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Gerard Alexander

Professor of Politics, University of Virginia

Gerard Alexander is associate professor of politics at the University of Virginia. His research interests include democratic transitions and consolidation, empirical democratic theory, conservative politics, and the politics of advanced industrial societies, particularly in Western Europe.

Benito Arrunada

Professor of Business Organization, Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Benito Arruñada is Professor of Business Organization at the Department of Economics and Business at Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona.

George Ayittey

Distinguished Economist in Residence, American University

Dr. Ayittey is a distinguished economist in residence at American University and founder and president of the Free Africa Foundation. His areas of expertise include economic development, the World Bank, IMF, and democratization of Africa.

Dr. Ayittey is the author of numerous op-eds…

Scott Beaulier

Adams-Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise
Executive Director, Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy
Associate Professor of Economics, Troy University

Scott Beaulier is the Adams-Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Economics at Troy University. He is also the the Executive Director of Troy University's Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy.

Tom Bell

Professor of Law, Chapman University

Professor Bell is a professor of law at Chapman University, in Orange, California. His areas of expertise include telecommunications deregulation, Internet law, intellectual property, and public policy for the high-tech industry.

John Blundell

Director General & Ralph Harris Fellow of the Institute of Economic Affairs

Mr. Blundell has dedicated his career to ensuring that personal liberty is a leading concern in policy and academic discussions the world over. In his role in Enterprise Africa! he continues this effort by helping to bring the information collected…

Karol Boudreaux

Mercatus Center Affiliated Research Fellow

Karol Boudreaux is an affiliated senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center. Her primary research interests are the institutional analysis of property rights, land tenure, natural resource management, and international development.

Wade Channell

Senior Legal Reform Advisor, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Wade Channell is a Senior Legal Reform Advisor for the U.S. Agency for International Development where he covers business environment and regulatory reform issues as part of the economic growth agenda. After practicing international commercial law for eight years,…

Michael J. Clark

Assistant Professor, Hillsdale College

Michael J. Clark received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University in 2011 and is currently an Assistant Professor at Hillsdale College.

Jay Cochran

Jay Cochran is an adjunct professor of economics at George Mason University. He holds a PhD in Economics from George Mason University and an MBA from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University.

Christopher J. Conover

Mercatus Center Affiliated Senior Scholar
Research Scholar in the Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research at Duke University

Christopher J. Conover is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a research scholar at the Center for Health Policy & Inequalities Research at Duke University.

David Borys

Dr. David Borys is a senior lecturer at the Victorian Institute of Occupational Safety and Health for the University of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia.

Antony Davies

Associate Professor of Economics, Duquesne University

Antony Davies is associate professor of economics at Duquesne University and Mercatus Affiliated Senior Scholar at George Mason University. His primary research interests include econometrics, public policy, and economic psychology.

Hernando de Soto

President, Institute for Liberty and Democracy

Hernando de Soto is a world-renowned economist known for his work on the importance of property rights. His most popular books include "The Mystery of Capital" and "The Other Path: The Economic…

Pierre Desrochers

Mercatus Center Affiliated Scholar
Associate Professor of Geography, University of Toronto - Mississauga

Pierre Desrochers is an Affiliated Scholar with the Mercatus Center and associate professor of geography at the University of Toronto. His main research interests are economic development, technological change and business-environment interactions. He has published widely on these and other…

Antony Dnes

Chair in Economics, University of Hull in the UK
Visiting Professor, University of San Diego

Antony Dnes is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His primary research interests are in the economics of law and regulation.

Susan Dudley

Director, George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center
Research Professor, Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration at George Washington University

Susan Dudley directs the George Washington University Regulatory Studies Center and is a Research Professor in the Trachtenberg School of Public Policy & Public Administration.

Steven D. Ealy

Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund, Inc.

Steven D. Ealy is a Senior Fellow at Liberty Fund, Inc. Prior to becoming a fellow at Liberty Fund, Ealy was a professor of political science at Armstrong Atlantic State University.

Paul Edwards

Mercatus Center Distinguished Affiliated Scholar

Paul Edwards is a distinguished affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Dr. Edwards' research focuses on the social and institutional bases for the rule of law, the protection of private property, the sanctity of contract, and…

Jean Ensminger

Edie and Lew Wasserman Professor of Anthropology, California Institute of Technology

Jean E. Ensminger is a professor of anthropology at the California Institute of Technology. She is an uncommon anthropologist: her line of research is known as experimental economics.

Dr. Ensminger is interested in how people make economic decisions, and her work involves running experiments—described…

Anthony Evans

Assistant Professor of Economics, ESCP-EAP European School of Management

Anthony J. Evans is Assistant Professor of Economics, and Course Director, MEB London at ESCP-EAP European School of Management.

Francis Fukuyama

Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University

Francis Fukuyama is the Olivier Nomellini Senior Fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Sebastian Galiani

James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor, Washington University in St. Louis

Sebastian Galiani is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis.

John Garen

Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky

John Garen is the Gatton Endowed Professor of Economics at the University of Kentucky.

Peter Gordon

Mercatus Center Affiliated Senior Scholar
Professor of Real Estate Economics and Public Policy, University of Southern California

Peter Gordon is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center. His primary research interests are the economic impact of natural events or terrorism, urban economics, and urban planning.

Avner Greif

Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences, Stanford University

Avner Greif is a professor of economics at Stanford University, where he holds the Bowman Family Endowed Professor in Humanities & Sciences.

David Haddock

Professor of Law and Economics, Northwestern University

David Haddock is Professor of Law and Economics at Northwestern University's School of Law and Department of Economics, respectively. He is also Senior Fellow at the Property and Environmental Research Center (PERC) and Faculty Associate of Legal Studies at Northwestern…

Andrew Hale

Emeritus Professor of Safety Science, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands

Dr. Andrew Hale is the Emeritus Professor of Safety Science at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, and Chairman of HASTAM in the United Kingdom.

John Hasnas

Associate Professor of Business, McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University

John Hasnas is an associate professor of business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, where he teaches courses in ethics and law. He holds JD and PhD (philosophy) degrees from Duke University and an…

David R. Henderson

Associate Professor of Economics, Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey

David Henderson is an associate professor of economics at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, research fellow at the Hoover Institute, and editor of The Fortune Encyclopedia of Economics, a compendium of essays from 141…

Robert Higgs

Senior Fellow in Political Economy and Editor of the Independent Review, Independent Institute

Robert Higgs is Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute and Editor of the Institute’s quarterly journal The Independent Review . He received his Ph.D. in economics from Johns Hopkins University, and he has taught at the…

P.J. Hill

Professor Emeritus of Economics, Wheaton College

P.J. Hill is professor emeritus of economics at Wheaton College.

Steven Horwitz

Affiliated Senior Scholar
Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics, St. Lawrence University

Steven Horwitz is a Mercatus Center Affiliated Senior Scholar, the Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics and department chair at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY. He completed his MA and PhD in economics at George Mason University and…

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Associate Professor of Economics, San Jose State University

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics at San Jose State University. He teaches both economics and history and his research interests include macroeconomics, monetary theory and history, the economics of war and defense,…

Laurence Iannaccone

Director, Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society, Chapman University
Professor of Economics, Chapman University

Dr. Laurence R. Iannaccone is a Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of Religion, Economics, and Society at Chapman University.

Dwight M. Jaffee

Booth Professor of Banking and Finance at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley

Dwight Jaffee is the Willis Booth Professor of Banking, Finance, and Real Estate at the Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley.

Amalia Kessler

Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar, Stanford University School of Law

Amalia Kessler is Professor of Law and the Helen L. Crocker Faculty Scholar at Stanford University's School of Law. She also maintains a courtesy appointment with the Stanford University's Department of History. Previously, she was a trial attorney in the…

Don W. King

Don W. King is a senior scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His primary research interests include health care policy and reform.

Daniel Klein

Professor of Economics, George Mason University

Daniel Klein is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He holds degrees from George Mason University and New York University, where in both cases he studied the classical liberal traditions of economics. His teaching focuses on economic principles…

Arnold Kling

Mercatus Center Affiliated Senior Scholar
Member, Financial Markets Working Group
Former Economist, Federal Reserve and Freddie Mac

Arnold Kling is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University where he is also a member of the Financial Markets Working Group. He draws on his experience at Freddie Mac and the Federal Reserve to…

Meir Kohn

Mercatus Center Affiliated Senior Scholar
Professor of Economics, Dartmouth College

Dr. Meir Kohn is an affiliated senior scholar with the Mercatus Center and a professor of economics at Dartmouth College. His research focuses on economic development and growth, with a special emphasis on pre-industrial Europe.

Dr. Kohn received his PhD from…

Timur Kuran

Professor of Economics and Political Science and Gorter Family Chair in Islamic Studies, Duke University

Timur Kuran is Professor of Economics and Political Science, and Gorter Family Chair in Islamic Studies at Duke University.

Sean Lawson

Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Utah

Sean Lawson is an assistant professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Utah.

Amnon Lehavi

Senior Lecturer and Director of Real Estate Studies at the Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center

Amnon Lehavi is Senior Lecturer (tenured) and Director of Real Estate Studies at the Radzyner School of Law, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya, Israel. Prof. Lehavi is the winner of 2007 Tzeltner Prize for outstanding young legal scholar and the…

David Levy

Professor of Economics, George Mason University

David Levy is a professor of economics at George Mason University. His research specialties include the relationship of spending to productivity in research and development, and the statistical estimation of ethics in consumer choice.

David Levy's PhD is from the University of…

Gary Libecap

Professor of Corporate Environmental Management, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gary Libecap came to the Bren School in 2006 after more than twenty years at the University of Arizona, Tucson, where, in addition to teaching business, law, and economics, often in a natural resource context, he developed and directed the…

Jody Lipford

Professor of Economics, Presbyterian College

Jody Lipford is a professor and department chair of economics at Presbyterian College in South Carolina.

Steven Malanga

Steven Malanga is City Journal's senior editor, a Manhattan Institute senior fellow, and a RealClearMarkets.com columnist.

Michael L. Marlow

Michael L. Marlow is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and professor of economics and distinguished scholar at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Deirdre McCloskey

Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication, University of Illinois, Chicago
Extraordinary Professor of Economics and English, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Professor of Social Thought, Academia Vitae, Deventer, The Netherlands

Deirdre N. McCloskey is the UIC Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Trained at Harvard as an economist, she has written fourteen books and edited seven more, and has published some…

Richard Messick

Senior Public Sector Specialist in the Public Sector and Governance Group, World Bank

Richard E. Messick joined the World Bank in April 1997 as a Senior Public Sector Specialist in the Public Sector and Governance Group to advise Bank staff on judicial reform. He now counsels staff and policymakers in Bank client countries…

Joel Mokyr

Professor of Economic History, Northwestern University

Professor Joel Mokyr is an expert on the economic history of Europe, and specializes in the period 1750- 1914. His current research is concerned with the understanding of the economic roots of technological progress and the growth of useful knowledge…

Andrew Morriss

Mercatus Center Senior Scholar
D. Paul Jones, Jr. & Charlene Angelich Jones Chairholder of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law

Andrew P. Morriss is a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His primary research interests are energy issues, environmental regulation, and the development of offshore financial centers.

Sean Mulholland

Associate Professor of Economics, Stonehill College

Dr. Mulholland is currently Associate Professor of Economics at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts and a lead scholar on the Mercatus Center’s Regulatory Report Card Project.

Fred Nelson

Director, Maliasili Initiatives Ltd (Tanzania)

Fred Nelson has worked on community-based natural resource management, ecotourism, and conservation policy in eastern Africa since 1998. From 2000-2005 he served as the first Tanzania programme director for the Sand County Foundation Community Based Conservation Network, working with…

Douglass North

Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis

Professor Douglass North is the Spencer T. Olin Professor in Arts and Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis. Douglass C. North's major interest is the evolution of economic and political institutions. The effects of institutions on the development of economies…

Erin O'Hara

Professor of Law, Vanderbilt University

Erin O'Hara is a professor of law at Vanderbilt University, where she joined the faculty in 2001. Her most recent work includes a series of important articles on the choice of law.

Recently, she was visiting associate professor at Georgetown University…

Joyce Palomar

Judge Haskell A. Holloman Professor of Law and Presidential Professor, University of Oklahoma College of Law

Joyce Palomar is Judge Haskell A. Holloman Professor of Law and a Presidential Professor at the University of Oklahoma, College of Law. Previously to her position at the University of Oklahoma, she taught as a Fulbright Lecturer at East China…

David M. Primo

Associate Professor of Political Science and Business Administration, University of Rochester

David M. Primo is a senior scholar at the Mercatus Center and an associate professor of political science and business administration at the University of Rochester. His current research focuses on the value of legislative “pork” for reelection, the politics…

David Prychitko

Professor of Economics, Northern Michigan University

David Prychitko is professor of economics at Northern Michigan University, where his teaching interests include the American economy, constitutional political economy, and the history of economic thought.

William Ruger

Affiliated Scholar, Mercatus Center
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Texas State University - San Marcos

William P. Ruger is an assistant professor in the political science department at Texas State University. He has been an affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University since 2008.

Jolyne Sanjak

Managing Director for Implementation Support, Department of Compact Implementation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC)

Dr. Jolyne Sanjak is the Managing Director for Implementation Support in the Department of Compact Implementation at the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). Previously, she served as Senior Director leading the Agriculture and Land teams and as MCC’s Practice Leader for…

Frederic Sautet

Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, the Catholic University of America

Dr. Frederic Sautet is a former senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also the former senior editor of the Mercatus Policy Series.

David Schmidtz

Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and Joint Professor of Economics, University of Arizona

Dr. Schmidtz is the Kendrick Professor of Philosophy and joint Professor of Economics at the University of Arizona. He has published six books. His articles have appeared in publications such as the Journal of Philosophy and Ethics, and nineteen have been…

Houman Shadab

Member, Financial Markets Working Group
Associate Professor of Law, New York Law School

Houman B. Shadab is a member of the Financial Markets Working Group at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His primary research interests are financial law and regulation including areas such as hedge funds and derivatives.

Andrei Shleifer

Professor of Economics, Harvard University

Andrei Shleifer is a professor of economics at Harvard University. He has published nearly 100 articles in the areas of financial economics, corporate governance, economic growth, and problems of transition from socialism. Previously, he was editor of the Quarterly Journal…

Jason Sorens

Affiliated Scholar, Mercatus Center
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University of Buffalo (SUNY)

Jason Sorens is an assistant professor in the political science department at the University at Buffalo (SUNY). He has been an affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University since 2008. …

Edward Stringham

Lloyd V. Hackley Endowed Professor for the Study of Capitalism and Free Enterprise, Fayetteville State University

Edward P. Stringham is the Lloyd V. Hackley Endowed Professor for the Study of Capitalism and Free Enterprise, Fayetteville State University.

Daniel Sutter

Mercatus Center Affiliated Senior Scholar
Professor of Economics, Troy University

Daniel Sutter is an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His primary research interests include the economics of the weather.

John Tomasi

Professor of Political Science, Brown University

John Tomasi is Professor of Political Science and Philosophy at Brown University, where he is founding Director of the Political Theory Project. He is a University Associate and Research Professor at the University of Arizona’s Center for the Philosophy of…

Mario Villarreal-Diaz

Mercatus Center Affiliated Scholar
Professor of Economics, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey

Mario Villarreal-Diaz is affiliated scholar at the Mercatus Center and professor of public policy and director of the graduate program at the Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico.

Richard Wagner

Hobart R. Harris Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Senior Fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Richard E. Wagner is Hobart R. Harris Professor of Economics at George Mason University. His primary research interests include public finance, macroeconomics, and political economy.

Melinda Warren

Director, Weidenbaum Center Forum

Melinda Warren has directed the Weidenbaum Center Forum at Washington University in St. Louis since 2001. Previously, she was the Associate Director of the Center for the Study of American…

Barry Weingast

Ward C. Krebs Family Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

Barry R. Weingast is Ward C. Krebs Family Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University and senior fellow at the Hoover Institution. Weingast is an expert in political economy and public policy, the political foundation of markets…

Kenneth R. Weinstein

Chief Executive Officer, Hudson Institute

Kenneth R. Weinstein is Chief Executive Officer of Hudson Institute. He oversees the institute's research, project management, external affairs, marketing, and government relations efforts.

A political theorist by training, Dr. Weinstein has written widely on international affairs for leading publications in…

Lawrence H. White

Member, Financial Markets Working Group
Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center
Senior Fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

Lawrence H. White is a professor of economics at George Mason University. His primary research interests include monetary theory and policy, history of banking and financial institutions, and central banking.

Lawrence J. White

Member, Financial Markets Working Group
Arthur E. Imperatore Professor of Economics at New York University's Stern School of Business
Deputy Chair of the Economics Department at New York University's Stern School of Business

Lawrence J. White is a member of the Financial Markets Working Group at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. His primary research interests include financial regulation, antitrust, network industries, international banking, and applied microeconomics.

Giorgio Zanarone

Assistant Professor, Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financiers (CUNEF) in Madrid, Spain

Giorgio Zanarone is an Assistant Professor at the Colegio Universitario de Estudios Financiers (CUNEF) in Madrid, Spain. His research interests include business economics, organizational economics, business strategy, industrial organization, and law and economics. Prof. Zanarone has published in the Journal…