Organizers:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Moderators:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Panelists:

Peter T. Calcagno, College of Charleston

Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University

Edward J. Lopez, Western Carolina University

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Jayme Lemke, Political Theory Project at Brown University

Papers:

"The Rationality of Reform: Constructivist and Ecological Forces for Women’s Rights"
Jayme Lemke, Political Theory Project at Brown University (Contact Author)

"Understanding the Institutionally-Nested Nature and Consequences of Political Economic Reform"
Kyle O'Donnell, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Understanding Reform Reversals"
Dalibor Rohac, King's College London (Contact Author)

"Brazil’s Road to Serfdom"
Anna B Faria, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Bob Subrick, James Madison University

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Organizers:

Adam Martin, King's College London

Session Chairs:

Adam Martin, King's College London

Papers:

"Computability in Non-Cooperative Games"
Roger G Koppl, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"What Does True Individualism Really Involve? Overcoming Market-Philanthropy Dualism in Hayekian Social Theory"
Paul Lewis, King's College London (Contact Author)

"The Microfoundations of Regime Uncertainty"
Adam Martin, King's College London (Contact Author)

"Limits of Neoclassical Normative Rationality"
Mario Rizzo, New York University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Roger G Koppl, Syracuse University
Paul Lewis, King's College London
Adam Martin, King's College London
Mario Rizzo, New York University

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Papers:

"Undermining Progress: The Impact of Environmental Regulations on Appalachian Development"
Jessi Troyan, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Copyright Since 1976: An Interventionism Framework"
Ryan Safner, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Resilience and Market Failure"
Vlad Tarko, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Milton Friedman, James Buchanan and Constitutional Political Economy"
Rosolino A. Candela, George Mason University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

Session Chairs:

Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

Papers:

"European Central Bank Monetary Policy's Effect at the Industrial Level"
Nicolas Cachanosky, Metropolitan State University of Denver (Contact Author)

"Robust Political Economy and the Lender of Last Resort"
Alexander Salter, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"On the Empirical Relevance of the Mises-Hayek Theory of the Trade Cycle"
William Luther, Kenyon College (Contact Author)

"War, Gold, and the U.S. Economy"
Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University (Contact Author)

"Multifractality of Sectoral Price Indices: Hurst Signature Analysis of Cantillon Effects in Disequilibrium Factor Markets"
Robert F. Mulligan, Western Carolina University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Carrie B. Kerekes, Florida Gulf Coast University

Papers:

"Efficient Private Governance in Medieval Iceland"
Claudia R. Williamson, Mississippi State University (Contact Author)
Carrie B. Kerekes, Florida Gulf Coast University

"How Government Crowds Out Private Governance"
Edward Stringham, Fayetteville State University (Contact Author)

"National Defense? Where We’re Going We Won’t Need National Defense"
Mark Lutter, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"The Emergence of a Civil Society: From War to Development in Sengoku, Japan"
Trey Carson, George Mason University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Beloit College

Session Chairs:

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Beloit College

Papers:

"Unintended Missions"
Charity-Joy Acchiardo, Transylvania University (Contact Author)

"Action, Context, and Uncertainty"
Simon Bilo, Allegheny College (Contact Author)

"Airports and Economic Calculation within an Emergent Ecology of Enterprises"
Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University
Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Beloit College (Contact Author)

"Rule of Law, Rule of Men, and Rule by Men: Evidence from India"
Shruti Rajagopalan, SUNY, Purchase College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Simon Bilo, Allegheny College
Charity-Joy Acchiardo, Transylvania University
Shruti Rajagopalan, SUNY, Purchase College
J. Barkley Rosser, James Madison University

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Papers:

"The Origins of the Permanent War Economy"
Thomas K. Duncan, Radford University (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

"The Political Economy of Drones"
Abigail Hall, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

"Crisis and Belief: The Political Economy of Care and Fear"
Petrik Runst, University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire (Contact Author)

"Commercial Entrepreneurship and the Road to Post-Disaster Recovery"
Laura E. Grube, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

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Organizers:

Bruce J. Caldwell, Duke University

Session Chairs:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Papers:

"F.A. Hayek and the 'Economic Calculus': The Cambridge and Virginia Lectures"
Bruce J. Caldwell, Duke University (Contact Author)

"Order, Process and Evolution in the Later Hayek: The Significance of Emergence"
Paul Lewis, King's College London (Contact Author)

"A Job for F.A. Hayek"
David Mitch, University of Maryland-Baltimore County (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Howard Baetjer, Jr., Towson University

Papers:

"The Physiocrats: Friends or Foes of Liberty?"
Bradley Hobbs, Florida Gulf Coast University
Nikolai G. Wenzel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"On Ricochets, Hidden Channels, and Negative Multipliers: Frédéric Bastiat on Calculating the Economic Costs of ‘The Unseen’"
David Hart, Liberty Fund, Inc. (Contact Author)

"F.A. Hayek a Master of the Universe? ‘Neoliberalism’ as a Term of Abuse"
Stephan Boehm, University of Graz (Contact Author)

"Hayek and Lachmann and the Complexity of Capital"
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University

Session Chairs:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University

Papers:

Discussants:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University
Michael David Thomas, Utah State University
Daniel J. Smith, Troy University

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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
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Anthony M. Endres, University of Auckland

Papers:

"‘Symmetry' in International Money: A Twentieth Century Doctrinal Controversy with Modern Implications"
Anthony M. Endres, University of Auckland (Contact Author)

"The Currency Quandary"
Justin S. Merrill, freebanking.org (Contact Author)

"Transparency or Deception: What the Fed Was Saying in 2007"
Mark Thornton, Ludwig von Mises Institute (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State University of Denver

Papers:

"Soviet Sports and the Feasibility of Central Planning"
Daniel J. Smith, Troy University (Contact Author)
Daniel Sutter, Troy University

"Efficient Discrimination: Discrimination, Reputation, and Self-Regulation in the Adult Film Industry"
Alexandre Padilla, Metropolitan State University of Denver (Contact Author)

"Home Schooling Performance: An Austrian Explanation"
Brian Dwight Baugus, Regent University (Contact Author)

"Is There a Natural Rate of Income Inequality?"
Anne Rathbone Bradley, Institute for Faith, Work, & Economics (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

Papers:

"Equilibration and Entrepreneurial Activity: The Austrian Debate Revisited"
Solomon Stein, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Comparative Thinking Between Austrian Theory and Confucius’ Thought——In Terms of Methodological Individualism"
Feng Ouyang, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Wei Chen, George Mason University

"Methodological Differences Between Mises and Hayek"
Wei Chen, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Feng Ouyang, George Mason University

"Analytic Praxeology"
Michael Oliva Cordoba, University of Hamburg (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

L. Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University

Session Chairs:

L. Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University

Papers:

"Opportunity and Evolution: Beyond Bounded Rationality and Phase Space"
Roger G Koppl, Syracuse University (Contact Author)

"Innovation Policy Amid the Thickets of Emergent Complexity and Interventionist Dynamics"
David A. Harper, New York University (Contact Author)

"Entrepreneurship and Institutional Change"
Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University (Contact Author)

"Electricity Regulation in an Environment of Technological Change and Competitive Retail Markets: Implications of the Bell Doctrine and Economic Experimentation"
L. Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University (Contact Author)

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Organizers:

Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University

Session Chairs:

Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University

Papers:

"Alcohol Prohibition in the Beehive: How the Word of Wisdom Became a Commandment"
Diana W. Thomas, Utah State University (Contact Author)
Michael David Thomas, Utah State University

"Prison Populations and Economic Freedom"
Daniel J. D'Amico, Loyola University New Orleans (Contact Author)

"Ruthless Political Entrepreneurship: The Political Economy of the Anti-Saloon League"
Nicholas A. Snow, The Ohio State University (Contact Author)

"Political Entrepreneurs vs. Enviropreneurs: Was Mancur Olson Too Pessimistic?"
Randy T. Simmons, Utah State University (Contact Author)
Ryan Yonk, Southern Utah University

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