2011 Sessions for the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics

Session 02A Public Choice and Macro Phenomena
Session 02B Neuroeconomics, the Sensory Order and Cognition
Session 02C Reforming the Monetary System
Session 02D The Economics of Time and Ignorance: A Critical Re-Examination After 25 Years
Session 02F Carl Menger Undergraduate Essay Prize
Session 02G Entrepreneurship I
Session 02H Frank Knight on Political and Social Philosophy
Session 02I Political Collectivism as Atavism
Session 02J Jane Jacobs, (Austrian) Economist
Session 02K Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Prize Winners

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 02A
Public Choice and Macro Phenomena

Organizers:

David A. Harper, New York University

Session Chairs:

Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

Papers:

"Public Choice and Austrian Economics"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Capitalism, Protectionism, and Public Choice: How Bad Policy Destroyed a City"
Daniel J. Smith, Troy University (Contact Author)
David Hebert, George Mason University

"A Macro Ecology of Plans and the Problem of Policy"
Chad W. Seagren, Naval Postgraduate School
Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

"Democracy in Deficit and the Current Budget Crisis"
Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College
Robert F. Mulligan, Western Carolina University
Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University
Daniel J. Smith, Troy University

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 02B
Neuroeconomics, the Sensory Order and Cognition

Organizers:

William N. Butos, Trinity College

Session Chairs:

William N. Butos, Trinity College

Papers:

"The Sensory Order, Neuroeconomics, and Austrian Economics"
William N. Butos, Trinity College (Contact Author)
Thomas J. McQuade, New York University

"The Economics of Attention: A Hayekian Perspective"
Agnès Festré, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
Pierre Garrouste, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis

"C.S. Peirce and F.A. Hayek on the Abstract Nature of Sensation and Cognition"
James Wible, University of New Hampshire (Contact Author)

"Efficiency and Inefficiency Arguments in Evolutionary Neurobiology: 'The Sensory Order', Conformity and Social Adaptations"
Robert F. Mulligan, Western Carolina University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Pierre Garrouste, Université de Nice-Sophia Antipolis
James Wible, University of New Hampshire
William N. Butos, Trinity College
Roger Koppl, Fairleigh Dickinson University

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 02C
Reforming the Monetary System

Organizers:

Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr., Cato Institute

Session Chairs:

Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr., Cato Institute

Papers:

"Rethinking the Global Fiat Money System"
Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr., Cato Institute (Contact Author)

"Transition to a New Monetary Regime"
Lawrence H. White, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Where Is Private Issue of Bank Notes Legal?"
William McBride, Tax Foundation
Kurt Schuler, Center for Financial Stability

"A Reformulation of Austrian Business Cycle Theory in Light of the Financial Crisis"
Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University
Lawrence H. White, George Mason University
George A. Selgin, The University of Georgia

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 02D
The Economics of Time and Ignorance: A Critical Re-Examination After 25 Years

Organizers:

David A. Harper, New York University

Moderators:

David A. Harper, New York University

Panelists:

Stephan Boehm, University of Graz

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

Anthony M. Endres, University of Auckland

Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr., Cato Institute

Mario Rizzo, New York University

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 02F
Carl Menger Undergraduate Essay Prize

Organizers:

Adam Martin, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Adam Martin, George Mason University

Papers:

Discussants:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University
Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University
Emily Skarbek, San Jose State University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 02G
Entrepreneurship I

Organizers:

David A. Harper, New York University

Session Chairs:

David A. Harper, New York University

Papers:

"Kinetics of Capital Formation and the Making of Economic Organization"
Anthony M. Endres, University of Auckland (Contact Author)
David A. Harper, New York University

"Entrepreneurial Paradoxes: Implications of Radical Subjectivism"
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

"The Role of Entrepreneurship in the Market Process: A Simulation Study of the Equilibrating and Disequilibrating Effects of Opportunity Creation and Discovery"
Mohammad Keyhani, York University
Moren Lévesque, York University

"Entrepreneurship and Incentives"
Young Back Choi, St. John's University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Sanford Ikeda, Purchase College
Young Back Choi, St. John's University
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 02H
Frank Knight on Political and Social Philosophy

Organizers:

Mario Rizzo, New York University

Moderators:

Mario Rizzo, New York University

Panelists:

Ross B. Emmett, Michigan State University "Can the Mind Solve the Problems Raised by Its Liberation?"

Robert Nelson, University of Maryland "Frank Knight and the Chicago School"

Mario Rizzo, New York University "Frank Knight on Christianity"

Joseph T. Salerno, Pace University "Frank Knight and the Philosophical Foundations of the Chicago School "

 

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Sunday
4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 02I
Political Collectivism as Atavism

Organizers:

Daniel B. Klein, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Daniel B. Klein, George Mason University

Papers:

"Political Metaphors in Economics"
Paul H. Rubin, Emory University (Contact Author)

"Experiment on the Demand for Encompassment"
Daniel B. Klein, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Xiaofei Pan, George Mason University
Daniel Houser, George Mason University
Gonzalo Schwarz, Atlas Economic Research Foundation

"Hayek and Social Change: From Theory to History"
Nikolai G. Wenzel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Roger Koppl, Fairleigh Dickinson University

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 02J
Jane Jacobs, (Austrian) Economist

Organizers:

Sanford Ikeda, Purchase College

Session Chairs:

Sanford Ikeda, Purchase College

Papers:

"Jacobs on Spontaneous Order"
Sanford Ikeda, Purchase College (Contact Author)

"Jane Jacobs' 'The Economy of Cities' at (slightly more) than 40: A Stocktaking and an Appreciation"
Samuli Leppälä, University of Turku (Contact Author)
Pierre Desrochers, University of Toronto at Mississauga

"The Life and Death and Rebirth of Cities"
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Spontaneous Urban Orders"
Gene Callahan, Purchase College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Emily Chamlee-Wright, Beloit College
Gene Callahan, Purchase College
Samuli Leppälä, University of Turku
Sanford Ikeda, Purchase College

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 02K
Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Prize Winners

Organizers:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Papers:

Discussants:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University

 

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