2016 Public Choice Society, March 10-12, Ft. Lauderdale Florida March 10-12, Hyatt Regency Pier 66, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
- Thursday, March 10
- 1:00pm – 7:00pm
- 4:00pm – 5:20pm *
- 5:30pm – 7:20pm
- 7:20pm – 11:59pm
- Friday, March 11
- 7:00am – 5:00pm *
- 7:00am – 8:30am
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 1:00pm
- 11:20am – 1:30pm
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm *
- 2:30pm – 2:40pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- Saturday, March 12
- 7:00am – 8:30am
- 7:00am – 5:00pm *
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:30am – 1:00pm *
- 1:00pm – 2:40pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 7:30pm – 11:59pm
Saturday, March 12, 2016
Room: Crystal Atrium
Public Goods III
Session Chair:
Jennifer Dirmeyer
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Private Security and the Provision of International Public Goods
Presenter: Gregory DeAngelo
Co-Author(s): Leland Taylor Smith
Discussant: Josef Montag
Policing the Police: The Influence of Law, Policy and Culture on Police Brutality
Presenter: Jennifer Dirmeyer
Co-Author(s): Cartwright, Alexander
Discussant: Gregory DeAngelo
The Marginal Cost of Justice: A Theory of Optimal Use of Alternative Criminal Procedures
Presenter: Josef Montag
Co-Author(s): Dusek, Libor
Discussant: Jennifer Dirmeyer
Room: Captains Boardroom
Voting and Elections III
Session Chair:
Steven Brams
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Paradox of Grading Systems
Presenter: Steven Brams
Co-Author(s): Potthoff, Richard F.
Discussant: Tzu-Chang Forrest Cheng
Vote-Buying for Council Seats: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan
Presenter: Tzu-Chang Forrest Cheng
Discussant: Steven Brams
Paths to victory in Presidential elections: The setup power of noncompetitive states
Presenter: D. Marc Kilgour
Co-Author(s): Brams, Steven J.
Discussant: Minoru Kitahara
On Candidate's Strategic Response to the Margin of Victory in Elections
Presenter: Minoru Kitahara
Co-Author(s): Koichi Miyazaki
Discussant: D. Marc Kilgour
Room: Commodore Room
Federalism III
Session Chair:
Nathan Ashby
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Minimum Wage and Undocumented Immigration from Mexico
Presenter: Nathan Ashby
Co-Author(s): Martinez, Deborah
Discussant: Samuel Hammond
Global Innovation Arbitrage
Presenter: Samuel Hammond
Co-Author(s): Adam Thierer
Discussant: Nathan Ashby
Do politicians gratify core supporters? Evidence from a discretionary grant program
Presenter: Bjoern Kauder
Co-Author(s): Potrafke, Niklas; Reischmann, Markus
Discussant: Adam Millsap
Can power be restored in the Electric City?: A Case Study of Scranton, PA
Presenter: Adam Millsap
Co-Author(s): Norcross, Eileen
Discussant: Bjoern Kauder
Room: Chairmans Boardroom
Political Economy
Session Chair:
Jason Saving
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Creative Capital in Production, Inefficiency, and Inequality: A Theoretical Analysis
Presenter: Amit Batabyal
Co-Author(s): Nijkamp, Peter
Discussant: Yiming Liu
The Impact of Minimum Wage on Crime: How Minimum Wage Affects Crime Rates Through Its Effects on Income Inequality and Unemployment
Presenter: Brandon Brice
Co-Author(s): Montesinos, Hugo
Discussant: Jason Saving
Income inequality and political polarization
Presenter: Yiming Liu
Discussant: Amit Batabyal
Income Inequality, Media Fragmentation and Increased Political Polarization
Presenter: Jason Saving
Co-Author(s): Duca, John
Discussant: Brandon Brice
Room: Crystal Salon 1
Political Representation
Session Chair:
Stephan Gohmann
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Bergson-Samuelson social welfare function and the controversy around the death of (new) welfare economics
Presenter: Herrade Igersheim
Discussant: David Hughes
Does Economic Freedom Win or Lose with a Trifecta?
Presenter: Stephan Gohmann
Discussant: David Hughes
An Information-Based Theory of Judicial Choice with Applications to State Supreme Courts
Presenter: David Hughes
Discussant: Stephan Gohmann
Room: Crystal Salon 2
Fiscal Policy III
Session Chair:
Georgeanne Artz
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Do Differences in Marginal Tax Rates at State Borders Affect Economic Activity?
Presenter: Georgeanne Artz
Co-Author(s): Orazem, Peter
Discussant: Anna Welander
The Effects of Compliance Reminders on Tax Payments; Quasi-experimental Evidence from Greece
Presenter: Antonios M. Koumpias
Discussant: Georgeanne Artz
Does Debt Relief Improve Child Health? Evidence from Cross-Country Micro Data
Presenter: Anna Welander
Discussant: Antonios M. Koumpias
Room: Crystal Salon 3
Rent Seeking III
Session Chair:
George Clarke
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The effect of corruption on TFP after correcting for badly measured variables
Presenter: George Clarke
Discussant: Kathleen Sheehan
The Varied Effect of Different Types of Corruption on Economic Activity
Presenter: Kanybek Nur-tegin
Discussant: Amjad Toukan
Aiding the Underground: Foreign Aid and the Shadow Economy
Presenter: Kathleen Sheehan
Co-Author(s): Wiseman, Travis; Jia, Shaomeng
Discussant: George Clarke
Privately Held or Publicly Owned? The Role of Debt Financing
Presenter: Amjad Toukan
Discussant: Kanybek Nur-tegin
Room: Tasting Room
Institutional Analysis
Session Chair:
Christopher Boudreaux
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Managing for failure: National Park Service mismanagement of Yellowstone
Presenter: Jordan Lofthouse
Co-Author(s): Yonk, Ryan
Discussant: Christopher Boudreaux
Political Entrepreneurship and Constitutional Amendments in India
Presenter: Shruti Rajagopalan
Discussant: Carl Kitchens
National Policies for Regional Development: Evidence from the Appalachian Development Highway System
Presenter: Carl Kitchens
Co-Author(s): Jaworski, Taylor
Discussant: Shruti Rajagopalan
Entrepreneurial Capital and Innovation: An Institutional Analysis
Presenter: Christopher Boudreaux
Discussant: Jordan Lofthouse
Room: Crystal Salon 4
Regulation and Entrepreneurship III
Session Chair:
Bryan McCannon
Session Organizer:
Joshua Hall
Potential Entrepreneurs and Regulation: Who Gets Stuck in the Red Tape?
Presenter: James Bailey
Co-Author(s): Diana Thomas
Discussant: Bryan McCannon
Regulation, Entrepreneurship, and Dynamism
Presenter: Patrick McLaughlin
Co-Author(s): Oliver Sherouse
Discussant: James Bailey
Lessons from the Small Business Financing Literature
Presenter: David Wille
Co-Author(s): Stephen Miller, Adam Hoffer
Discussant: Patrick McLaughlin
The RFS mandate in Corn Country; Exploring the economic impacts of Ethanol Policy
Presenter: Landon Stevens
Discussant: Adam Hoffer
Plenary Session 3: David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart, "'Almost Wholly Negative': The Ford Foundation's Appraisal of the Virginia School" Sponsored by the Center for Study of Public Choice
Session Chair:
Roberta Herzberg
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Conflict
Session Chair:
Ahmed Skali
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Riots and the Window of Opportunity for Coup Plotters: Evidence on the Link between Public Protests and Coups d'État
Presenter: Lena Gerling
Discussant: Jozefina Kalaj
Conflict and Urbanization: The Case of Sierra Leone
Presenter: Jozefina Kalaj
Discussant: Lena Gerling
Belief Systems and Armed Conflict
Presenter: Ahmed Skali
Discussant: Trent MacDonald
Theory of non-territorial internal exit
Presenter: Jason Potts
Co-Author(s): Trent MacDonald
Discussant: Ahmed Skali
Room: Chairmans Boardroom
Incentives
Session Chair:
Mario Villarreal-Diaz
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Perverse joint-incentives of faculty unions and administrators in public institutions of higher education
Presenter: Ishuan Li
Discussant: Mario Villarreal-Diaz
Can development aid help a country to escape poverty trap?
Presenter: Thi Kim Cuong PHAM
Co-Author(s): Sang PHAM-NGOC
Discussant: Ishuan Li
The “Sugar Rush” from Innovation Subsidies - A Robust Political Economy Perspective
Presenter: Nils Karlson
Co-Author(s): Anders Gustafsson; Andreas Stephan; Nils Karlson; Alice Hallman
Discussant: Thi Kim Cuong PHAM
Changing the Status Quo: Cooperation, Power and Parity
Presenter: Mario Villarreal-Diaz
Discussant: Nils Karlson
Room: Tasting Room
Health Care
Session Chair:
David Chandler Thomas
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Determinants of Sexual Freedom in the United States from 1990 to 2010: Dynamic Panel Data Analysis
Presenter: Feler Bose
Co-Author(s): Jeffry Jacob
Discussant: Viktoria Obolevich
When are Lifestyle Policies Acceptable? A View from Behavioural Political Economy with an Application to Tobacco Policy
Presenter: Viktoria Obolevich
Co-Author(s): Bjørnskov, Christian
Discussant: Feler Bose
Moral Hazard in Healh Care: A Misdiagnosis
Presenter: David Chandler Thomas
Co-Author(s): David Chandler Thomas; David R. Henderson
Discussant: Moiz Bhai
Room: Crystal Salon 1
Comparative Applications
Session Chair:
Aziz Berdiev
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Globalization and informal entrepreneurship
Presenter: Aziz Berdiev
Co-Author(s): Saunoris, James
Discussant: Ghanshyam Sharma
Testing The Purchasing Power Parity For G7 Countries
Presenter: hakan eryüzlü
Discussant: veli yilanci
Testing the unemployment hysteresis for g20 countries
Presenter: veli yilanci
Co-Author(s): Sasmaz, Mahmut Unsal
Discussant: hakan eryüzlü
The Political Economy of Automobile Insurance: Elected vs Appointed Regulators
Presenter: Ghanshyam Sharma
Discussant: Aziz Berdiev
Room: Crystal Salon 2
Issues of Technology and Information
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Internet Availability, Political Information, and Voting: Evidence from Brazil
Presenter: Aline Menezes
Tech Entrepreneurs and the Regulatory State
Presenter: Liya Palagashvili
Discussant: Aline Menezes
Shadow Markets and Hierarchies: Comparing and Modeling Networks in the Dark Net
Presenter: Julia Norgaard
Co-Author(s): Walbert, Harold; Hardy, Robert
Discussant: Atin Basuchoudhary
Modeling the asymmetric information problem in cyber attacks
Presenter: Atin Basuchoudhary
Co-Author(s): Laura Razzolini
Discussant: Julia Norgaard
Room: Crystal Salon 3
Growth, Development and Land Use
Session Chair:
William Fischel
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Do Growth Controls Cause High Housing Prices, or Vice Versa? A Public Choice Explanation for Variation in American Zoning Policies
Presenter: William Fischel
Discussant: Hannah Mead
Testing for the exclusionary motive behind land-use regulations
Presenter: Hannah Mead
Co-Author(s): Jones, Garett; Tabarrok, Alex
Discussant: Emily Washington
The Limits and Potential of Smart City Tools in the Hands of Policymakers
Presenter: Emily Washington
Discussant: Nana Zubek
Social capital, economic development and political knowledge: They not only drive local government performance - in fact they spillover
Presenter: Nana Zubek
Co-Author(s): Christian Henning
Discussant: William Fischel
Room: Crystal Salon 4
Local Institutions
Session Chair:
Gunther Markwardt
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Transparency and performance in the Italian Municipalities (2010 and 2014)
Presenter: Emma Galli
Co-Author(s): Galli Emma, Ilde Rizzo, Carla Scaglioni
Discussant: Dmitriy Vorobyev
Self-preserving Leviathans: Evidence from local level data
Presenter: Gunther Markwardt
Co-Author(s): Jan Kluge; Christian Thater
Discussant: Beatriz Maldonado
Identity, Patronage, and Redistribution: The Economic Impact of Evo Morales
Presenter: Beatriz Maldonado
Co-Author(s): Hicks, Daniel L.; Piper, Brian; Goytia Rios, Alejandra
Discussant: Gunther Markwardt
Political Risk, Information and Corruption Cycles: Evidence from Russian Regions
Presenter: Dmitriy Vorobyev
Co-Author(s): Sidorkin, Oleg
Discussant: Emma Galli
Room: Chart Room
Political Thought
Session Chair:
Michael Clark
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Positive public economics: reinterpreting "optimal" policies
Presenter: Brian Albrecht
Discussant: Maite Laméris
On the Validation of Political Ideology
Presenter: Maite Laméris
Co-Author(s): Jong-A-Pin, Richard; Wiese, Rasmus
Discussant: Brian Albrecht
Room: Captains Boardroom
Social Norms and Behavior
Session Chair:
Alexander Funcke
Session Organizer:
Alexander Funcke
Conformist Preferences in Mixed-Motive Games
Presenter: Alessandro Sontuoso
Co-Author(s): Michael Naef
Discussant: Cristina Bicchieri
Positive deviance and social change
Presenter: Cristina Bicchieri
Discussant: Alexander Funcke
Instilling Norms in a Turmoil of Spillovers
Presenter: Alexander Funcke
Discussant: Toshihiro Ihori
International Security and Misperceptions about Threat and Economic Growth
Presenter: Toshihiro Ihori
Co-Author(s): Nakagawa, Shintaro
Discussant: Alessandro Sontuoso
Public Goods and Taxation
Session Chair:
Edward Hoang
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
How to add a public choice perspective to public goods with a classroom experiment
Presenter: Daniel Hall
Co-Author(s): Crofton, Stephanie; Holmes, William
Discussant: Edward Hoang
Can Bureaucrats Defeat Public Demand For Technological Advances in Government?
Presenter: Edward Hoang
Co-Author(s): Craig, Steven; Kohlhase, Janet
Discussant: Daniel Hall
Shale Gas Development and Housing Values over a Decade: Evidence from the Barnett Shale
Presenter: Wesley Burnett
Discussant: xiaobing wang
The Dynamics of Taxation and Habitual Public Spending
Presenter: xiaobing wang
Co-Author(s): Hao, Xin. Madden, Paul
Discussant: Wesley Burnett
Room: Chairmans Boardroom
Free Riding and the Provision of Public Goods
Session Chair:
Henrik Jordahl
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
A theory of reciprocity: agents use models to process the real world
Presenter: Paul Bennett
Discussant: Junko Furukawa
Free Ride Paradise -The Logic of the Collective Action of Open Source Software and the Voluntary Provision of International Public Goods-
Presenter: Junko Furukawa
Discussant: Gavin Roberts
Profit in tax-financed services: An experimental opinion survey
Presenter: Henrik Jordahl
Discussant: Paul Bennett
Social capital and the voluntary provision of public goods
Presenter: Gavin Roberts
Co-Author(s): Chakraborti, Rik; Maloney, Matt
Discussant: Henrik Jordahl
Room: Crystal Salon 1
Campaigns
Session Chair:
Deborah Fletcher
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Comparing Approaches to Endogeneity in the Returns to Campaign Advertisements
Presenter: Becca Jorgensen
Co-Author(s): Deborah Fletcher
Discussant: Christian Henning
Testing for interest group influence in electoral models: A Bayesian approach
Presenter: Christian Henning
Co-Author(s): Petri, Svetlana; Seide, Laura
Discussant: Deborah Fletcher
Experimental evidence of the effect of issue-specific platform information on voting behavior
Presenter: Thomas Knight
Co-Author(s): Duerr, Isaac; Woodworth, Lindsey
Discussant: Andranik Tangian
Improving policy representation of the German Bundestag by an alternative election method
Presenter: Andranik Tangian
Discussant: Thomas Knight
Room: Crystal Salon 2
Fiscal Policy IV
Session Chair:
John Golob
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Political budget cycles and fiscal situation of municipalities between 2002 and 2014
Presenter: Julyana Covre
Co-Author(s): Mattos, Leonardo Bornacki de
Discussant: Christoph Schinke
Is the Federal Debt Raising Corporate Profits and Reducing Labor's Share of National Income?
Presenter: John Golob
Discussant: Bo Zhao
Inter Vivos Transfers and the 2009 German Transfer Tax Reform
Presenter: Christoph Schinke
Discussant: Julyana Covre
Transparency in State Debt Disclosure
Presenter: Bo Zhao
Co-Author(s): Wang, Wen
Discussant: John Golob
Room: Crystal Salon 3
Rent seeking IV
Session Chair:
Richard Brown
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Fiscal decentralization and its spillover effect on corruption: evidence from Bayesian spatial analysis
Presenter: Shafiun Shimul
Discussant: Steve Simpson
Corporate Political Action and the Public Goods Problem: Franchise Systems as a Change in Context
Presenter: Richard Brown
Discussant: Shafiun Shimul
The aristocracy of pull: an Objectivist analysis of cronyism
Presenter: Steve Simpson
Discussant: Richard Brown
Room: Crystal Salon 4
Comparative Political Economy
Session Chair:
Anna Faria
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Code of Vendetta: An Economic Analysis of Customary Law in Rural Sardinia
Presenter: Ennio Piano
Discussant: Anna Faria
With a little help from my foes: A model of security spill-over-effects in wars of conquest
Presenter: Soeren Schwuchow
Discussant: WEIJIE LUO
Bittersweet Development: Unequal Outcomes of Commodity Cycles in Brazil
Presenter: Anna Faria
Discussant: Ennio Piano
Inequality and the Size of Government
Presenter: WEIJIE LUO
Co-Author(s): Pickering, Andrew; Santos Monteiro, Paulo
Discussant: Soeren Schwuchow
Room: Chart Room
Public Finance and Public Policy
Session Chair:
Peter Calcagno
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
Control of inflation through investment and productivity--a comparative study with India
Presenter: Nisha Singh
Co-Author(s): SHARMA RAJESHWAR DAYAL; DESHAI NAISHADH
Discussant: Todd Nesbit
Tax Induced Cigarette Smuggling in the United States
Presenter: Todd Nesbit
Co-Author(s): Robert Lawson
Discussant: Nisha Singh
De Viti de Marco vs. Ricardo on Public Debt: Self Extinction or Default?
Presenter: Richard Wagner
Co-Author(s): Giuseppe Eusepi
Discussant: Adrian Moore
Causes and cures of public pension debt
Presenter: Adrian Moore
Co-Author(s): Randazzo, Anthony
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Room: Mariners
Trust
Session Chair:
Christian Bjørnskov
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The Asymmetric Role of Social Trust in Political Reform Processes
Presenter: Christian Bjørnskov
Co-Author(s): Berggren, Niclas
Discussant: Andreas Ek
Cross-Country Differences in Preferences for Leisure
Presenter: Andreas Ek
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Is the Effect of Income on Democracy Heterogeneous?
Presenter: Hugo Moises Montesinos-Yufa
Co-Author(s): Faria, Hugo J.
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Room: Captains Boardroom
Individual Level Issues
Session Chair:
Dennis Coates
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Individual Learning and Norm Formation
Presenter: Erkan Gurpinar
Co-Author(s): Aydogmus, Ozgur; Cagatay, Hasan; Oguz, Fuat
Discussant: Moana Vercoe
Determinants of Public Support for Business in Russia
Presenter: Dennis Coates
Co-Author(s): Iuliia Naidenova; Petr Parshakov
Discussant: Kai Jäger
Where Does Portfolio Investment Go and Why?
Presenter: Kai Jäger
Discussant: Dennis Coates
No time to vote: A cost benefit ananlysis of distance and time in voting in Montana
Presenter: Moana Vercoe
Co-Author(s): Walters, Andrea.
Discussant: Erkan Gurpinar
Explaining Election Cycles
Session Chair:
Bodo Knoll
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Electoral cycles in MPs’ salaries: Evidence from the German states
Presenter: Manuela Krause
Co-Author(s): Kauder, Björn; Potrafke, Niklas
Discussant: Bodo Knoll
Valence and Endorsement: Media Influence on Elections
Presenter: Tetsuro Okazaki
Discussant: Junichiro Wada
Studying unequal representation
Presenter: Junichiro Wada
Co-Author(s): Kamahara, Yuta
Discussant: Tetsuro Okazaki
Room: Captains Boardroom
Federalism in International Arenas
Session Chair:
Luigi Moretti
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Intergovernmental Transfers in Mexico: Political Parties and Political Ambitions
Presenter: Rene Cabral
Co-Author(s): Abbot, Andrew; Jones, Philip
Discussant: Danko Tarabar
European Institutional Integration and Income Inequality
Presenter: Danko Tarabar
Co-Author(s): Tarabar, Danko
Discussant: Rene Cabral
Allocation of European structural funds, decentralization and strategic spatial interactions
Presenter: Lionel VEDRINE
Discussant: Luigi Moretti
Norwegian Rhapsody? The Political Economy Benefits of Regional Integration
Presenter: Luigi Moretti
Co-Author(s): Campos, Nauro; Coricelli, Fabrizio
Discussant: Lionel VEDRINE
Room: Captains Boardroom
Social Policy Provision
Session Chair:
Bradley Hobbs
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
WELFARE SYSTEM IN ARGENTINA. A CASE STUDY AGAINST SOCIAL ARRANGEMENTS.
Presenter: Carolina Gonzalez Rodriguez
Discussant: Jason Potts
Political-economic determinants of education reform: Evidence on interest groups and student outcomes
Presenter: Vigile Marie Fabella
Discussant: Bradley Hobbs
Economics of Blockchain – A public choice perspective
Presenter: Jason Potts
Co-Author(s): De Filippi, Primavera; Davidson, Sinclair
Discussant: Carolina Gonzalez Rodriguez
Room: Chairmans Boardroom
Structure, Scope and Growth of Government II
Session Chair:
Vlad Tarko
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Financial Development and Underground Economy in the Transition Economies of European Union
Presenter: YILMAZ BAYAR
Co-Author(s): Ozturk, Omer Faruk
Discussant: Thi Kim Cuong PHAM
Organized White Collar Crime (OWCC) and Punishment in Italy:The Unvarnished Truth of a “Legislative Intention”
Presenter: Roberto Peroncini
Discussant: Vlad Tarko
Can development aid help a country to escape poverty trap?
Presenter: Thi Kim Cuong PHAM
Co-Author(s): Sang PHAM-NGOC
Discussant: YILMAZ BAYAR
Polycentricity: What it is and why it matters?
Presenter: Vlad Tarko
Co-Author(s): Sterpan, Ion
Discussant: Roberto Peroncini
Room: Crystal Salon 1
Risk and Policymaking
Session Chair:
Nakul Kumar
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
The interdependence of independent judiciaries
Presenter: Marek Endrich
Discussant: Nakul Kumar
It’s No Spring Break in Cancun: The Effects of Exposure to Violence on Risk Preferences, Pro-Social Behavior, and Mental Health
Presenter: Muhammad Nasir
Co-Author(s): Rockmore, Marc; Tan, Chih Ming
Discussant: Sevgi Ineci
Good governance and economic efficiency: The flooding risk and its economic impacts on SME in developping countries
Presenter: Sevgi Ineci
Discussant: Muhammad Nasir
Political Transitions and Disaster Relief in Afghanistan
Presenter: Nakul Kumar
Co-Author(s): Masoudnia-Saleh, Homa
Discussant: Marek Endrich
Room: Chart Room
Market Failures
Session Chair:
Javier Portillo
Session Organizer:
President-Elect Session
Principal-agent conflicts in global union federations
Presenter: Felix Hadwiger
Discussant: Julia Norgaard
The Choice of Remedy to the Common Pool: The Case of Groundwater Management
Presenter: Eric Edwards
Co-Author(s): Andrew B. Ayres, Gary D. Libecap
Discussant: Alex Moyem Kombat
The Effect of Tor Client Traffic on The Price of Bitcoin
Presenter: Julia Norgaard
Discussant: Felix Hadwiger
The emergence of environmental taxes in Ghana – a Public Choice analysis
Presenter: Alex Moyem Kombat
Co-Author(s): Wätzold Frank
Room: Tasting Room
Social Interactions and Political Legitimacy
Session Chair:
Peter Miller
Session Organizer:
Peter Miller
From the Tread Mill to my Own Pace: On Motivation as Explanation for Social Mobility
Presenter: francesca lipari
Co-Author(s): Sebastiano Bavetta, Paola Sama
Discussant: Peter Miller
Autonomy and Tolerance
Presenter: Peter Miller
Co-Author(s): Sebastiano Bavetta
Discussant: Carlo Cordasco
Explaining the Taste for Revolt: The Role of Autonomy, Religious Diversity, and Fanaticism
Presenter: Alba Marino
Co-Author(s): Dario Maimone Ansaldo Patti , Pietro Navarra
Discussant: francesca lipari
Room: Crystal Salon 2
Politics and Knowledge (Political Processes in the Context of the Assembly of Knowledge)
Session Chair:
Pavel Kuchař
Session Organizer:
Pavel Kuchař
Regarding the Use of Knowledge in Political Economy: Paretian Insight into a Hayekian Challenge
Presenter: Richard Wagner
Discussant: Georg Vanberg
Market Failure and Government Failure
Presenter: Michael Munger
Discussant: Edward Lopez
Corporatism and Constitutional Political Economy
Presenter: Erwin Dekker
Discussant: Michael Munger
Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change: The Case of Surrogate Motherhood
Presenter: Pavel Kuchař
Discussant: Richard Wagner
Room: Crystal Salon 3
Governance and Public Choice: Ostromian Themes and Interpretations
Session Chair:
Lenore Ealy
Session Organizer:
Paul Dragos Aligica
Club Women and the Provision of Local Public Goods
Presenter: Jayme Lemke
Co-Author(s): Julia Norgaard
Discussant: Paul Dragos Aligica
The Evolution of Governance Structures in a Polycentric System
Presenter: Vlad Tarko
Co-Author(s): McPhail, Edward
Discussant: Jayme Lemke
Vertical Fiscal Gaps and Economic Performance: A Theoretical Review and Empirical Meta-Analysis
Presenter: Jason Sorens
Discussant: Vlad Tarko
Public Entrepreneurship and Collective Action: Conceptual Framework and Analytical Implications
Presenter: Paul Dragos Aligica
Co-Author(s): Ion Sterpan
Discussant: Jason Sorens
Room: Crystal Salon 4
Experimental Public Choice
Session Chair:
Keith Dougherty
Session Organizer:
Keith Dougherty
Getting the Kids (with disabilities) to School: A Mechanism Designed for Efficient Government Procurement
Presenter: Charles Plott
Discussant: Mark Isaac
Can Buyer ‘Mobility’ Reduce Aggregation Failures in Land-¬Assembly?
Presenter: Mark Isaac
Co-Author(s): Carl Kitchens
Discussant: Richard Jong-A-Pin
Primaries, Strategic Expectations, and Candidate Polarization
Presenter: Jonathan Woon
Discussant: Charles Plott
Expressive voting and political ideology in a laboratory experiment
Presenter: Richard Jong-A-Pin
Co-Author(s): Wiese, Rasmus
Discussant: Jonathan Woon