2014 Sessions for the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics

Session 27A Liberal Learning and the Art of Self-Governance
Session 28A Austrian Business Cycle Theory
Session 28B Business Cycles and Finance
Session 27C Monetary History
Session 28C Freedom, Politics and Culture
Session 28D Public Policy
Session 27D Austrian Monetary Economics
Session 27F Heterogeneity in Austrian Political Economy
Session 28F Disasters and Governance
Session 27G The Political Economy of Entrepreneurial Capitalism
Session 28G Hayek
Session 27H War and Conflict
Session 28H Equilibration, Cycles and Returns
Session 27I The Morality of Capitalism: Roundtable on the Meaning of Markets (Brennan and Jaworski)
Session 28I A Random Walk
Session 27J Carl Menger Essay Contest Winning Papers
Session 27K Don Lavoie Graduate Student Paper Competition Winning Papers
Session 27L Entrepreneurship Across Institutions I
Session 27M Entrepreneurship Across Institutions II

 
Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 27A
Liberal Learning and the Art of Self-Governance

Organizers:

Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington College

Session Chairs:

Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington College

Papers:

"Polycentricity and the Principles of Effective Co-Government: What the Bloomington School Can Teach Us"
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington College (Contact Author)
Paul Dragos Aligica, George Mason University

"Meaningful Change Comes from the Shop Floor: Generating, Growing, and Governing in Liberal Education"
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University (Contact Author)

"On ‘Strongly Fortified Minds’: Discussion, Self-restraint and Co-operation"
Sandra J. Peart, University of Richmond (Contact Author)
David M. Levy, George Mason University

"Collegiality, Friendship, and Social Capital: Communities of Liberal Learning as Social Spaces"
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Laura E. Grube, George Mason University

 

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Saturday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 28A
Austrian Business Cycle Theory

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University

Papers:

"Capital and Labor: Friends or Foes?"
Randall G. Holcombe, Florida State University (Contact Author)

"Further Developments of Austrian Business Cycle Theory"
Brian P. Simpson, National University (Contact Author)

"Business Cycle Catalysts: Moving Beyond Central Banks"
Paul Mueller, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Raymond C. Niles, George Mason University

"The Multifractal Character of Capacity Utilization over the Business Cycle: An Application of Hurst Signature Analysis"
Robert F. Mulligan, Western Carolina University (Contact Author)

"Mises-Hayek Monetary and Business Cycle Theory on the Current Economic Crisis"
Sima Siami-Namini, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 28B
Business Cycles and Finance

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Stewart Dompe, Johnson & Wales University

Papers:

"The Heroic Theory of the Business Cycle: Joseph Schumpeter and the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle"
Raymond C. Niles, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Humans and Capital: Accounting for the Regulatory Impact on Capital Structure"
Stewart Dompe, Johnson & Wales University (Contact Author)
Adam C. Smith, Johnson & Wales University

"Late Initiation of Bank Insolvency Procedures: Incentives, Information, and the Case for Bank Runs"
Mathieu Bédard, Aix-Marseille School of Economics (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 27C
Monetary History

Organizers:

Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

Session Chairs:

Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

Papers:

"Why Did the Founders Reject Adam Smith’s Policy Advice on Banking?"
Nicholas Curott, Ball State University (Contact Author)

"Ben Bernanke and the Gold Standard"
Robin Aguiar-Hicks, Troy University (Contact Author)
Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University
Daniel J. Smith, Troy University

"Was There a Great Moderation?"
Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University (Contact Author)

"Menger’s Curse: Perverse Incentives of International Fiat Currency"
Simon Bilo, Allegheny College (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 28C
Freedom, Politics and Culture

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Nikolai G. Wenzel, Florida Gulf Coast University

Papers:

"The Free Society and the State Safety Net: Tensions in F.A. Hayek’s Political Economy"
Nikolai G. Wenzel, Florida Gulf Coast University (Contact Author)

"The Effect of Economic Freedom on Civil Liberties in the Short Run"
Robert Szarka, University of Connecticut (Contact Author)

"Political Candidates as Entrepreneurs: A Kirznerian Perspective"
M. Garrett Roth, Gannon University (Contact Author)

"The Market: Civilizing or Disciplinary Force?"
Erwin Dekker, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 27D
Austrian Monetary Economics

Organizers:

Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

Session Chairs:

Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

Papers:

"Austrian Macroeconomics in Search of Its Uniqueness"
William Luther, Kenyon College (Contact Author)
James P. McElyea, Kenyon College

"International Monetary Policy Effects on Labor Allocation: The U.S. and Latin America"
Nicolas Cachanosky, Metropolitan State University of Denver (Contact Author)

"Nominal Variables and Level Targeting: Supply-Side Problems with Demand-Side Policy"
Alexander Salter, Berry College (Contact Author)
Thomas L. Hogan, Troy University

"The Cinderella Measure of UK Monetary Aggregates: An Introduction to MA"
Anthony John Evans, ESCP Europe (Contact Author)

 

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Saturday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 28D
Public Policy

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Adam Martin, Texas Tech University

Papers:

"Punishment, Proportionality and Knowledge Problems"
Daniel J. D'Amico, Political Theory Project Brown University (Contact Author)
Adam Martin, Texas Tech University

"Incentive Regulation as a Discovery Procedure"
Geoffrey S. Lea, West Virginia University (Contact Author)
Karl A. McDermott, University of Illinois at Springfield

"Structure and Performance in US Municipal Solid Waste Systems"
Meg Patrick, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Comparative Political Economy of Copyright Regimes"
Ryan Safner, George Mason University (Contact Author)

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 27F
Heterogeneity in Austrian Political Economy

Organizers:

Jayme Lemke, Utah State University

Session Chairs:

Jayme Lemke, Utah State University

Papers:

"The Role of Heterogeneity in Austrian Thought: A Brief Survey"
Solomon Stein, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Pastor Response in Post-Katrina New Orleans: Navigating the Cultural Economic Landscape"
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington College (Contact Author)

"Social Groups, Class Structures, and Heterogeneity"
Jayme Lemke, Utah State University (Contact Author)

"The Concepts of Heterogeneity and Diversity in Political Economy"
Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University (Contact Author)

 

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Sunday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 28F
Disasters and Governance

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

Papers:

"Learning by Doing: Who’s Learning? Who’s Doing? And Other Production Function Myths?"
Santiago Gangotena, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Ryan Safner, George Mason University

"Colonial Impact on Governance in West African Chieftaincies"
Liya Palagashvili, New York University (Contact Author)

"The Private in Ostrom’s Polycentrism: A Case Study of Post-Sandy Recovery in One Orthodox Jewish Community"
Laura E. Grube, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Social Learning in Rockaways, NY After Hurricane Sandy"
Stefanie Haeffele-Balch, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Laura E. Grube, George Mason University
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 27G
The Political Economy of Entrepreneurial Capitalism

Organizers:

Paul Dragos Aligica, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Papers:

"Fearing Freedom: The Intellectual and Spiritual Challenge to Liberalism"
Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Entrepreneurial Capitalism: The Microeconomics, Institutions, and Ideology of Sustainable Disequilibrium"
Vlad Tarko, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Paul Dragos Aligica, George Mason University

"Permissionless Innovation: The Continuing Case for Comprehensive Technological Freedom"
Adam Thierer, Mercatus Center (Contact Author)

"The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones: A Case Study of the Dominican Republic"
Lotta Moberg, George Mason University (Contact Author)

 

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Sunday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 28G
Hayek

Organizers:

Paul Lewis, King's College London

Session Chairs:

Paul Lewis, King's College London

Papers:

"The Emergence of ‘Emergence’ in the Work of F.A. Hayek: A Historical Analysis"
Paul Lewis, King's College London (Contact Author)

"Hayek’s Nobel Prize"
Bruce J. Caldwell, Duke University (Contact Author)

"The Intellectual Legacy of South Royalton: IHS's Seminar Program and the Reemergence of Austrian Thought"
Phillip W. Magness, Institute for Humane Studies
Mario Villarreal-Diaz, Institute for Humane Studies

"The Implications of Heterogeneity for Social Science Research"
Peter Lewin, The University of Texas at Dallas (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Karen I. Vaughn, George Mason University

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 27H
War and Conflict

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Papers:

"War and the Growth of Government: An Investigation of the Higgsian Ratchet"
Colin W. O'Reilly, University of Wisconsin Stout (Contact Author)
Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

"A Public Choice Perspective on the Permanent War Economy"
Thomas K. Duncan, Radford University (Contact Author)
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University

"Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Control"
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University
Abigail Hall, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"Choosing Violence: A Praxeological Analysis of Conflict"
Adam C. Smith, Johnson & Wales University (Contact Author)

 

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Sunday
2:00 - 3:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 28H
Equilibration, Cycles and Returns

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Troy Camplin, Southern Methodist University

Papers:

"When Spontaneous Orders Overlap"
Troy Camplin, Southern Methodist University (Contact Author)
Euel Elliott, The University of Texas at Dallas

"Beyond the Death Struggle of Economic Models: Austrian Economics as Defenders of the Unlimited Varieties of Human Genius"
Santiago Pinault, Aix-Marseille Université (Contact Author)

"The Austrian Macroeconomic Models of Static Equilibrium"
Renaud Fillieule, Université de Lille (Contact Author)

 

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Sunday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 27I
The Morality of Capitalism: Roundtable on the Meaning of Markets (Brennan and Jaworski)

Organizers:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Moderators:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Panelists:

Jason Brennan, Georgetown University

James Otteson, Wake Forest University

Karen I. Vaughn, George Mason University

Andrew T. Young, West Virginia University

 

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Sunday
4:00 - 5:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 28I
A Random Walk

Organizers:

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

Session Chairs:

Richard Ebeling, The Citadel

Papers:

"Child Brides"
Paola Andrea Suarez, George Mason University (Contact Author)

"What Does Mises Really Say About Empiricism in Economics?"
George Bragues, University of Guelph-Humber (Contact Author)

"Dynamics of Intervention in the War on Drugs: The Build-Up to the Harrison Act of 1914"
Audrey Redford, Texas Tech University (Contact Author)

 

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Monday
8:00 - 9:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 27J
Carl Menger Essay Contest Winning Papers

Organizers:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University

Session Chairs:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University

Papers:

Discussants:

Jeremy Horpedahl, Buena Vista University
Daniel J. Smith, Troy University
Michael David Thomas, Creighton University
Adam Martin, Texas Tech University

 

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Monday
10:00 - 11:45 a.m.
SDAE
Session 27K
Don Lavoie Graduate Student Paper Competition Winning Papers

Organizers:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Session Chairs:

Peter J. Boettke, George Mason University

Papers:

Discussants:

David Prychitko, Northern Michigan University
Emily Chamlee-Wright, Washington College
Steven G. Horwitz, St. Lawrence University
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

 

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Monday
1:00 - 2:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 27L
Entrepreneurship Across Institutions I

Organizers:

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College

Session Chairs:

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College

Papers:

"Alertness, Feedback, Competition and the Social Entrepreneurial Process"
Laura E. Grube, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Virgil Henry Storr, George Mason University

"Which Institutions Matter for Transitional Entrepreneurship and How?"
Olga Nicoara, Denison University (Contact Author)

"The Relevance and Contributions of the Ostroms to Law and Economics"
Liya Palagashvili, New York University (Contact Author)
Shruti Rajagopalan, SUNY, Purchase College

"Is Entrepreneurial Gain Always Coordinative? IG Farben from Leuna to Monowitz"
Harrison Searles, George Mason University (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Pavel Kuchar, Guanajuato University
Meg Patrick, George Mason University
Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College

 

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Monday
3:00 - 4:45 p.m.
SDAE
Session 27M
Entrepreneurship Across Institutions II

Organizers:

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College

Session Chairs:

Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College

Papers:

"Surrogate Motherhood: Entrepreneurship and Beliefs"
Pavel Kuchar, Guanajuato University (Contact Author)

"Entrepreneurship and Political Action in Mixed Economies: Paretian Themes in the Generation of Societal Tectonics"
Meg Patrick, George Mason University (Contact Author)
Richard E. Wagner, George Mason University

"Excludability, Entrepreneurship, and Revenue Models"
Marta Podemska-Mikluch, Gustavus Adolphus College (Contact Author)

Discussants:

Laura E. Grube, George Mason University
Olga Nicoara, Denison University
Liya Palagashvili, New York University
Harrison Searles, George Mason University

 

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