51st Annual Meetings of the Public Choice Society, Charleston, 2014
- Thursday, March 6
- 3:00pm – 7:00pm
- 5:00pm – 7:00pm
- Friday, March 7
- 7:00am – 8:15am
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 1:00pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:30pm
- 5:30pm – 7:00pm
- Saturday, March 8
- 7:00am – 8:15am
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 11:30am
- 11:30am – 1:00pm *
- 1:00pm – 2:40pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:30pm
- 5:30pm – 7:00pm
- Sunday, March 9
- 7:30am – 8:30am
- 8:30am – 10:00am *
- 10:00am – 10:30am
- 10:30am – 12:00pm *
Friday, March 7, 2014
Applying the Wisdom of Gordon Tullock
Session Chair:
Susan Dudley
Session Organizer:
Susan Dudley
Interview with Gordon Tullock
Presenter: Susan Dudley
Discussant: Donald Boudreaux
Tullock on Juries
Presenter: Donald Boudreaux
Discussant: Susan Dudley
Political Risk, Lobbying Costs, and Economic Evaluation: Using the Tullock Contest Success Function to Improve Regulatory Impact Assessment
Presenter: Kerry Krutilla
Co-Author(s): Alexander Alexeev
Discussant: Brian Mannix
Harberger Triangles & Tullock Rectangles: Revisiting Weidenbaum's Distinction between Economic & Social Regulation
Presenter: Brian Mannix
Discussant: Kerry Krutilla
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
New Book Discussion: Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter by Ilya Somin
Session Chair:
Ilya Somin
Session Organizer:
Ilya Somin
Democracy and Political Ignorance: Why Smaller Government is Smarter
Presenter: Ilya Somin
Political Competence and the Right to Rule
Presenter: Jason Brennan
Ignorance, Willfull Ignorance, and Preening
Presenter: Michael Munger
Words and Deeds: Rational Ignorance and Political Discourse
Presenter: Fernando Teson
Room: Drayton Room
Rent Seeking and Profit Seeking
Session Chair:
Adam Hoffer
The Risk of Rent-Seeking
Presenter: Adam Smith
Co-Author(s): Patrick McLaughlin, Russell Sobel
Discussant: Adam Hoffer
NCAA Athletic Department Behavior
Presenter: Adam Hoffer
Co-Author(s): Jared Pincin
Discussant: Noel Campbell
Do Common Theories of Regulation Explain Variation in Regulation Expenditures?
Presenter: Noel Campbell
Co-Author(s): David Mitchell
Discussant: Adam Smith
Room: Pinckney Room
Policy Choices and Economic Outcomes 1
Session Chair:
R. Scott Pearson
Licensing, Quality and Consumers: What Drives The Market?
Presenter: Darwyyn Deyo
Discussant: Ceyhun Elgin
Shadow Economies in OECD Countries: DGE vs. MIMIC Approaches
Presenter: Ceyhun Elgin
Co-Author(s): Friedrich Schneider
Discussant: Andreas Freytag
The Influence of Economic Freedom on the Shadow Economy in OECD and European Countries: Some Preliminary Empirical Results
Presenter: Andreas Freytag
Co-Author(s): Friedrich Schneider and Sebastian Spiegel
Discussant: R. Scott Pearson
Crowd-Thwarting: How perverse incentives, special interests, and avoidance of responsibility have thwarted efforts to open up access to funding for small entrepreneurs
Presenter: R. Scott Pearson
Discussant: Darwyyn Deyo
Room: Rutledge Room
Labor Regulations
Session Chair:
Sharon Tennyson
Public Policy in the Low Skilled Labor Market: A Rent-Seeking Model of Labor
Presenter: Linyuan Cai
Co-Author(s): Christopher Mann
Discussant: Anna Chorniy
Employer-Provided Health Insurance and Job Mobility
Presenter: Anna Chorniy
Co-Author(s): James Bailey
Discussant: Alma Ramsden
Labor Market Eects of Child Care Vouchers: Evidence from a Quasi-Natural Experiment
Presenter: Alma Ramsden
Discussant: Sharon Tennyson
EU Intermediary Regulation and its Impact on Agent Quality
Presenter: Sharon Tennyson
Co-Author(s): Christoph Lex, Ludwig Maximilion University; Andreas Richter, Ludwig Maximilion University
Discussant: Linyuan Cai
Room: Laurens Room
Informal Institutions
Session Chair:
Ludek Kouba
Building a State and a Market: The Spanish Legacy in Mexico
Presenter: Robin Grier
Co-Author(s): Jerry Hough
Discussant: Nobuhiro Mizuno
Political Structure as a Legacy of Indirect Colonial Rule: Bargaining between National Governments and Rural Elites in Africa
Presenter: Nobuhiro Mizuno
Discussant: Nathanael Snow
A FRAND-ly Commons: An Institutional Investigation of Standard Setting
Presenter: Nathanael Snow
Discussant: Ludek Kouba
I wanna live my life: Locus of Control and Welfare State attitudes
Presenter: Ludek Kouba
Co-Author(s): Hans Pitlik
Discussant: Robin Grier
Room: Calhoun Room
Institutional Context
Session Chair:
Charles Telly
Default Without Capital Account: The Peculiar Economics of Municipal Bankruptcy
Presenter: Lotta Moberg
Co-Author(s): Richard E. Wagner
Discussant: Jacob Russ
Witch Trials
Presenter: Jacob Russ
Co-Author(s): Peter T. Leeson
Discussant: Charles Telly
The Moral Foundation of Law in a Democratic Society
Presenter: Charles Telly
Discussant: Atin Basuchoudhary
Room: Parkview Room
Empirical Papers in Public Choice
Session Chair:
Tomomi Miyazaki
Cash Transfers to Low-Income People in the U.S.
Presenter: Andres Marroquin
Discussant: Dina Balalaeva
Democracy and Good Governance: What Matters More for Health?
Presenter: Dina Balalaeva
Discussant: Niels-Hugo Blunch
Health Knowledge, Caste and Social Networks in India
Presenter: Niels-Hugo Blunch
Co-Author(s): Nabanita Datta Gupta
Discussant: Jakob Eberl
The Political Economy of Public Debt and Social Security: Repayment in Times of Fiscal Distress
Presenter: Jakob Eberl
Discussant: Tomomi Miyazaki
Fiscal Policy Effectiveness in Japan: Experiences from Recent Policies
Presenter: Tomomi Miyazaki
Discussant: Andres Marroquin
Room: Middleton Room
Voting in Spatial Models and Federalism
Session Chair:
Nicolaus Tideman
Optimal Fiscal Decentralization
Presenter: Bilin Neyapti
Co-Author(s): Giray Erkmen Aslim
Discussant: Joseph Ornstein
Empirical Implications of a Spatial Voting Model
Presenter: Joseph Ornstein
Discussant: Taiki Susa
Strategic Delegation in Asymmetric Tax Competition
Presenter: Taiki Susa
Co-Author(s): Hikaru Ogawa
Discussant: Nicolaus Tideman
A Three-Dimensional Framework for Locating Voting Rules
Presenter: Nicolaus Tideman
Co-Author(s): Rafael Cosman and James Green-Armytage
Discussant: Bilin Neyapti
Plenary Session 1: Rodrik on Ideas
Session Chair:
Edward Lopez
When Ideas Trump Interests: Preferences, Worldviews, and Policy Innovations
Presenter: Dani Rodrik
Discussant: Peter Boettke
New Book Discussion: Mathematical Theory of Democracy by Andranik Tangian
Session Chair:
Steven Brams
Session Organizer:
Andranik Tangian
Remarks on Andranik Tangian's Book I
Presenter: Steven Brams
Remarks on Andranik Tangian's Book II
Presenter: Bernard Grofman
Tangian, "Mathematical theory of Democracy"
Presenter: Iain McLean
Democracy, the Theory of Voting, and Mathematics I
Presenter: Maurice Salles
Room: Carolina Ballroom A
International Political Economy
Session Chair:
Peter Calcagno
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
The High Cost of Low Quality Infrastructure when Natural Disasters Strike
Presenter: Monica Escaleras
Co-Author(s): Charles Register
Discussant: Beatriz Maldonado
Capricious Leviathan: Volatility of Government Spending and Political Institutions
Presenter: Beatriz Maldonado
Discussant: Monica Escaleras
Rainy Day Funds and Risk-Sharing: Any Lessons for Europe?
Presenter: Gary Wagner
Co-Author(s): Erick M. Elder
Discussant: Peter Calcagno
Voting with your feet: Personal and Economic Freedom and Migration Patterns
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Co-Author(s): Nicholas J Hilton
Discussant: Shawn Ramirez
Secrecy, Risk-Taking and War in the International System
Presenter: Shawn Ramirez
Room: Carolina Ballroom B
Reflections on the Contributions of Charles K. Rowley
Session Chair:
Michelle Vachris
Session Organizer:
Michelle Vachris
Reflections on Co-Authoring With Charles K. Rowley
Presenter: Richard Wagner
Reflections on Co-Editing With Charles K. Rowley
Presenter: William Shughart
Charles K. Rowley: Colleague
Presenter: Donald Boudreaux
Charles Rowley: Scholar, Teacher, Friend
Presenter: Jennis Biser
Co-Author(s): Francesco Parisi
Room: Pinckney Room
The Swiss Cantons
Session Chair:
Damien Wirths
Incentive Effects of Fiscal Rules on the Finance Minister’s Behaviour: Evidence from Revenue Projections in Swiss Cantons
Presenter: florian chatagny
Discussant: Katharina Jaronicki
Campaigning in Direct Democracies: Initiative Petition Signing, Voter Turnout, and Acceptance
Presenter: Katharina Jaronicki
Discussant: Christian Marti
Educative Effects of Direct Democracy on Turnout in Initiative and Referendum Votes: Evidence for Switzerland, 1970-2012.
Presenter: Christian Marti
Discussant: Damien Wirths
A critical examination of the policy-making process and of the lawmakers’ motivation for efficiency evaluation: a theoretical framework
Presenter: Damien Wirths
Discussant: florian chatagny
Room: Parkview Room
Policy Choices and Economic Outcomes 2
Session Chair:
Michael Thomas
Legitimacy and the Cost of Government
Presenter: Niclas Berggren
Co-Author(s): Christian Bjørnskov, David Lipka
Discussant: Christoph Schinke
Budget Composition and Economic Growth: Empirical Evidence from OECD Countries
Presenter: Christoph Schinke
Co-Author(s): Niklas Potrafke, Marina Riem
Discussant: Michael Thomas
Regulation vs. Litigation: The Knowledge Problem in Markets for Blood
Presenter: Michael Thomas
Co-Author(s): Diana W. Thomas
Discussant: Kerry Krutilla
The Cost-Effectiveness of Lifesaving Regulations
Presenter: Kerry Krutilla
Co-Author(s): John Graham, David Good, Gabriel Piña, and Yu Zhang
Discussant: Niclas Berggren
Room: Rutledge Room
Financial Regulation
Session Chair:
Danielle Zanzalari
Session Organizer:
Mario Villarreal
Sarbanes-Oxley: Disciplining Executives or Enriching Attorneys? Evidence from Directors and Officers Liability Insurance
Presenter: Nick Bormann
Discussant: Alex Gill
Moral Hazard in Securitization
Presenter: Alex Gill
Discussant: Guillaume Vuillemey
Strengthened or Weakened? Risk-management by Central Clearing Parties after Dodd-Frank and EMIR
Presenter: Guillaume Vuillemey
Co-Author(s): -
Discussant: Danielle Zanzalari
Financial Structure and Spillovers Asymmetry: Do Market versus Bank centered economies matter?
Presenter: Wafa Aidi
Do Off-Balance Sheet Items Lead to A Distortion in the Market?
Presenter: Danielle Zanzalari
Discussant: Nick Bormann
Room: Laurens Room
Preferences for Conflict?
Session Chair:
Angela Dills
Other-Regarding Preferences and the Importance of Social Approval in Strategic Interactions
Presenter: Andreas Bergh
Co-Author(s): Philipp C. Wichardt
Discussant: Zdravko Paskalev
"Pennies for Charity": Why Charities Outsource Fundraising
Presenter: Zdravko Paskalev
Co-Author(s): Huseyin Yildirim
Discussant: Rick Raddatz
The Pentanomic Theory of Government: Five Resource Types = Five Economies
Presenter: Rick Raddatz
Discussant: Angela Dills
Price Increasing Competition: Evidence from Higher Education
Presenter: Angela Dills
Co-Author(s): Kurt Rotthoff
Discussant: Andreas Bergh
Room: Calhoun Room
Privately Produced Public Goods
Session Chair:
Trey Carson
How 'Public' are Local Public Goods? Empirical Evidence Using Data from the Forensic Science Industry
Presenter: William McAndrew
Rent Seeking and Regulatory Capture in the US Private Security Industry
Presenter: Brian Meehan
Co-Author(s): Bruce L. Benson
Discussant: Trey Carson
Epidemic externalities and private governance
Presenter: Trey Carson
Discussant: William McAndrew
Room: Drayton Room
Private Sector Governance
Session Chair:
Joshua Trojniak
Non-territorial governance and the political Coase theorem
Presenter: Trent MacDonald
Discussant: Margarete Redlin
Maritim Piracy: Socio-Economic and Institutional Determinants
Presenter: Margarete Redlin
Co-Author(s): Thomas Gries
Discussant: Joshua Trojniak
From Mercenaries to Private Security Contractors: A History of Repeated Games
Presenter: Joshua Trojniak
Discussant: Paola Suarez
Child Brides
Presenter: Paola Suarez
Co-Author(s): Peter Leeson
Discussant: Trent MacDonald
Plenary Session 2: Gwartney on The Revolution
Session Chair:
Edward Lopez
The Public Choice Revolution in Economics Practice and Education
Presenter: James Gwartney