2012 Sessions for the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics

Session 23A Don Lavoie Graduate Student Paper Competition Winners
Session 23B Carl Menger Essay Contest Winning Papers
Session 23C The Moral Foundations of Capitalism and Post Disaster Recovery: Three Case Studies
Session 23D Most of My Students Are Going Pro in Something Other than Economics: Teaching the Citizen-Economists
Session 23F Defense and Security
Session 23G Entrepreneurship
Session 23H Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State: Fiftieth Anniversary
Session 23I Institutional Reform
Session 23J Property Rights and Constitutional Political Economy
Session 23K Money and Banking
Session 23L Knowledge and Incentive Problems
Session 23M Culture

 
Friday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 23A
Don Lavoie Graduate Student Paper Competition Winners

Organizers:

David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University

Session Chairs:

David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University

Papers:

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Friday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 23B
Carl Menger Essay Contest Winning Papers

Organizers:

Michael David Thomas, Utah State University

Session Chairs:

Michael David Thomas, Utah State University

Papers:

Discussants:

Daniel J. Smith, Troy University
Emily Skarbek, King's College London

 

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Friday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 23C
The Moral Foundations of Capitalism and Post Disaster Recovery: Three Case Studies

Organizers:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Moderators:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Panelists:

Daniel Sutter, Troy University "Joplin and Tuscaloosa"

Daniel J. Smith, Troy University "Joplin and Tuscaloosa"

Russell S. Sobel, The Citadel "Katrina"

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University "Katrina"

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University "Discussant"

 

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Friday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 23D
Most of My Students Are Going Pro in Something Other than Economics: Teaching the Citizen-Economists

Organizers:

Anthony M. Carilli, Hampden-Sydney College

Moderators:

Anthony M. Carilli, Hampden-Sydney College

Panelists:

Joshua C. Hall, Beloit College "Using Op-Eds to Engage Political Economy"

Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University "The Importance of the Economic Way of Thinking for Business Students"

Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University "The Economic Way of Thinking Critically about Gender, Work, and Family"

Michael David Thomas, Utah State University "The Austrian Way of Thinking"

Justin P. Isaacs, Hampden-Sydney College "Seeing Seniors Off"

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 23F
Defense and Security

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Papers:

"The Rise and Fall of Military Cities: Geographic Reshaping of the Military-Industrial Complex"
Thomas K. Duncan, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"The Creeping Militarization of U.S. Domestic Police"
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Abigail Hall, George Mason University

"Entangled Political Economy of Homeland Defense and the War on Terror"
Chad W. Seagren, Naval Postgraduate School (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 23G
Entrepreneurship

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Karen Vaughn, George Mason University

Papers:

"The Common Pool of Transitional Profits"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Entrepreneurship Policies: Nearsighted Strategies and Unforeseen Effects"
Jeffrey S. Petty, University of Lausanne (Contact Author)
Jean-Philippe Bonardi, University of Lausanne

"On Lachmann’s Entrepreneur and the Lachmannian Entrepreneur: A Reassessment"
Anthony M. Endres, University of Auckland (Contact Author)

"Entrepreneurship and the Rise of the Service Economy"
Michael Ehret, Nottingham Trent University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Saturday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 23H
Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State: Fiftieth Anniversary

Organizers:

Adam Martin, King's College London

Moderators:

Adam Martin, King's College London

Panelists:

Nicholas A. Snow, The Ohio State University

Phillip W. Magness, Institute for Humane Studies

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

 

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Saturday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 23I
Institutional Reform

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Mario Rizzo, New York University

Papers:

"Institutional Stickiness and Economic Reforms: Evidence from Czechoslovakia"
Dalibor Rohac, King's College London (Contact Author)

"Popular Preferences Toward Markets and Institutional Reform"
Petrik Runst, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (Contact Author)

"Indian Economic Performance in the Post-Reform Period"
Gurumani P. Manish, Troy University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 23J
Property Rights and Constitutional Political Economy

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Karen Vaughn, George Mason University

Papers:

"The Private Creation and Enforcement of Property Rights"
Edward Stringham, Fayetteville State University (Contact Author)

"The Evolution of Property Rights to Pond Ice, 1806-1840"
David Hebert, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Ideology and Error Behind the Veil of Ignorance: The Indian Constitution"
Shruti Rajagopalan, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"The Fiscal Implications of Alternative Monetary Constitutions"
Lawrence H. White, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 23K
Money and Banking

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Papers:

"A New Austrian Theory of Intertemporal Macroeconomic Equilibrium"
Renaud Fillieule, Université Lille Nord de France (Contact Author)

"Notions of Non-Neutrality: Lucas and the Forgotten Legacy of David Hume"
Simon Bilo, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Fractional Reserves and Demand Deposits: Historical Evidence from an Unregulated Banking System"
Malavika Nair, College of Charleston (Contact Author)

"Deposit Insurance and Coordination Failure: The Case of the 1837 Crisis in New York State and Massachussets"
Mathieu Bédard, Aix-Marseille Université (Contact Author)
Antoine Gentier, Aix-Marseille Université

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Sunday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 23L
Knowledge and Incentive Problems

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas

Papers:

"The Knowledge Problem Applied to the Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Tax"
Michael David Thomas, Utah State University (Contact Author)

"Regressively Redistributive Regulation"
Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University (Contact Author)

"Line-ups, DNA Evidence, and Organizational Change"
E. James Cowan, Fairleigh Dickinson University (Contact Author)
Roger Koppl, Fairleigh Dickinson University

"What Can Be Certain About Uncertainty?"
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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Sunday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 23M
Culture

Organizers:

Lawrence H. White, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

Papers:

"Culture, Entrepreneurship and Economic Development"
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Laura E. Grube, George Mason University

"Interventionism, Culture, and the Market Process: The Case of Drug Prohibition in the U.S."
Kyle O'Donnell, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

TBA

 

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