
2020 Public Choice Society, March 12-14, Newport Beach California - Cancelled, Moved Partially to Virtual
- Wednesday, March 11
- 2:00pm – 6:00pm
- Thursday, March 12
- 10:00am – 12:00pm
- 10:00am – 2:00pm
- 1:00pm – 6:15pm
- 2:00pm – 3:30pm
- 4:00pm – 5:45pm *
- 6:00pm – 7:15pm
- 7:15pm – 12:00am
- Friday, March 13
- 7:00am – 5:00pm *
- 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 – 9:00pm *
- Saturday, March 14
- 7:00am – 5:00pm
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 11:30am
- 11:30am – 1:00pm *
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm
- 2:40pm – 4:30pm *
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- 4:30pm – 4:40pm
- 4:40pm – 6:10pm *
- 6:15pm – 7:30pm
- 7:30pm – 11:30pm
Saturday, March 14, 2020
Virginia Political Economy 1: Institutions (Sponsored by the F. A. Hayek PPE Program)
Session Chair:
Richard Wagner
Session Organizer:
Richard Wagner
Epistemic Turn in Institutional Analysis: Insights from Entangled Political Economy and Creative Dynamics
Presenter: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Discussant: Jeffrey Giliam
The Changing Character of Association
Presenter: Meg Patrick Tuszynski
Discussant: Greg Caskey
The Market for Political Moralism: Insights from Frank Knight on Government Growth
Presenter: Greg Caskey
Discussant: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Political Moralizing as the Coordination of Normative Pressures
Presenter: Jeffrey Giliam
Discussant: Meg Patrick Tuszynski
Room: Newport Coast Ballroom
Corruption (Presidential Session)
Session Chair:
Martin Paldam
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Transition of Corruption. Institutions and dynamics
Presenter: Martin Paldam
Discussant: Beatriz Maldonado
Does Trading With the US Affect Corruption in Latin American?
Presenter: Beatriz Maldonado
Co-Author(s): Calcagno, Peter C.; Crawford, Taylor
Discussant: Nikolaos Tzivanakis
Corruption in EU Regions
Presenter: Nikolaos Tzivanakis
Discussant: Van Ha Le
Corruption in an era of booming growth: An empirical investigation in to Vietnam's post Doi Moi
Presenter: Van Ha Le
Discussant: Martin Paldam
Room: Coral Cove
Policy Cycles (EEM)
Session Chair:
Benjamin Läpple
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Fiscal Forecasts and Political Cycles in the European Union: Evidence from EDP Budgetary Forecasts
Presenter: Benjamin Läpple
Discussant: Wilson Law
Predatory rulers, exit options, and selective enforcement of property rights
Presenter: Wilson Law
Discussant: Helena Helfer
Democratic Participation and Growth Patterns
Presenter: Helena Helfer
Discussant: Walter Melnik
Do Elections Constrain an Agenda Setter?
Presenter: Walter Melnik
Co-Author(s): Walter Melnik (sole author)
Discussant: Benjamin Läpple
Room: Crystal Cove
Ignorance and Irrationality
Session Chair:
Scott Scheall
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Ignorance, Not Incentives: The First Problem of Politics and Political Inquiry
Presenter: Scott Scheall
Discussant: Yong Yoon
Artifactual Man, Narrative Man, and Pico-economics
Presenter: Yong Yoon
Discussant: Igor Coura de Mendonça
Irrationality and beliefs in migration decision making: how public choice can help improve other fields of study
Presenter: Igor Coura de Mendonça
Discussant: Henry Thompson
The Great "Awokening"
Presenter: Henry Thompson
Co-Author(s): Leeson, Peter
Discussant: Scott Scheall
Room: Diamond Cove
Interest Group Politics
Session Chair:
Mark Crain
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Military Conscription and Armed Conflicts
Presenter: Mark Crain
Co-Author(s): Nicole Crain
Discussant: Stergios Skaperdas
Investing in influence: How minority interests can prevail in a democracy
Presenter: Stergios Skaperdas
Co-Author(s): Vaidya, Samarth
Discussant: Iain McLean
How to win friends and influence UK public expenditure: lessons from quantitative interview analysis
Presenter: Iain McLean
Co-Author(s): Piotrowska, Barbara; Hood, Christopher; King, Maia
Discussant: James Strickland
The Expansion of Policy Agendas and Interest Populations in the U.S. States
Presenter: James Strickland
Discussant: Mark Crain
Room: Grand Pacific Salon E-F
Criminal and Corporate Law
Session Chair:
Mario Villarreal
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Rethinking Corporate Social Responsability
Presenter: Mario Villarreal
Co-Author(s): Munger, Michael;Anomaly, Jonathan
Discussant: Roee Sarel
Do Wrongfully Convicted Defendants Receive Higher Punishments?
Presenter: Roee Sarel
Discussant: Julia Norgaard
The impact of plea bargaining on case backlog in Uganda
Presenter: Julia Norgaard
Discussant: Mario Villarreal
Room: Emerald Cove
Utilizing the Methodology of Policy Analytics
Session Chair:
Patrick McLaughlin
Session Organizer:
Patrick McLaughlin
Introducing Policy Analytics
Presenter: Patrick McLaughlin
RegData
Presenter: Dustin Chambers
Occupational Licensing Data
Presenter: Edward Timmons
Criminal Justice Data
Presenter: Gregory DeAngelo
Room: Laguna & Sunset
Roundtable on Shared Mental Models: Kyklos Symposium in Honor of Douglass C. North
Session Chair:
Arthur Denzau
Session Organizer:
Ravi Roy
Institutional Change and the Importance of Understanding Shared Mental Models
Presenter: William Shughart
Discussant: Michael Munger
Shared Belief Systems, The “Basic Space,” and the Constrained Nature of Rationality in Judging Institutions
Presenter: Michael Munger
Discussant: Ronil Hira
Outsourcing: Shared Mental Models in Conflict
Presenter: Ronil Hira
Discussant: Ravi Roy
Room: Mariner Cove
Applied Micro 1: Criminal Procedure
Session Chair:
Gregory DeAngelo
Session Organizer:
Gregory DeAngelo
Do arrests deter or promote offending?
Presenter: Emily Weisburst
Co-Author(s): Felipe Goncalves
Discussant: Matthew Gomies
Complaints and Overcharging
Presenter: Matthew Gomies
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Gregory; Romaniuc, Rustam
Discussant: Alexander Cardazzi
Does the Presence of Female and Minority Officers Affect the Use of Force?
Presenter: Hunter Johnson
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Greg
Discussant: Emily Weisburst
Room: Sapphire Cove
Political Economy of Regulation
Session Chair:
Matthew Holian
Session Organizer:
Peter Calcagno
The Impact of Building Energy Codes on Household Electricity Expenditures: Evidence from Florida
Presenter: Matthew Holian
Discussant: Emily Hamilton
Occupational Licensing: A Barrier to Opportunity and Prosperity
Presenter: Alicia Plemmons
Co-Author(s): Edward Timmons
Discussant: Matthew Holian
Inclusionary Zoning and Housing Market Outcomes
Presenter: Emily Hamilton
Discussant: Alicia Plemmons
Social Trust and Regulation: A Time Series Analysis of the United States
Presenter: Jeremy Jackson
Co-Author(s): Peter T. Calcagno
Discussant: Christian Bjørnskov
Plenary Session 3: Susan Rose-Ackerman on Public Choice and Corruption
Session Chair:
Roger Congleton
Session Organizer:
Roger Congleton
President's Welcome and Plenary Speaker Introduction
Presenter: Roger Congleton
Plenary Talk: "Corruption as a Topic in Public Choice"
Presenter: Public Choice Society President
Economic Freedom
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Bonnie Wilson
Economic Freedom and Performance in Sports: Evidence from US Major Leagues
Presenter: Anna Bykova
Co-Author(s): Dennis Coates
Discussant: Meg Patrick Tuszynski
Economic Freedom and Antisemitism
Presenter: Therese Nilsson
Co-Author(s): Niclas Berggren
Discussant: Dennis Coates
Economic Freedom and the CO2 Kuznets Curve
Presenter: Christian Bjørnskov
Discussant: Niclas Berggren
Economic Freedom and Health: Another Way of Measuring Well-Being
Presenter: Meg Patrick Tuszynski
Discussant: Peter Calcagno
Room: Copper Cove
History of Public Choice Thought
Session Chair:
Veeshan Rayamajhee
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Ostroms and the Contestable Nature of Goods: Beyond Taxonomies and Towards Institutional Matching
Presenter: Veeshan Rayamajhee
Co-Author(s): Paniagua Prieto, Pablo Ignacio
Discussant: Randy Simmons
Economics as Moral Exchange: James Buchanan Meets Martin Buber
Presenter: Randy Simmons
Co-Author(s): Tyler Brough
Discussant: J. Patrick Higgins
Samuel Przypkowski's Defense of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth: A First Outline of a Political Economy of Toleration
Presenter: J. Patrick Higgins
Discussant: Richard Salsman
Keynes’s Revenge: Central Banking, Negative Yields, and the ‘Euthanasia’ of Bondholders
Presenter: Richard Salsman
Discussant: Veeshan Rayamajhee
Room: Coral Cove
Corruption and Cronyism
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Room: Crystal Cove
Public Goods Governance and Production (EEM)
Session Chair:
John Horowitz
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Peer-to-Peer Governance of Conducible Goods
Presenter: David Chandler Thomas
Co-Author(s): David Chandler Thomas
Discussant: Garrett Wood
The Organization of Volunteer Defense Battalions
Presenter: Garrett Wood
Discussant: Alison Grant
Implementation Analysis of a Proposed US Meat Tax
Presenter: Alison Grant
Co-Author(s): Grant, Alison
Discussant: John Horowitz
Room: Diamond Cove
Bridging research and policy: occupational licensing as a case study
Session Chair:
Edward Timmons
Session Organizer:
Edward Timmons
Perspective of a professor #1
Presenter: Brian Meehan
Perspective of a professor #2
Presenter: Alicia Plemmons
Perspective of a policy professional
Presenter: Jarrett Skorup
Perspective of a former legislator
Presenter: Laura Ebke
Room: Newport Coast Ballroom
The Politics of Policing (Presidential Session)
Session Chair:
Georg Vanberg
Session Organizer:
Georg Vanberg
The Politics of Policing
Presenter: Tom Clark
Discussant: Georg Vanberg
Did Affirmative Action in Policing Reduce Crime?
Presenter: Anna Harvey
Co-Author(s): Taylor Mattia
Discussant: Emily Owens
How Valuable are Civil Liberties? Evidence from Gang Injunctions, Crime, and Housing Prices in Southern California
Presenter: Emily Owens
Co-Author(s): Michelle D. Mioduszewski and Christopher J. Bates, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, University of California, Irvine
Discussant: Ryan Hubert
A Behavioral Theory of Discrimination in Policing
Presenter: Ryan Hubert
Co-Author(s): Andrew T. Little
Discussant: Tom Clark
Room: Emerald Cove
Virginia Political Economy 2: Process (Sponsored by the F. A. Hayek PPE Program)
Session Chair:
Peter Hazlett
Session Organizer:
Richard Wagner
Occupational Licensing and the Gender Wage Gap
Presenter: Diana Thomas
Co-Author(s): Kathleen M. Sheehan
Discussant: Peter Hazlett
Declarations and the Constitutional Moment: Buchanan, Searle and the Social Contract
Presenter: James Caton
Discussant: Zachary Kessler
Bureaucratic Rent Creation: The Case of Price Discrimination in the Market for Postsecondary Education
Presenter: Peter Hazlett
Co-Author(s): Chandler Reilly
Discussant: James Caton
The Public Choice of Public Choice: An Analysis of the Origins and Development of Parliamentary Procedures in the United States
Presenter: Zachary Kessler
Discussant: Diana Thomas
Room: Laguna & Sunset
Policy Analytics: Research Applications of New Data
Session Chair:
Patrick McLaughlin
Session Organizer:
Patrick McLaughlin
The Role of Independent Executive Agencies in Regulatory Accumulation
Presenter: Kofi Ampaabeng
Co-Author(s): Blake Hoarty
Discussant: Aaron Lane
RegData Australia and the political economy of regulatory reform
Presenter: Aaron Lane
Co-Author(s): Allen, Darcy W.E.; Berg, Chris; Lane; Aaron M.
Discussant: Tyler Richards
The Relationship between Regulations, Labor Productivity, and Capital Productivity
Presenter: Tyler Richards
Co-Author(s): Antony Davies, Patrick McLaughlin
Discussant: Markus Bjoerkheim
Painful Interventions: The Effects of Opioid Policies on Wellbeing
Presenter: Markus Bjoerkheim
Co-Author(s): None.
Discussant: Kofi Ampaabeng
Room: Mariner Cove
Applied Micro 2: Social Regulation
Session Chair:
Maryah Garner
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Intent to supply: Licensing regulation and the labor supply of criminals
Presenter: Darwyyn Deyo
Discussant: Maryah Garner
The effect of not prosecuting drug offenses on overdose deaths: evidence from a natural experiment
Presenter: Maryah Garner
Discussant: Yoonjung Kim
The Effects of Old-Age Pension Receipt on Elderly Employment and Health: Evidence from South Korea
Presenter: Yoonjung Kim
Discussant: Jiusi Xiao
Dynamics of Online Sex Review: The Effect of Reviewers' Network Centrality on Providers' Future Effort
Presenter: Jiusi Xiao
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Gregory; Sabouni, Hisam
Discussant: Darwyyn Deyo
Room: Sapphire Cove
Economics of Religion
Session Chair:
Clara Jace
Session Organizer:
Diana Thomas
Alcohol Prohibition in the Beehive: How the Word of Wisdom Became a Commandment
Presenter: Diana Thomas
Co-Author(s): Michael D. Thomas
Discussant: Clara Jace
When Substitutes Become Complements: A Study of Welfare Services in Utah
Presenter: Clara Jace
Discussant: Catherine Pakaluk
Sacrifice & Stigma in the Four Addiction Treatment Models: A Club based Approach
Presenter: Feler Bose
Discussant: Diana Thomas
What Good is a Good Fit? Religious Matching and Educational Outcomes
Presenter: Catherine Pakaluk
Discussant: Feler Bose
Awards Luncheon
Session Chair:
Roger Congleton
Session Organizer:
Roger Congleton
Society Awards and Announcements
Presenter: Edward Lopez
Presentation of Duncan Black Prize and Gordon Tullock Prize
Presenter: William Shughart
Presentation of the Sixth Annual Vincent and Elinor Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate Student
Presenter: Lynne Kiesling
Presidential Address: The Mystery of Democracy
Presenter: Roger Congleton
Rivalry and Contest Auctions (Presidential Session)
Session Chair:
Stefano Barbieri
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
All-pay quality bids in score procurement auctions
Presenter: Dan Kovenock
Co-Author(s): Lu, Jingfeng
Discussant: Stefano Barbieri
Winners' efforts in team contests
Presenter: Stefano Barbieri
Co-Author(s): Serena, Marco
Discussant: James Boudreau
All-pay auctions with noise: Theory and experiments
Presenter: James Boudreau
Co-Author(s): Nagaraja, Haikady; Rentschler, Lucas; Sanders, Shane
Discussant: Jonas Send
Conflict between Non-exclusive Groups
Presenter: Jonas Send
Discussant: Dan Kovenock
Overzealous Regulatory Actionism
Presenter: Kai Konrad
Co-Author(s): Barbieri, Stefano
Discussant: Stefano Barbieri
Room: Copper Cove
Government Growth
Session Chair:
Vladimir Maciel
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Evolution of the Size of Government in Brazil (1985-2016): the importance of state-owned enterprises and political fragmentation in a coalition presidentialism
Presenter: Vladimir Maciel
Co-Author(s): Ghizellini, Mariangela
Discussant: Paulo Scarano
The (un)seen in the contributions to political funding: lessons from the 2014 Brazilian presidential campaign finance, corruption scandals and new directions in the electoral rules of the game
Presenter: Paulo Scarano
Co-Author(s): Scarano, Paulo
Discussant: Yukari Iwanami
Transparency in Defense Policy and Deterrence Success
Presenter: Yukari Iwanami
Co-Author(s): Okazawa, Ryosuke
Discussant: Vladimir Maciel
Room: Coral Cove
Elections, Blocks, and Turnout
Session Chair:
Jo Thori Lind
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Hand in hand we vote. The effect of spousal voting on electoral turnout
Presenter: Jo Thori Lind
Co-Author(s): Bratsberg, Bernt; Mehlum, Halvor; Raaum, Oddbjørn
Discussant: Paul Redmond
Rainfall, Population Density and Voter Turnout
Presenter: Paul Redmond
Co-Author(s): Garcia-Rodriguez, Abian
Discussant: Jason Long
The Electoral Buttress: Economic Policy, Political Parties, and State Political Control
Presenter: Jason Long
Discussant: Joshua Zingher
A Trump Realignment? Party System Change amid Voter Continuity in the 2016 Presidential Election
Presenter: Joshua Zingher
Discussant: Carole Uhlaner
Relational Goods Indeed Do Encourage Collective Action: Evidence from U.S. Political Participation in 2016
Presenter: Carole Uhlaner
Co-Author(s): Uhlaner, Carole Jean
Discussant: Jo Thori Lind
Room: Crystal Cove
Culture and Politics
Session Chair:
Clara Jace
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Optimal Withering: Autocratic Family Policy and the Soviet Union
Presenter: Clara Jace
Discussant: Scott King
Cults of Personality
Presenter: Scott King
Discussant: Hiroo Harada
Happiness and Relative Income Hypothesis in East Asian Countries: A Study of Relation between National Character and Policy Effect
Presenter: Hiroo Harada
Co-Author(s): Sumi, Eiji
Discussant: Alexandre Padilla
Immigration and State (operational) Ideology
Presenter: Alexandre Padilla
Co-Author(s): Nicolas Cachanosky
Discussant: Clara Jace
Room: Diamond Cove
Voters, Legislators, and Elections (EEM)
Session Chair:
Loujaina Abdelwahed
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Natural Resource and Incumbency Advantage in Sub-national Elections: A New Evidence
Presenter: Loujaina Abdelwahed
Co-Author(s): Ohannessian, Shogher
Discussant: Erika Barker
Enfranchising the Felonious Chunk: Who Voted for Convicted Floridians?
Presenter: Erika Barker
Discussant: Elizabeth Dorssom
Legislative Professionalism and Influence on Lawmaking
Presenter: Elizabeth Dorssom
Co-Author(s): Dorssom, Elizabeth
Discussant: Loujaina Abdelwahed
Room: Emerald Cove
Environmental Politics
Session Chair:
Eduardo Fernández Luiña
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Institutional Incentives and Community Policing
Presenter: Tate Fegley
Discussant: Eduardo Fernández Luiña
The community commitment to sustainability: Forest mass and forest protection in Guatemala
Presenter: Eduardo Fernández Luiña
Co-Author(s): Santiago Fernandez Ordóñez
Discussant: Ryan Yonk
The "Green Lobby" as Political Entrepreneurs
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Discussant: Andrew Benson
Nuclear in my Backyard: Decentralization and Local Democratic Control of Technology
Presenter: Andrew Benson
Discussant: Tate Fegley
Room: Grand Pacific Salon E-F
Political Economy of Public Policy
Session Chair:
Mario Villarreal
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Political Economy of Creative Destruction
Presenter: Mario Villarreal
Discussant: Vlad Tarko
Capitalism in Crisis: Rethinking the legitimacy of the market economy
Presenter: Vlad Tarko
Discussant: Amit Batabyal
A political economy model of the Ganges pollution cleanup problem
Presenter: Amit Batabyal
Co-Author(s): Beladi, Hamid
Discussant: Ray March
Rent-seeking for Madness: The Political Economy of Mental Asylums in the US
Presenter: Ray March
Co-Author(s): Vincent Geloso
Discussant: Mario Villarreal
Room: Laguna & Sunset
Decentralization and Local Policy
Session Chair:
Vasyl Kvartiuk
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Fostering competition for state-owned agricultural land: Lessons from Ukrainian land auctions
Presenter: Vasyl Kvartiuk
Co-Author(s): Klaus Deininger, Thomas Herzfeld, Eduard Bukin
Discussant: Yilin Hou
Does Coordination among Small Localities Generate Returns to Scale in Property Value Assessment? Evidence from New York State
Presenter: Yilin Hou
Co-Author(s): Kim, Yusun; YInger, John
Discussant: Jessica Merkle
School Level Autonomy and Its Impact on Student Achievement
Presenter: Jessica Merkle
Discussant: Colin Jennings
Rebel funding as a cause of or solution to the commitment problem and civil conflict: An Application to Northern Ireland
Presenter: Colin Jennings
Discussant: Vasyl Kvartiuk
Room: Mariner Cove
Socio-Economic Effects of Public Policy
Session Chair:
Bora Altay
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Contract Enforcement in the Ottoman Empire: the Case of Tax-farming Contracts within the Rule of Law account during the 17th Century
Presenter: Bora Altay
Co-Author(s): Oğuz, Fuat.
Discussant: Lijie Song
Impact of immigtation on Intergenerational Mobility: evidence from China
Presenter: Lijie Song
Discussant: Mark Hup
Corvée Labor and State Expansion in Colonial Indonesia
Presenter: Mark Hup
Discussant: Bodo Knoll
Media freedom, media exposure, and political trust
Presenter: Bodo Knoll
Co-Author(s): Pitlik, Hans; Rode, Martin
Discussant: Abigail Devereaux
Multiple Games Analysis: A Petri Dish for Growing Polycentric Orders
Presenter: Abigail Devereaux
Discussant: Bora Altay
Room: Sapphire Cove
Applied Micro 3: Local Studies
Session Chair:
Fredrik Kopsch
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Rent seeking – an overlooked cost of rent control
Presenter: Fredrik Kopsch
Discussant: Jeremy West
Dirty Business: Principal-Agent Problems in Hazardous Waste Remediation
Presenter: Jeremy West
Co-Author(s): Marion, Justin
Discussant: Minjae Yun
Sheriff Election and Public Safety: the Role of Term Limit and Seniority of Elected Officials
Presenter: Minjae Yun
Co-Author(s): Boylan, Richard; DeAngelo, Gregory
Discussant: Robert Pettis
Recent crime in the neighborhood and student outcomes
Presenter: Robert Pettis
Co-Author(s): Orgul Ozturk
Discussant: Fredrik Kopsch
Regulation
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Bonnie Wilson
Regulation and Technology Startups
Presenter: Liya Palagashvili
Discussant: Benjamin McMichael
Scope-of-Practice Law and Opioid Prescribing
Presenter: Benjamin McMichael
Discussant: Sean Mulholland
Don’t TREAD on Me: Investigating the Effectiveness of Tire Pressure Sensors
Presenter: Sean Mulholland
Discussant: Anna Chorniy
The Effects of Foster Care Payments on Children's Placement, Health Care Utilization and Quality
Presenter: Anna Chorniy
Co-Author(s): Mills, Chris
Discussant: Liya Palagashvili
Room: Coral Cove
Political Economy of Taxation
Session Chair:
Slade Mendenhall
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Block Grant System and the Birth of Executive Federalism
Presenter: Slade Mendenhall
Discussant: Adam Michel
Political Incentives of the Tax State: The Case of the Japanese VAT
Presenter: Adam Michel
Discussant: Carlos Lastra Anadon
Who Benefits from Local Financing of Public Services? A Causal Analysis
Presenter: Carlos Lastra Anadon
Co-Author(s): Peterson, Paul E.
Discussant: Tomomi Miyazaki
Tax Morale and Tax Resistance: Evidence from a Representative Japanese Population Survey
Presenter: Tomomi Miyazaki
Discussant: Slade Mendenhall
Room: Crystal Cove
Collective Action Models (EEM)
Session Chair:
Jacob Meyer
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Election structure and rational inattention
Presenter: Jacob Meyer
Co-Author(s): Rentschler, Lucas
Discussant: Daniel Gibbs
Individual accountability, collective decision-making
Presenter: Daniel Gibbs
Discussant: Dariusz Stolicki
Spoiler Effects in Multiparty Systems: A Mathematical Model
Presenter: Dariusz Stolicki
Discussant: Ted Rossier
Measuring the Win-Set: Intersections of Judicial Panels in Two Dimensions
Presenter: Ted Rossier
Co-Author(s): Davidson-Rossier, Leslie K.
Discussant: Jacob Meyer
Room: Diamond Cove
Crime Topics and Public Choice
Session Chair:
Jason Aimone
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Fitting the Punishment to the Crime
Presenter: Jordan Adamson
Co-Author(s): Rentschler, Lucas
Discussant: Jason Aimone
Economics of Reasonable Doubt
Presenter: Jason Aimone
Co-Author(s): Charles North; Jason Ralston; Lucas Rentschler
Discussant: James Rockey
On the Political Economy of Felon Disenfranchisement
Presenter: James Rockey
Co-Author(s): Ghosh, Arpita
Discussant: Benjamin Blemings
Criminal Displacement and Violence: Wind Speed and Somalian Pirates
Presenter: Benjamin Blemings
Co-Author(s): Deangelo, Gregory
Discussant: Jordan Adamson
Room: Newport Coast Ballroom
Political Economy of Law Internationally (Presidential Session)
Session Chair:
Ilia Murtazashvili
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
International (Im)mobility as Political Choice
Presenter: Alexander Kustov
Discussant: Ilia Murtazashvili
Property and predation on American Indian reservations
Presenter: Ilia Murtazashvili
Discussant: Wanlin Lin
The predatory state, informal federalism, and the divergent fates of small-property-rights housing in China
Presenter: Wanlin Lin
Co-Author(s): Emily Skarbek
Discussant: Robert Gmeiner
International free riding on institutions
Presenter: Robert Gmeiner
Discussant: Alexander Kustov
Room: Laguna & Sunset
Public Economics
Session Chair:
Craig Richardson
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
How "Disincentive Deserts" (not Benefits Cliffs) Kill Work Incentives for Low Income Workers: Evidence from North Carolina
Presenter: Craig Richardson
Co-Author(s): Blizard, Zach
Discussant: Ekkehard Koehler
Why is it so hard for economists to receive data from the (local) government leaders? Does Freedom of Information works (at all)? Evidence from the field
Presenter: Ekkehard Koehler
Co-Author(s): Kohler, Ekkehard
Discussant: Juho Alasalmi
Motivated Prospects of Upward Mobility
Presenter: Juho Alasalmi
Discussant: Uyen Le
Lost Jobs, Lost Lives: The Effects of Unemployment Shocks and Gun Laws on Suicides
Presenter: Uyen Le
Co-Author(s): DeAngelo, Greg; Garner, Maryah; Nishioka, Shuichiro
Discussant: Craig Richardson
Room: Grand Pacific Salon E-F
Organized Crime, Disorganized Crime, and the State 2: Rebellion
Session Chair:
David Skarbek
Session Organizer:
David Skarbek
Violent institutions: the state, bureaucracy, and rebel takeover in civil war
Presenter: Rachel Sweet
Discussant: Cecilia Farfan-Mendez
Sit Tight: Political Lacunas and Violence in Mexican Municipalities
Presenter: Cecilia Farfan-Mendez
Co-Author(s): Amalia Pulido
Discussant: Connor Huff
How Counterinsurgency Warfare Increase Rebel Extremism
Presenter: Connor Huff
Discussant: Aila Matanock
Untouchable Forces: Restoring Trust in Security in Weak States?
Presenter: Aila Matanock
Co-Author(s): Natalia Garbiras-Díaz
Discussant: Rachel Sweet
Room: Emerald Cove
Monetary Politics
Session Chair:
Bryan Cutsinger
Session Organizer:
Kevin Grier
Public Opinion and Federal Reserve Senate Confirmation Politics
Presenter: Caitlin Ainsley
Discussant: Mark Spindel
Monetary Rules without Romance
Presenter: Bryan Cutsinger
Discussant: William Luther
Central Bank Independence and the Federal Reserve's New Operating Regime
Presenter: William Luther
Co-Author(s): Jerry Jordan
Discussant: Bryan Cutsinger
Interdependence: How Politics Shapes Federal Reserve Communication
Presenter: Mark Spindel
Co-Author(s): Dr. Sarah Binder
Discussant: Caitlin Ainsley
Room: Mariner Cove
Big Questions
Session Chair:
Art Carden
Session Organizer:
Art Carden
Assessing the Effectiveness of Politically Motivated Boycotts
Presenter: Frank Stephenson
Discussant: Phil Magness
The Economics of Slavery: A Tullockian Assessment
Presenter: Phil Magness
Discussant: Art Carden
Wealth
Presenter: Art Carden
Discussant: Jon Murphy
How Consensual are Markets?
Presenter: Jon Murphy
Discussant: Frank Stephenson
Room: Sapphire Cove
Institutional Paradoxes, Failures, and Mistakes – Honoring Bernard Grofman
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Marek Kaminski
Implications of Soundness-Dependent Effects for Interventions in the Replication Crisis
Presenter: Aydin Mohseni
Discussant: Marek Kaminski
Positional party bonus in PR elections: Evidence from a natural experiment in Polish local elections
Presenter: Marek Kaminski
Co-Author(s): Jarosław Flis
Discussant: Aydin Mohseni
Redistricting: Squaring the Circle of Seemingly Incompatible Legal Standards
Presenter: Bernard Grofman