2021 Public Choice Society, March 11-13, Savannah Georgia
- Thursday, March 11
- 8:00am – 5:00pm
- 5:00pm – 7:30pm
- 5:30pm – 9:00pm
- Friday, March 12
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 8:00am – 5:00pm *
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 10:00am – 11:20am
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm *
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:20pm – 5:50pm *
- 5:00pm – 9:00pm
- Saturday, March 13
- 7:00am – 8:00am
- 8:00am – 9:30am *
- 10:00am – 11:30am
- 11:30am – 1:00pm *
- 1:00pm – 2:30pm
- 2:40pm – 4:10pm *
- 4:20pm – 5:30pm
- 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Saturday, March 13, 2021
Warfare and Economy
Session Chair:
Mehrdad Vahabi
Session Organizer:
Mehrdad Vahabi
A Theory of the Socialist System: The Warfare Economy during the Peace Time
Presenter: Mehrdad Vahabi
Discussant: Petros Sekeris
Complementarities in Conflict: How nations and empires expand
Presenter: Petros Sekeris
Discussant: Antoine Pietri
Enemies with benefits: On the rationale of trading arms with an enemy
Presenter: Antoine Pietri
Co-Author(s): Julien Malizard
Discussant: Olfa Bouallegue
The Economic Rationale of Tunisian Revolution: A Public Choice Perspective
Presenter: Olfa Bouallegue
Discussant: Mehrdad Vahabi
Monetary Politics
Session Chair:
Bryan Cutsinger
Session Organizer:
Kevin Grier
On Price Stability with a Job Guarantee
Presenter: Brian Albrecht
Monetary Rules without Romance
Presenter: Bryan Cutsinger
Is Seigniorage Optimal
Presenter: PCS Member
Differences in Monetary Policy Transparency as a Determinant for WTO Disputes
Presenter: Silvio Livio Simonetti Neto
Institutional Paradoxes, Failure, and Mistakes - Honoring Nicholas Miller
Session Chair:
Bonnie Wilson
Session Organizer:
Marek Kaminski
Shot in the Foot: Unintended Political Consequences of Electoral Engineering in the Turkish Parliamentary Elections in 2018
Presenter: Ugurcan Evci
Discussant: Brian Kaiser
The 2016 Election Inversion in Historical and Theoretical Perspective (with 2020 updates)
Presenter: Nicholas Miller
Discussant: Ugurcan Evci
Virginia Political Economy I: System Theories
Session Chair:
Richard Wagner
Session Organizer:
Richard Wagner
Constitutional Bargains, Civic Discourse, and the Roots of the Liberal Order
Presenter: James Caton
Discussant: Jonathan Plante
Toward a Theory of Symbiotics: Illuminating Societal Evolution through a Theory of Entangled Political Economy
Presenter: Jonathan Plante
Discussant: James Caton
An Entropic Systems Theory of Market-State Interaction
Presenter: Zachary Kessler
Discussant: Abigail Devereaux
Formalizing Polycentric Governance: Could ‘Synecological’ Systems Show the Way Forward?
Presenter: Abigail Devereaux
Discussant: Zachary Kessler
Electricity Markets
Session Chair:
Lynne Kiesling
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Information and Efficiency of Electricity Provision
Presenter: Labanyalata Roy
Co-Author(s): Piano Ennio
Discussant: Marie Layoun
On the Regulation of Informal Electricity Provision
Presenter: Marie Layoun
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Keri Lawson
“Electricity Outages and House Fires: Evidence from Cape Town”
Presenter: Keri Lawson
Co-Author(s): NA
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: Labanyalata Roy
Education
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
(En-)`lightening' Children: Assessing the Impacts of Access to Electricity on Learning Achievement Levels
Presenter: Jai Kamal
Co-Author(s): Chatterjee Somdeep; Hastawala Shiv
Discussant: Chandler Reilly
The role of universities in defense research
Presenter: Chandler Reilly
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Dillon Tauzin
Rent-Seeking in Education: The Decline of the Monitorial System of Schooling
Presenter: Dillon Tauzin
Co-Author(s): none
Discussant: Haibin Jiang
The effects of the Child Care Tax Credit on Children’s Long-term Educational Achievement
Presenter: Haibin Jiang
Co-Author(s): No co-authors
Discussant: Jai Kamal
Fiscal Policy
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
State business income taxes and business dynamism
Presenter: Thomas Brosy
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Andreas Bergh
Three minutes to midnight: an update to the Debt Default Clock
Presenter: Baker Spring
Co-Author(s): N.A.
Discussant: Andreas Bergh
Does the welfare state and income equality mitigate populism? An analysis of European democracies
Presenter: Andreas Bergh
Co-Author(s): Kärna, Anders
Discussant: Thomas Brosy
Tweeting Municipalities
Presenter: Andreas Bergh
Co-Author(s): Anzén, Christina; Moricz, Sara
Discussant: Baker Spring
Gender and Race
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The glass ceiling effect for high-profile career positions and the effect of political attitudes
Presenter: Dalila Lindov
Co-Author(s): none
Discussant: Pierre Siklos
Information Transmission under Increasing Political Tensions - Evidence from the Berlin Produce Exchange 1887-1896
Presenter: Pierre Siklos
Co-Author(s): Bohl, Martin; Sulewski, Christoph; Putz, Alexander
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: 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: Dalila Lindov
Plenary Session: Susan Rose-Ackerman, "Corruption as a Problem in Public Choice"
Session Chair:
William Shughart
Session Organizer:
William Shughart
Plenary Talk: "Corruption as a Problem in Public Choice"
Presenter: Public Choice Society President
Banking, Monetary Policy and Public Choice
Session Chair:
Louis Rouanet
Session Organizer:
Louis Rouanet
As Good as Gold? Commitment Problems and Convertible Paper Money
Presenter: Joshua Hendrickson
Co-Author(s): Bryan Cutsinger
Discussant: Louis Rouanet
Assignats or Death: Inflationary Finance in Revolutionary France
Presenter: Louis Rouanet
Co-Author(s): Bryan Cutsinger and Josh Ingber
Conformity at the Federal Open Market Committee
Presenter: Thomas Hogan
Discussant: Peter Hazlett
The Redistributive Politics of Monetary Policy
Presenter: Peter Hazlett
Co-Author(s): Louis Rouanet
Discussant: Joshua Hendrickson
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
COVID-19
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Rural vs Urban Covid Spread
Presenter: Ryan Yonk
Co-Author(s): Raymond March; Fiona Harrigan; Amelia Janaskie
Discussant: Marcelin Joanis
Infrastructure Politics in the Age of COVID-19
Presenter: Marcelin Joanis
Co-Author(s): .
Discussant: Artyom Jelnov
Vaccination Policy and Trust
Presenter: Artyom Jelnov
Co-Author(s): Jelnov,Pavel
Discussant: Gavin Roberts
How Price-Gouging Regulation Undermined COVID-19 Mitigation: Evidence of Unintended Consequences
Presenter: Gavin Roberts
Co-Author(s): Rik Chakraborti
Discussant: Ryan Yonk
Bureaucracy
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The golden age of the economics of bureaucracy (1965-85)
Presenter: Michael Wu
Co-Author(s): Moore, Gregory C. G.
Discussant: Anders Kärnä
Ballooning bureaucracy: understanding bureaucratic growth within organizations
Presenter: Anders Kärnä
Co-Author(s): Fredrik W. Andersson; Henrik Jordahl
Discussant: Laura Langbein
Money Matters: Sector Differences, Competition, and the Public Personnel System
Presenter: Laura Langbein
Co-Author(s): Roberts, Fei
Discussant: Hideki Konishi
Why High-level Executives Earn Less in the Governmental Than in the Private Sector
Presenter: Hideki Konishi
Co-Author(s): Glazer, Amihai
Discussant: Michael Wu
Constitutional Political Economy
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Don't speak? Proximate correlates of the attitudes towards the freedom of speech.
Presenter: Niels-Hugo Blunch
Co-Author(s): None.
Discussant: M. Garrett Roth
Toward a Public Choice Framework for Secession
Presenter: M. Garrett Roth
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Zachary Kessler
Examining the Endogenous Institutional Conditions Shaping Revolutionary Outcomes: Evidence from the Arab Spring
Presenter: Zachary Kessler
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Jacek Lewkowicz
In the Network of Political Alignment: the Case of Adjudication Panels of the Constitutional Tribunal of the Republic of Poland
Presenter: Jacek Lewkowicz
Co-Author(s): FAŁKOWSKI, Jan
Discussant: Nathan Goodman
Austrian Perspectives
Session Chair:
Daniel Nientiedt
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: Daniel Nientiedt
Hayekian Economic Policy
Presenter: Daniel Nientiedt
Co-Author(s): Feld, Lars P.
Discussant: Robert Gmeiner
Artificial intelligence and economic calculation
Presenter: Robert Gmeiner
Co-Author(s): Harper, Mario
Discussant: Glenn Furton
The Use of Knowledge in the Environment
Presenter: Glenn Furton
Co-Author(s): Eubanks, Larry
Discussant: Alexander Schaefer
Analytical Narratives
Session Chair:
Yong Yoon
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Can Corporate "Personhood" Teach Us Anything About Algorithms
Presenter: Jeremy Kidd
Co-Author(s): Kidd, Jeremy
Discussant: Konstantin Zhukov
Institutional Expectations and Coordination
Presenter: Konstantin Zhukov
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: John Horowitz
Peer-to-Peer Governance of Conducible Goods
Presenter: John Horowitz
Co-Author(s): David Thomas
Discussant: Yong Yoon
Artificial Man, Narrative Man, and Pico-economics
Presenter: Yong Yoon
Co-Author(s): no coauthor
Discussant: Jeremy Kidd
Social Networks
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Peer pressure matters: the role of social networks on civil society participation
Presenter: Cameron Tilley
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Clara Jace
The Family and the State: A Public Choice Perspective
Presenter: Clara Jace
Co-Author(s): n/a
Discussant: Ricardo R. Noé
Property Rights and Interest Group Emergence in Costa Rica and Honduras
Presenter: Ricardo R. Noé
Discussant: Cameron Tilley
Awards Luncheon
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Historical Political Economy
Session Chair:
Ennio Piano
Session Organizer:
Ennio Piano
Fisheries, development, and statelessness: The Gaspesian peninsula circa 1830
Presenter: Vincent Geloso
Discussant: Ennio Piano
A Reappraisal of America's Free Banking Experiment
Presenter: Bryan Cutsinger
Discussant: Fernando Arteaga
Shipwrecked by Rents
Presenter: Fernando Arteaga
Co-Author(s): Mark Koyama
Discussant: Vincent Geloso
Specialization and the firm in Renaissance Italian Art
Presenter: Ennio Piano
Discussant: Bryan Cutsinger
Different Freedoms
Session Chair:
Christian Bjørnskov
Session Organizer:
Christian Bjørnskov
Economic freedom and start-up activity in Russia
Presenter: Dennis Coates
Co-Author(s): Evgeniy Zazdravnykh, Marina Livinets
Discussant: Niclas Berggren
Political Institutions and Academic Freedom: New Empirical Evidence from Across the World
Presenter: Niclas Berggren
Discussant: Malte Dold
The Institutional Implications of Knightian Uncertainty
Presenter: Malte Dold
Co-Author(s): Mario Rizzo
Discussant: Dennis Coates
Coups! Corruption!
Session Chair:
Kevin Grier
Session Organizer:
Kevin Grier
The Rent-Switching Effect: Unintended Consequences of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
Presenter: Jamie Bologna
Discussant: Kevin Grier
Corruption and the Wealth of Nations
Presenter: Robin Grier
Discussant: Samuel Absher
A time to plot, a time to reap: Coups, regime changes and inequality
Presenter: Bodo Knoll
Discussant: Robin Grier
Consequences of CIA Coups in Latin America
Presenter: Samuel Absher
Discussant: Bodo Knoll
Public Choice and Civil Society
Session Chair:
Anthony Gill
Session Organizer:
Anthony Gill
The efficient smoke of burnt offerings: trust and transaction costs in the gifting economy
Presenter: Anthony Gill
Co-Author(s): Thomas, Michael D.
Discussant: Victor Claar
Investment, Saving, & Envy
Presenter: Victor Claar
Robust Political Economy and Civil Society
Presenter: PCS Member
Discussant: Nathanael Snow
The Political Economy of the Informal Social Group, and the Origins of Legitimacy
Presenter: Nathanael Snow
Discussant: Anthony Gill
Perspectives on Complex and Entangled Political Economy
Session Chair:
Abigail Devereaux
Session Organizer:
Abigail Devereaux
The Emergence and Entanglement of Economic Indicators
Presenter: Abigail Devereaux
Discussant: Cameron Harwick
Money's Modified Moral Meaning in Modern Markets: A Formalization of the Simmel Hypothesis
Presenter: Cameron Harwick
Discussant: Abigail Devereaux
Cascading Expert Failure: Rethinking the Question of Market Failure
Presenter: Jon Murphy
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Anthony Gill
Africa and China
Session Chair:
Georgios Chortareas
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Ethnic legacies and political attitudes in the context of Africa
Presenter: Georgios Melios
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Joseph Kamuzhanje
Rethinking Subnational Governance: The Opportunities and Challenges with the New Constitutional Provisions in Zimbabwe
Presenter: Joseph Kamuzhanje
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Helena Helfer
Democracy and Prosperity – The Special Case of Sub-Saharan Africa
Presenter: Helena Helfer
Co-Author(s): None
Discussant: Georgios Melios
Crime, Gangs and Prisons
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
The Economics of Gang Membership Requirements
Presenter: Henry Thompson
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Kaitlyn Woltz
The Role of Prisoner Voice in Criminal Justice Reform
Presenter: Kaitlyn Woltz
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Roger White
Sales Tax and Arson
Presenter: Roger White
Co-Author(s): Snow, Mason
Discussant: Kaitlyn Woltz
The Role of Prison Journalism in the US Criminal Justice Bureaucracy
Presenter: Kaitlyn Woltz
Co-Author(s): N/A
Discussant: Henry Thompson
Democracy
Session Organizer:
Public Choice Society President
Addressing sample selection bias in machine learning algorithms used to predict election outcomes
Presenter: Dylan Brewer
Co-Author(s): Carlson, Alyssa
Discussant: Roberto Peroncini
Transformation of Democracy by threatening Leviathan . A tribute to Vilfredo Pareto and James Buchanan
Presenter: Roberto Peroncini
Co-Author(s): I reserve the right to indicate another one.
Discussant: Nick Cowen
Is Knowledge King? Epistocracy and the Dynamics of Real-Existing Democracies
Presenter: Nick Cowen
Co-Author(s): Trantidis, Aris
Discussant: Dylan Brewer
Plenary Session: Claudia R. Williamson "Culture, Democracy, and Regulation"
Session Chair:
William Shughart
Session Organizer:
William Shughart
Plenary Talk: "Culture, Democracy, and Regulation"
Presenter: Claudia Williamson
Discussant: Lynne Kiesling