2021 Public Choice Society, March 11-13, Savannah Georgia
- Thursday, March 11
- 8:00am – 5:00pm
- 4:00pm – 6:00pm
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 7:00pm – 9:00pm
- Friday, March 12
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 8:00am – 5:00pm *
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 9:30am – 10:00am
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 11:20am – 12:50pm
- 11:30am – 12:45pm
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm *
- 2:30pm – 2:40pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 7:00pm – 9:00pm
- Saturday, March 13
- 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
- 2:30pm – 2:40pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:10pm – 4:20pm
- 4:20pm – 5:30pm
- 6:00pm – 7:30pm
- 03/13/2021 11:59pm – Open
Friday, March 12, 2021
Institutional Paradoxes, Failure, and Mistakes - Honoring Bernard Grofman (Cancelled)
Session Organizer:
Bonnie Wilson
Room: Savannah B
Virginia Political Economy II: Institutional Processes
Session Chair:
Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Session Organizer:
Richard Wagner
Foregone and Superfluous Innovation
Presenter: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Discussant: Alexander Taylor
Public Opinion & Moral Panics : A Subjective Reconstruction
Presenter: Alexander Taylor
Discussant: Sarah Moore
The Vitality of Animal Spirits for Market Economies
Presenter: Sarah Moore
Co-Author(s): Richard Wagner
Discussant: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
Room: Oglethorpe A/B
Subnational Economic Development
Session Organizer:
Daniel Bennett
The Political Economy of State Economic Development Incentives
Presenter: Peter Calcagno
Co-Author(s): Gary A. Wagner; Russell S. Sobel
Do Perceived Obstacles Deter Innovation Efforts of Firms? Micro-Evidence from India
Presenter: Nabamita Dutta
Co-Author(s): Hamid Beladi; Saibal Kar
Discussant: Ryan Yonk
Rural vs Urban Covid Spread
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Co-Author(s): Raymond March; Fiona Harrigan; Amelia Janaskie
Discussant: Peter Calcagno
State Capacity (Cancelled)
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Room: Academy
Social Order
Session Chair:
Benjamin Ogden
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
De Gustibus et Conflictu Socialis: Fixed Preferences and Social Conflict
Presenter: Frederic Kellogg
Co-Author(s): Dr. Brian E. Butler
Discussant: Alexander Schaefer
The Problem of Complexity and the Emergence of Polycentric Political Order
Presenter: Alexander Schaefer
Co-Author(s): Daems, Dries
Discussant: Feler Bose
Sexual Freedom, Fertility, and Time Preferences: Spatial Panel Data Analysis from 1960 to 2010
Presenter: Feler Bose
Co-Author(s): Jacob, Jeffry
Discussant: Frederic Kellogg
Room: Plaza
Corruption
Session Chair:
Slade Mendenhall
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Scandal
Presenter: Slade Mendenhall
Co-Author(s): Joshua Ingber
Discussant: Julien Hanoteau
Does e-procurement reduce firm corruption to secure public contracts?
Presenter: Julien Hanoteau
Co-Author(s): Barkemeyer Ralf; Jimenez Alfredo
Discussant: Van Ha Le
Unreported income by government employees in Vietnam: Estimation and Verification
Presenter: Van Ha Le
Co-Author(s): I am the single author
Discussant: Justin Callais
The Economic and Political Consequences of Putin
Presenter: Justin Callais
Co-Author(s): Martin, Adam
Discussant: Slade Mendenhall
Room: Pulaski
War and War Gaming
Session Chair:
Edwar Escalante
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Shining Path of Peru: An Organizational Theory for Conflict
Presenter: Edwar Escalante
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Yahya Alshamy
Defense and Governance in Stateless Pre-Islamic Mecca
Presenter: Yahya Alshamy
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Garrett Wood
The Robust Political Economy of Wargaming
Presenter: Garrett Wood
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Edwar Escalante
Room: Savannah A
Roundtable Discussion, "Toward an Economics of Natural Equals: A Documentary History of The Early Virginia School" by David Levy and Sandra Peart (Presidential Session sponsored by Liberty Fund)
Session Chair:
Edward Lopez
Session Organizer:
Edward Lopez
Author Remarks on "Natural Equals"
Presenter: sandra peart
Author Remarks on "Natural Equals"
Presenter: David Levy
Respondent Comments on "Natural Equals"
Presenter: William Shughart
Respondent Remarks on "Natural Equals"
Presenter: Roger Congleton
Respondent Comments on "Natural Equals"
Presenter: Georg Vanberg
Plenary Session 1: Michael C. Munger, "Giants Among Us: Do We Need a New Antitrust Paradigm?”
Session Chair:
William Shughart
Session Organizer:
William Shughart
"Giants Among Us: Do We Need a New Antitrust Paradigm?”
Presenter: Michael Munger
Discussant: William Shughart
Roundtable on Shared Mental Models: Kyklos Symposium in Honor of Douglass C. North
Session Chair:
Ravi Roy
Session Organizer:
Arthur Denzau
Institutional Change and the Importance of Understanding Shared Mental Models
Presenter: William Shughart
Co-Author(s): William Shughart, Diana Thomas and Michael Thomas
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: A case of Shared Mental Models in conflict
Presenter: Ronil Hira
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: William Shughart
Room: Oglethorpe A/B
Rent Seeking and Rent Creation
Session Chair:
Stephen Miller
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Estimating the Impact of Rent-Seeking on Income Distribution
Presenter: Stephen Miller
Co-Author(s): Melo, Vitor
Discussant: Mohammad Qadam Shah
The Politics of Budgetary Capture in Fragile States: Who Gets What When and How in Afghanistan
Presenter: Mohammad Qadam Shah
Co-Author(s): Qadam Shah, Mohammad
Discussant: Peter Hazlett
Bureaucratic Rent Creation: The Case of Price Discrimination in the Market for Postsecondary Education
Presenter: Peter Hazlett
Co-Author(s): Chandler Reilly
Discussant: Stephen Miller
Room: Academy
Russia (Cancelled)
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Room: Plaza
Regulation and Health
Session Chair:
Arijit Ray
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Condoning More Codones: Florida's Opioid Trafficking Law and Opioid Mortality
Presenter: Eunsik Chang
Co-Author(s): solo authored
Discussant: Arijit Ray
Is providing contraceptives without doctor's prescription effective in reducing foster care admission?
Presenter: Arijit Ray
Co-Author(s): Ray, Arijit.
Discussant: Audrey Redford
The Impact of Drug-Induced Homicide Laws on Unintentional Drug Overdose Rates
Presenter: Audrey Redford
Co-Author(s): Angela K. Dills; Kathleen M. Sheehan
Discussant: Moiz Bhai
The Effects of Occupational Licensing Reform on Children's Health
Presenter: Moiz Bhai
Co-Author(s): Mitch Mitchell
Discussant: Eunsik Chang
Room: Pulaski
Past Presidents
Session Chair:
William Shughart
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Political Preferences and Public Policy
Presenter: Randall Holcombe
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Roger Congleton
Assessing the Impacts of Publications: Readership and Citations as Alternative Measures of Impact
Presenter: Roger Congleton
Co-Author(s): Alex Marsella (WVU) and Alexander J Cardazzi (WVU)
Discussant: Edward Lopez
Feuding, Credible Commitments, and the Blessings of an Independent Judiciary: The Diet of Worms and the Creation of the Imperial Chamber Court
Presenter: Georg Vanberg
Co-Author(s): Broman, Benjamin
Discussant: Randall Holcombe
Formalizing Informal Institutions: Problems of Coalition, Change, and Alignment
Presenter: Edward Lopez
Discussant: Georg Vanberg
Room: Savannah B
Regulation in the Large
Session Chair:
Sean Mulholland
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Firm-level Impacts of Pro-Market Reforms: Latin America as a Laboratory
Presenter: Bruno Buscariolli
Co-Author(s): Carneiro, Jorge; Dau, Luis; Moore, Elizabeth
Discussant: Sean Mulholland
Don't TREAD on anyone
Presenter: Sean Mulholland
Co-Author(s): Mulholland, Sean
Discussant: Thomas Brosy
State business income taxes and business dynamism
Presenter: Thomas Brosy
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Lynne Kiesling
From Airbnb to Solar: Toward A Transaction Cost Model of a Retail Electricity Distribution Platform
Presenter: Lynne Kiesling
Co-Author(s): Munger, Michael; Theisen, Alexander
Discussant: Bruno Buscariolli
Political Capitalism (Cancelled)
Session Organizer:
Mehrdad Vahabi
Room: Plaza
Political Economy and Development
Session Chair:
Justin Callais
Session Organizer:
Kevin Grier
The Effects of Enduring Constitutions on Income in the Contemporary Era
Presenter: Justin Callais
Discussant: Israt Jahan
Do Longer Constitutions Corrupt?
Presenter: Israt Jahan
Co-Author(s): Jamie Bologna and Andrew T. Young
Discussant: Linan Peng
Did the Northeast Area Revitalization Plan Work? A Multiple Synthetic Control Analysis
Presenter: Linan Peng
Discussant: Towhid Mahmood
Effect of Democracy: Evidence from Bangladesh
Presenter: Towhid Mahmood
Discussant: Justin Callais
Room: Oglethorpe A/B
Occupational Licensing and Insurance
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Bonnie Wilson
Administrative Browbeating of Insurers
Presenter: George Mocsary
Discussant: Edward Timmons
Scope of Practice Effects on the Prescription of Opioids by Nurse Practitioners Serving Medicare Beneficiaries
Presenter: Alicia Plemmons
Discussant: George Mocsary
The de-licensing of occupations: an update
Presenter: Edward Timmons
Co-Author(s): Ilya Kukaev & Robert Thornton
Discussant: Alicia Plemmons
Consumer Choice and Scope of Practice Regulations for Psychologists
Presenter: Agnitra RoyChoudhury
Co-Author(s): Alicia Plemmons
Discussant: Sriparna Ghosh
Polycentricity (Cancelled)
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Room: Academy
Macroeconomic Policies
Session Chair:
Greg Caskey
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Chinese Development Lending & the Amplification Effect
Presenter: Greg Caskey
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Pierre Mandon
Has the Literature Highlighted Evidence that Chinese Official Financing Benefited Recipient Countries? Evidence from a Meta-Regression Analysis
Presenter: Pierre Mandon
Co-Author(s): Woldemichael, Martha Tesfaye
Discussant: Nathaniel Smith
The high cost of trade wars: Unfulfilled promises, lost elections
Presenter: Nathaniel Smith
Co-Author(s): None.
Discussant: Greg Caskey
Room: Savannah B
Austrian Perspectives
Session Chair:
Alexander Schaefer
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Hayek's Twin Ideas: Reconciling Methodological Individualism and Group Selection
Presenter: Alexander Schaefer
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Robert Gmeiner
Artificial intelligence and economic calculation
Presenter: Robert Gmeiner
Co-Author(s): Harper, Mario
Discussant: Phil Magness
Consumer Sovereignty and W.H. Hutt’s Critique of the Color Bar
Presenter: Phil Magness
Co-Author(s): Art Carden; Ilia Murtazashvili
Discussant: Alexander Schaefer
Room: Pulaski
Parliaments and Judges
Session Chair:
Adrian Lucardi
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Collective action in Brazil’s Constituent Assembly
Presenter: Gabriel Benzecry
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Seana Sugrue
Is It Time to Reconsider Term Limits for Supreme Court Justices?
Presenter: Seana Sugrue
Co-Author(s): none
Discussant: Gabriel Benzecry
Room: Savannah A
New Books - Author Talks
Session Chair:
Edward Lopez
Session Organizer:
Edward Lopez
Author Remarks on "Leave Me Alone and I'll Make you Rich"
Presenter: Art Carden
Co-Author(s): Deirdre McCloskey
Author Remarks on "Wretched Refuse? The Political Economy of Immigration and Institutions"
Presenter: Benjamin Powell
Co-Author(s): Alex Nowrasteh
Institutional Paradoxes, Failure, and Mistakes - Honoring Steven Brams (Cancelled)
Session Organizer:
Bonnie Wilson
Room: Savannah A
Institutions & Entrepreneurship
Session Organizer:
Daniel Bennett
The Burden of Occupational Licensing at the Local Level
Presenter: Alicia Plemmons
Co-Author(s): Sriparna Ghosh; Dean Stansel
Discussant: Fabian Diaz
Legitimate Ink: Licensing and Entry in the Tattooing Industry
Presenter: Fabian Diaz
Co-Author(s): Maria Minniti
Discussant: Nathaniel Smith
The foundation of English state capacity and economic growth: King Alfred and the Vikings
Presenter: Nathaniel Smith
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Alicia Plemmons
Room: Academy
How Should Ranked-Choice Votes be Counted?
Session Chair:
Nicolaus Tideman
Session Organizer:
Nicolaus Tideman
What a Difference a Voting Rule Makes
Presenter: Robbie Robinette
Co-Author(s): Nicolaus Tideman
Discussant: John Moser
What Happens When a Candidate Knocks on Doors Advocating the Ranked Pairs Rule?
Presenter: John Moser
Discussant: Katherine Gehl
A Report from the Field: The Case for an Open Primary and a Top Five IRV Run-Off
Presenter: Katherine Gehl
Discussant: Robbie Robinette
Room: Pulaski
Meta Public Choice
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
A Five-Economy Model of Society
Presenter: Rick Raddatz
Co-Author(s): Single-author paper
Discussant: Yong Yoon
Artificial Man, Narrative Man, and Pico-economics
Presenter: Yong Yoon
Co-Author(s): no coauthor
Discussant: Nick Cowen
Is Knowledge King? Epistocracy and the Dynamics of Real-Existing Democracies
Presenter: Nick Cowen
Co-Author(s): Trantidis, Aris
Discussant: Rick Raddatz
Room: Plaza
Immigration, Trade and Slavery
Session Chair:
Phil Magness
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Quid Pro Quota: A Cross-Country Study on the Entrepreneurial Costs of Immigration Restrictions and Quotas
Presenter: Joshua Bedi
Co-Author(s): Jia, Shaomeng
Discussant: Jon Murphy
Rethinking the National Defense Exception to Free Trade: An Analysis using the Jones Act and Defense Production Act
Presenter: Jon Murphy
Co-Author(s): Goodman, Nathan
Discussant: Phil Magness
The Economics of Slavery: A Tullockian Assessment
Presenter: Phil Magness
Co-Author(s): Art Carden; Ilia Murtazashvili
Discussant: Joshua Bedi
Room: Savannah B
The Political Economy of Cultural Assimilation
Session Chair:
Greg Caskey
Session Organizer:
Greg Caskey
Ethnogenesis and Statelessness
Presenter: Louis Rouanet
Co-Author(s): Vincent Geloso
Discussant: Greg Caskey
State Capacity and Predation: The Case of the Uyghurs in Xinjiang
Presenter: Greg Caskey
Co-Author(s): Murtazashvili, Ilia
Discussant: Ilia Murtazashvili
Trail of Tears: The Political Economy of Cultural Assimilation
Presenter: Ilia Murtazashvili
Co-Author(s): Adam Crepelle, Gregory W. Caskey, Wilson Law
Discussant: Linan Peng
Did the Policies in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Lead to Higher Development and Social Compliance? A Synthetic Control Analysis
Presenter: Linan Peng
Co-Author(s): Justin Callais
Discussant: Louis Rouanet
Room: Oglethorpe A/B
Microeconomic Policies
Session Chair:
Todd Nesbit
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Right-to-Work and Employment and Establishment Mobility: A Spatial Border Analysis
Presenter: Todd Nesbit
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Carolina Gonzalez Rodriguez
Demand (and supply) of Data Protection Regulation. A 21st. Century Case for Rent-Seeking?
Presenter: Carolina Gonzalez Rodriguez
Co-Author(s): Carolina Gonzalez Rodriguez
Discussant: Manuel Hoffmann
The Unintended Consequences of Health Insurance
Presenter: Manuel Hoffmann
Co-Author(s): Hoffmann, Manuel
Discussant: Corey DeAngelis
Are School Reopening Decisions Related to Union Influence?
Presenter: Corey DeAngelis
Co-Author(s): Makridis, Christos
Discussant: Todd Nesbit