
Weber, Kevin Willardsen
o
Discussant: Brian
Baugus
· Jacob Smith: Distillers
and Chemists: Strategic use of the Bottled-In-Bond Act of 1897 by both firms
and regulators
o
Discussant: David
Gilboa
· Brian Baugus: Steer or
Drift?: The Role of Legislative Regulation Review in Preference Alignment
o
Co-Author(s): Jeffry
Jacob, Feler Bose
o
Discussant: Fredrick
Bedsworth
· David Gilboa: Government
as agent of the people
o Discussant: Jacob Smith
9:10am-9:30am Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored
by UNT Economics Department
9:30am-11:00am Session S2.1 Windrose 1
Micro
Foundations of Economic Freedom Effects
Session
Chair: Dennis Coates
Session Organizer: Dennis Coates
· Brad Humphreys: Economic
Freedom and Individual Participation in Physical Activity: Evidence from the
American Time Use Survey
o
Co-Author(s): Arijit
Ray, Jane E. Ruseski
o
Discussant: Dennis
Coates
· Kerianne Lawson: State-level
Institutions and Entrepreneurship: A Spatial Hierarchical Probit Approach
o
Co-Author(s): Joshua
Hall, Donald Lacombe
o
Discussant: Russell
Sobel
· Dennis Coates: Economic
Freedom and Free Agent Mobility in the NBA and WNBA
o
Discussant: Brad
Humphreys
· Russell Sobel: The
Political Economy of State Economic Development: A Path to Unproductive
Entrepreneurship
o
Co-Author(s): Gary
Wagner, Peter Calcagno
o Discussant: Kerianne
Lawson
Session S2.2 Hong Kong
Fair
Division Procedures
Session
Chair: Michael Jones
Session Organizer: Michael Jones
· D. Marc Kilgour: Two-person
fair division with additive cardinal valuations
o
Co-Author(s): Rudolf
Vetschera
o
Discussant: Steven
Brams
· Christian Klamler: Adjusted
Winner with Indivisible Items and Money
o
Co-Author(s): Steven
J. Brams, D. Marc Kilgour
o
Discussant: Brian
Hopkins
· Brian Hopkins: Exploring
Ramsey Partitions
o
Discussant: D.
Marc Kilgour
· Steven Brams: Preventing
Gerrymandering: A Nonpartisan Algorithm to Draw Competitive Congressional
Districts
o
Co-Author(s): Alex
Bai, Yagnesh Patel
o Discussant: Christian
Klamler
Session S2.3 Legacy D
Institutions
and Representation
Session
Chair: Christian Bjørnskov
Session Organizer: Christian Bjørnskov
· Niels-Hugo Blunch: Get Up,
Stand Up: Labor Unions and Wages in Brazil
o
Discussant: Christian
Bjørnskov
· Andreas Bergh: Populist
Parties’ Popularity Post Power
o
Co-Author(s): Anders
Kärnä
o
Discussant: Niels-Hugo
Blunch
· Christian Bjørnskov: The
Political Economy of Monarchy
o
Co-Author(s): Christian
Bjørnskov
o Discussant: Andreas
Bergh
o
Session S2.4 Legacy E
Theory
and Experiments on Political Behavior II
Session
Chair: Siyu Wang
Session Organizer: Thomas Stratmann
· Lucas Rentschler: Reducing
Misinformation on Social Media: An Experimental Evaluation of Two Policy
Interventions
o
Co-Author(s): Zeeshan
Samad
o
Discussant: Siyu
Wang
· Jason Aimone: Betrayal
Aversion and Political Science
o
Co-Author(s): Pervesh
Anthwal, J. Braxton Gately, Jason A. Aimone, Sheryl Ball
o
Discussant: Siyu
Wang
· Siyu Wang: The Effect
of Election on Political Preferences
o
Co-Author(s): Thomas
Stratmann
o
Discussant: Lucas
Rentschler
· Siyu Wang: Should
Birds of a Feather Learn Together? An Experimental Study on How Group
Composition Affects Social Learning
o
Co-Author(s): Tingting
Ding
o Discussant: Jason Aimone
Session S2.5 Windrose 2-4
Presidential
Session – Digital Public Choice
Session
Chair: Chris Berg
Session Organizer: Lynne Kiesling
· Eric Alston: The
Limits of Automating Fiduciary Responsibilities
o
Co-Author(s): Sophia
Cossar, Morshed Mannan
o
Discussant: Aaron
Lane
· Jason Potts: Implementing
property rights in digital economies
o
Co-Author(s): Chris
Berg
o
Discussant: Eric
Alston
· Jason Potts: The
political economy of digital economies
o
Co-Author(s): Ellie
Rennie
o
Discussant: Thibault
Schrepel
· Thibault Schrepel: Computation
and antitrust
o
Co-Author(s): Nicolas
Petit
o Discussant: Jason Potts
Session S2.6 Tokyo
Economic
and Personal Freedom
Session
Chair: Matthew Mitchell
Session Organizer: Thomas Stratmann
· Ryan Murphy: Clusters
of Human Freedom
o
Discussant: Niclas
Berggren
· John Early: Measurable
Relationships Between Freedom and Prosperity
o
Discussant: Ian
Vasquez
· Niclas Berggren: Securing
Personal Freedom Through Institutions: The Role of Electoral Democracy and
Judicial Independence
o
Co-Author(s): Jerg
Gutmann
o
Discussant: Ryan
Murphy
· Ian Vasquez: The
Human Freedom Index 2023: A Global Measurement of Personal, Civil, and Economic
Freedom
o Discussant: John Early
Session S2.7 Singapore
Climate
Change
Session
Chair: Lookman Issa
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Mohammad Ismayl Al Masud: The Impact of the Adult Awareness of Climate Change on
Renewable Energy Consumption in the United States.
o
Discussant: Ingemar
Bengtsson
· Christian Henning: Bargaining
on Morals and Markets in International Climate Policy
o
Co-Author(s): Christian
Henning
o
Discussant: Lookman
Issa
· Ingemar Bengtsson: The
green inside activist in the game of regulatory capture – an alternative to
acquiring property rights?
o
Discussant: Mohammad
Ismayl Al Masud
· Lookman Issa: The
political economy of carbon pricing in Canada: From a public choice analysis
perspective
o Discussant: Christian
Henning
Session S2.8 Beijing
Institutional
Change
Session
Chair: Ashruta Acharya
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· João Pedro Bastos: The
Forsaken Road: Reassessing Living Standards following the Cuban Revolution and
the American Embargo
o
Co-Author(s): Vincent
Geloso, Jamie Bologna Pavlik
o
Discussant: Towhid
Mahmood
· Mohammad Qadam Shah: Why
so much failure in promoting liberal democracy in conflict-affected states?
Exploring the role of institutions
o
Discussant: Ashruta
Acharya
· Towhid Mahmood: Democracy
and Economics Liberalization: The Case of Bangladesh
o
Discussant: João
Pedro Bastos
· Ashruta Acharya: Growth
of State via Fiscal-Military Institutions
o Discussant: Mohammad
Qadam Shah
Session S2.9 Osaka
Rent-Seeking
Session
Chair: Dmitriy Vorobyev
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Christopher Colburn: Rent Seeking by State
Universities
o
Discussant: Matheus
Cosso
· Roger Congleton: Institutionally
Linked Rent Seeking
o
Discussant: Dmitriy
Vorobyev
· Matheus Cosso: Humanitarian
Pirates: How Foreign Aid ends in the wrong hands
o
Discussant: Christopher
Colburn
· Dmitriy Vorobyev: Military
Background and Budget Spending of Russian Regional Governors
o
Co-Author(s): Anna
Kozlovskaia
o Discussant: Roger Congleton
Session S2.10 Busan
Voting
And Specific Agenda
Session
Chair: Lars P. Feld
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Marius Kroeper: Should
I Mail or Should I Go: Insights From a One-Time All-Postal Election
o
Co-Author(s): Valentin
Lindlacher
o
Discussant: Jody
Lipford
· Jacek Lewkowicz: Voting
in Monetary Policy Council: a Case of Political Alignment
o
Co-Author(s): Jan
Fałkowski, Łukasz Hardt
o
Discussant: Lars
P. Feld
· Jody Lipford: Economic
interests, expressive voting, and the fight over carbon-dioxide emissions: an analysis of U.S. federal regulation
o
Discussant: Marius
Kroeper
· Lars P. Feld: Disciplining Ballots? – (Unintended) Effects of Voter
Engagement on the Fiscal Sustainability
of Swiss Cantons
o
Co-Author(s): Yannick
Bury, Ekkehard Koehler
o Discussant: Jacek Lewkowicz
11:00am-11:20am Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored by F.A. Hayek PPE
11:20am-12:40pm S3 Plenary
Session 3 Windrose
Ballroom
Nils
Karlson: The Role of Ideas in Institutional Change
Session
Chair: Lynne Kiesling
Session
Organizer: Lynne Kiesling
12:40pm-1:40pm Networking Lunch Windrose
Foyer
1:40pm-2:30pm S4
Presidential Address and Awards Windrose Ballroom
Session
Chair: Lynne Kiesling
Session
Organizer: Edward Lopez
Society
Announcements
Edward Lopez, Executive Director
Presentation
of Duncan Black Prize and Gordon Tullock Prize
Peter Leeson, Editor
in Chief, Public Choice
· Duncan Black Prize
o
Recipient:
Casey Mulligan, University of Chicago
o
Paper:
“Beyond Pigou: externalities and civil society in the supply-demand framework” Public
Choice 196 (July 2023), 1-18.
· Gordan Tullock
Prize Sponsored
by Springer
o
Co-Recipients:
Gavin Roberts,Weber State
University; Rik Chakraborti, Christopher Newport
University
o
Paper: “How
price-gouging regulation undermined COVID-19 mitigation: county-level evidence
of unintended consequences” Public Choice 196 (July 2023), 51-83.
Presentation
of the Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation
by a Graduate Student
Lynne Kiesling, President
·
Finalists:
o
Alisa Frey, Heinrich Heine University
Düsseldorf: Redistribution, Moral Hazard, and Voting by Feet: An Experiment
o
Benjamin Broman, Duke University:
Counterproductive cooptation? Religion, institutional change, and resistance in
the Scottish Highland Clearances
o
Caterina Chiopris,
Harvard University: The Diffusion of Ideas
Incoming
President’s Look Ahead
Christian Bjørnskov,
President-Elect
Presidential
Address
Lynne Kiesling
2:30pm-2:40pm Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored by Duke PPE Program
2:40pm-4:10pm Session S5.1 Windrose 2-4
Historical
Political Economy
Session
Chair: Ennio Piano
Session Organizer: Ennio Piano
· Ennio Piano: Slave of
two masters
o
Discussant: Jacob
Hall
· Ricardo R. Noé: Mein
Kaffeee? No, Mi Café: Expropriation and Property Right Enforcement in 20th
Century Guatemala
o
Discussant: Louis
Rouanet
· Jacob Hall: The Dark
Side of Nation Building: The Reconquista and the Spanish Inquisition
o
Co-Author(s): Patrick
Fitzsimmons
o
Discussant: Ennio
Piano
· Louis Rouanet: Termination
and tribal governance
o Discussant: Ricardo R.
Noé
Session S5.2 Legacy D
Experimental
Public Choice: Criminal Justice
Session
Chair: Lucas Rentschler
Session Organizer: Jason Aimone
· Jason Aimone: Bias,
Trust, and Trustworthiness: An Experimental Study of Post Justice System
Outcomes
o
Co-Author(s): Charles
North, Jason Ralston, Lucas Rentschler
o
Discussant: Tian
Liu
· Lucas Rentschler: A
practical public good mechanism for policing
o
Co-Author(s): Jordan
Adamson
o
Discussant: Siyu
Wang
· Tian Liu: Expressive
Voting and the Effect of Voting Rules
o
Discussant: Jason
Aimone
· Siyu Wang: Who Do You
Want to Talk to? An ExperimentalInvestigation of Network Formation under
StrategicInformation Transmission
o
Co-Author(s): Delong
Meng
o Discussant: Lucas Rentschler
Session S5.3 Legacy E
The
Ratchet Effect Applications and Extensions
Session
Chair: Ryan Yonk
Session Organizer: Ryan Yonk
· Abigail Hall: The
Nuclear Ratchet: Crisis, Leviathan, and Atomic Weapons
o
Co-Author(s): Christopher
J. Coyne
o
Discussant: Ray
March
· Ryan Yonk: The China
Ratchet: Using Higgs’ Model to Explore Foreign Policy
o
Discussant: Caleb
Petitt
· Ray March: How Many
Boosters Do We Need Now? Ratchet Effects and Operation Warp Speed
o
Co-Author(s): Elisha
Denkyirah
o
Discussant: Abigail
Hall
· Caleb Petitt: Competitive
colonies: Ratchet effects, Tiebout competition, and American colonial taxation
o Discussant: Ryan Yonk
Session S5.4 Tokyo
Regulation
and the Community
Session
Chair: Bryan McCannon
Session Organizer: Bryan McCannon
· Piruz Saboury: Financing
Repeat Borrowers: Designing Credible Incentives for Today and Tomorrow
o
Co-Author(s): Anil
Jain
o
Discussant: Bryan
McCannon
· Spencer Mueller: Revisiting
the Impacts of California’s Public Safety Realignment on Local Communities
o
Co-Author(s): Benjamin
Feingold
o
Discussant: Ryan
Quandt
· Bryan McCannon: Chicago
Boys
o
Co-Author(s): Bira
Zhahadai
o
Discussant: Piruz
Saboury
· Ryan Quandt: Guns,
Crime, and Heterogeneity: An Empirical Analysis of Right-to-Carry Laws
o
Co-Author(s): Anna
Kyriazis
o Discussant: Spencer
Mueller
Session S5.5 Singapore
Local-Level
Public Choice
Session
Chair: Sean-Patrick Alvarez
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Sebastian Anastasi: Organic
Order
o
Co-Author(s): Caleb
Fuller
o
Discussant: Cheick
Camara
· Ajay Sharma: On the
constituency development funds and localising sustainable development goals:
Role of MPLADS
o
Co-Author(s):
o
Discussant: Sean-Patrick
Alvarez
· Sean-Patrick Alvarez: Private Interests, State Legislators, and Manumission:
Voting Dynamics in the Antebellum South
o
Co-Author(s):
o
Discussant: Ajay
Sharma
· Cheick Camara: Gender
Budgeting Adoption in Indian States: Unraveling Fiscal Impacts on Health and
Education Expenditures
o
Co-Author(s):
o Discussant: Sebastian
Anastasi
Session S5.6 Beijing
North,
Ostrom, And Austrians
Session
Chair: Zachary Haney
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Ryan Murphy: Open
Access Anarchy
o
Discussant: D
Eric Schansberg
· Sinclair Davidson: Ostrom
Goods and Williamson’s Impossibility Theorem
o
Discussant: Zachary
Haney
· D Eric Schansberg: The
Managerial Economics Course and Textbook Options
o
Discussant: Ryan
Murphy
· Zachary Haney: Austrian
Economics in Special Education Leadership
o Discussant: Sinclair
Davidson
Session S5.7 Busan
Policy
Rules And Institutions
Session
Chair: Colin Harris
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Andrew Berryhill: A
political economy analysis of national fiscal rule design
o
Discussant: Jeehoon
Han
· Jeehoon Han: Digging
Beneath the Hood of Multidimensional Pension Rules
o
Co-Author(s): Wei
Qian
o
Discussant: Collin
Harrisl
· Colin Harris: Unbundling
Legal Origins
o
Co-Author(s): Bergen
Senf
o Discussant: Andrew Berryhill
Session S5.8 Osaka
Public
Preferences
Session
Chair: Abu Bakkar Siddique
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Tomomi Miyazaki: Fiscal
Consolidations, Consumption Tax, and Preference on Public Expenditures:
Evidence from a Survey in Japan
o
Co-Author(s): Keigo
Kameda, Ayu Tomita
o
Discussant: Matteo
Pazzona
· Dariusz Stolicki: Urn
Models of Electoral Preference Formation
o
Co-Author(s): Daria
Boratyn, Jarosław Flis, Wojciech Słomczyński, Stanisław Szufa, Karol Życzkowski
o
Discussant: Abu
Bakkar Siddique
· Matteo Pazzona: DO NOT
shut up and DO dribble: Social Media and TV Consumption
o
Discussant: Tomomi
Miyazaki
· Abu Bakkar Siddique: Investigating
public policy preferences: a quasi-natural experimental approach
o Discussant: Dariusz
Stolicki
Session S5.9 Windrose 1
Presidential
Session – Public Choice And Technology
Session
Chair: Ilia Murtazashvili
Session Organizer: Ilia Murtazashvili
· Ana-Maria Dimand: Leveraging
Public Procurement for Responsible AI Implementation
o
Co-Author(s): Kayla
Schwoerer, Andrea Patrucco, Ilia Murtazashvili
o
Discussant: Wendy
Chen
· Adam Crepelle: How
Artificial Intelligence Can Transform the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Empower
Tribal Self-governance
o
Discussant: Joung
Yeob Ha
· Wendy Chen: Government
Transparency and Accountability in the Era of Generative AI
o
Co-Author(s): Ilia
Murtazashvili
o
Discussant: Ana-Maria
Dimand
· Joung Yeob Ha: From Alien
to Citizen: The Power of Inclusive Propaganda during World War I
o Discussant: Adam Crepelle
Session S5.10 Hong Kong
Welfare
State Topics
Session
Chair: Shamsuddeen Nassarawa
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Heonuk Ha: Trumpian
Particularism in Distributive Politics
o
Co-Author(s): Jeffery
A. Jenkins
o
Discussant: Deepak
Sethia
· Åsa Hansson: What
explains the decline of the universal welfare state?
o
Discussant: Shamsuddeen
Nassarawa
· Deepak Sethia: Interregional
Fiscal Redistribution and Risk Sharing in India
o
Discussant: Heonuk
Ha
· Shamsuddeen Nassarawa: Was the Decline in the Significance of Defined Benefit
Pension Plans Due to the Decline in Real Wage Growth?
o Discussant: Åsa Hansson
4:10pm-4:20pm Break Windrose
Foyer
Sponsored by BORSF/Acadiana Business
Economics
4:20pm-5:30pm Session S6.1 Tokyo
Experimental
Public Choice: Compliance and Negotiations
Session
Chair: Andrzej Baranski
Session Organizer: Jason Aimone
· Jinliang Liu: Information
Disclosure by Enforcement Objective
o
Co-Author(s): Huiyi
Guo
o
Discussant: Andrzej
Baranski
· Siyu Wang: The Nature
of Corruption: A Note on the Principles
o
Co-Author(s): Zhen
Lei, Sen Tian
o
Discussant: Jinliang
Liu
· Andrzej Baranski: The
Gender Gap in Multilateral Bargaining: Causes and Solutions
o
Co-Author(s): Diogo
Geraldes, Ada Kovaliukaite, James Tremewan
o Discussant: Siyu Wang
Session S6.2 Busan
Mixed
Electoral Systems: Paradoxes and reforms
Session
Chair: Jarosław Flis
Session Organizer: Marek Kaminski
· Marek Kaminski: Comparative
analysis of primacy effects in proportional representation and single-member
district systems
o
Co-Author(s): Jarosław
Flis
o
Discussant: Jarosław
Flis
· Dušan Vučićević: Legacy
of the Past: Pre-reform Party Competition and Contamination of Single-Member
Districts in Mixed-Member Systems
o
Discussant: Dušan
Vučićević
· Jarosław Flis: Balancing
Change and Continuity: The Author’s Mixed Electoral System Project for Poland
Adopted by the Parliamentary Committee
o Discussant: Marek Kaminski
Session S6.3 Windrose 1
Presidential Session –
Book Manuscript Discussion: Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power,
Knowledge, and Freedom
Session
Chair: Lynne Kiesling
Session Organizer: Lynne Kiesling
· Mark Pennington: Summary
of Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom
· Niclas Berggren: Comments
on Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom
· Emily Skarbek: Comments
on Foucault and Liberal Political Economy: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom
·
Vincent Geloso: Comments on Foucault and Liberal Political Economy:
Power, Knowledge, and Freedom
Session S6.4 Windrose 2-4
Cognition
Session
Chair: Roberto Peroncini
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Robert Mulligan: Hayekian
systems: scientific inquiry as a spontaneous order
o
Discussant: Roberto
Peroncini
· Benjamin Ogden: Costly
Updating and the Logic of Political Cognition in Popular Assemblies
o
Co-Author(s): Jacob
Roundtree
o
Discussant: Robert
Mulligan
· Roberto Peroncini: The
Public Choice and Austrian Economics Revolution 4.0. Towards an Integrated
Theory of the "Common Third"
o
Discussant: Benjamin
Ogden
· Adam Martin: Economics,
Ecology, and Ethics
o Discussant: Jon Murphy
Session S6.5 Legacy D
Electoral
Reform And Voter ID
Session
Chair: Jeff Milyo
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Marius David May: Vote-maximizing Discretion Field Experimental Evidence
from the 2021 German Federal Elections
o
Co-Author(s): Ekkehard
Andreas Köhler
o
Discussant: Jeff
Milyo
· Brendan Cirillo: Do
State Voter-ID Laws Spur Counter-Mobilization of Minority Voters?
o
Co-Author(s): Jeffery
Milyo
o
Discussant: Marius
David May
· John Norell: The Political
Economics of Cordon Sanitaire: The Costs and Consequences of Keeping the
Barbarians at the Gate
o
Co-Author(s): Anders Kärnä,
Jaakko Meriläinen
o
Discussant: Brendan
Cirillo
· Jeff Milyo: Voter ID
and the Integrity of Elections
o Discussant: John Norell
Session S6.6 Legacy E
Labor
and Employment
Session
Chair: Beatriz Maldonado
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Jeanne Hoffman: Coming
Apart at the Seams-Exogenous Shocks to the Already Fraying Campaign for Gender Equality in the Workplace
o
Co-Author(s): Bobbi
Herzberg
o
Discussant: Beatriz
Maldonado
· Robertas Bakula: Is There
Monopsony Power in US Labor Markets?
o
Co-Author(s): Philip
Magness, Ryan Yonk
o
Discussant: Robertas
Bakula
· Beatriz Maldonado: State
Regulations and Income Inequality
o
Co-Author(s): Candace
Pfister
o Discussant: Jeanne Hoffman
Session S6.7 Singapore
Special
Interests
Session
Chair: Marcus Shera
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Patricia Hummel: The Temporary
Government Program: An analysis of tobacco subsidies
o
Discussant: Marcus
Shera
· Emilie Wojcieszynski: The
Power of the Pen: Influence of Lobbying during the legislative procedure in
Europe
o
Co-Author(s): Vita
Titl
o
Discussant: Patricia
Hummel
· Marcus Shera: Rent-Seeking
and the Reformation: Evidence from the Dissolution of the English Monasteries
o
Co-Author(s): Desiree
Desierto, Mark Koyama
o Discussant: Emilie Wojcieszynski
Session S6.8 Beijing
Taxation
Session
Chair: Alfa Farah
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Taiki Susa: Affluence
and Influence under Tax Competition: Income Bias in Political Attention
o
Co-Author(s): Satoshi
Kasamatsu, Daiki Kishishita
o
Discussant: Alfa
Farah
· Ajay Sharma: Strategic
inattention and tax competition for perfectly mobile capital
o
Discussant: Taiki
Susa
· Alfa Farah: Tax
decentralization and accountability: a natural experiment from Indonesia
o
Co-Author(s): Sandy
Maulana
o Discussant: Ajay Sharma
Session S6.9 Hong Kong
Voting
Institutions
Session
Chair: Daria Boratyn
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Duane Cooper: Comparison
of multimember electoral district methods
o
Discussant: Daria
Boratyn
· Robi Ragan: Centripetal
and Centrifugal Forces in Single-Dimensional Computational Spatial Voting
Models
o
Co-Author(s): Thomas
J. Hughes
o
Discussant: Duane
Cooper
· Daria Boratyn: Strategy-Proof
Aggregation of Preferences in Grading Systems
o Discussant: Robi Ragan
Session S6.10 Osaka
Constitutions
Session
Chair: Thomas Apolte
Session Organizer: President-Elect Session
· Jeremy Horpedahl: Legislating
Through the Constitution
o
Discussant: Thomas
Apolte
· Dariusz Stolicki: Rational
Choice Models of Constitutional Review Mechanisms with Credibility Constraints
o
Co-Author(s): Daria
Boratyn
o
Discussant: Jeremy
Horpedahl
· Thomas Apolte: The
Co-Evolution of Constitutionalization and Democratization: A Dynamic Model
o Discussant: Dariusz
Stolicki
5:30pm-6:45pm Closing
Cocktail Reception Pool
Terrace
Sponsored by Institute for Humane Studies and Public Choice Society