Peter Leeson

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Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsDuncan Black Professor of Economics and Law, George Mason University
Dr. Peter T. Leeson is a Senior Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for the Advanced Study of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center, the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University, and the Editor-in-Chief of Public Choice.
Formerly, Leeson was Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Visiting Fellow in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University, and F.A. Hayek Fellow at the London School of Economics. In 2012, Big Think listed him among "Eight of the World's Top Young Economists."
He is the author of numerous books, including The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (Princeton University Press, 2011), Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird (Stanford Economics and Finance, 2017).
For further publications by Leeson, visit his website.
Latest Work
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Why rational choice? Reconciling Kornai with rational choice theory
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Externality and taboo: Resolving the Judaic pig puzzle
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The economic – and anthropological? – view of supernatural institutions
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Austrian Economics and Economic Policy

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A normal market
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American pandhandlers
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Hobo Economicus
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Trading with the Dead
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A Reply to a Replication of “Weathering Corruption” ( Journal of Law and Economics, 2008)
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The golden age of mercenaries
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Why rational choice? Reconciling Kornai with rational choice theory
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Externality and taboo: Resolving the Judaic pig puzzle
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The economic – and anthropological? – view of supernatural institutions
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Austrian Economics and Economic Policy

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A normal market
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
American pandhandlers
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Hobo Economicus
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Trading with the Dead
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A Reply to a Replication of “Weathering Corruption” ( Journal of Law and Economics, 2008)
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The golden age of mercenaries
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Why rational choice? Reconciling Kornai with rational choice theory
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Externality and taboo: Resolving the Judaic pig puzzle
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The economic – and anthropological? – view of supernatural institutions
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Austrian Economics and Economic Policy

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A normal market
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
American pandhandlers
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Hobo Economicus
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Trading with the Dead
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A Reply to a Replication of “Weathering Corruption” ( Journal of Law and Economics, 2008)
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles