2026 Conference Program

Thursday

1:00 pm-6:30 pm

1.   Registration & Badge Pickup
Thursday | 1:00 pm-6:30 pm | Registration Desk

2:00 pm-3:00 pm

2.   Executive Committee Meeting
Thursday | 2:00 pm-3:00 pm | Travis

4:15 pm-5:45 pm

3.   Plenary Session 1: Legitimacy in the Age of AI: Models and Measurement [Presidential Session]
Thursday | 4:15 pm-5:45 pm | Salon C

Presider: John Aldrich, Duke University

Panelists:

• John Patty, Emory University
• Elizabeth Maggie Penn, Emory University

5:45 pm-7:15 pm

4.   Welcome Cocktail Reception
Thursday | 5:45 pm-7:15 pm | River Terrace & Patio

7:15 pm-11:59 pm

5.   Dinner on Own
Thursday | 7:15 pm-11:59 pm | San Antonio Riverwalk

Friday

7:00 am-8:00 am

6.   Gather: Coffee, Tea, and Small Bites | Sponsored by AIER Public Choice & Public Policy Project
Friday | 7:00 am-8:00 am | Salon D

7:00 am-5:00 pm

7.   Registration & Badge Pickup
Friday | 7:00 am-5:00 pm | Registration Desk

8:00 am-9:30 am

8.   Developing Scholars — International Public Policy and Public Choice [Organized Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Bowie

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Jedediah Pida-Reese, Creighton University

• Remembering and Forgetting Past Atrocities: Institutional Memory and the Politics of Remembrance in India.   Shey Desai, Arizona State University
• Implications of Sino-Indian Rivalry in India -Bangladesh Watercourse Sharing: A geopolitical perspective.   Tushrat Asha, Truman State University
• Water Extraction and Corporate Accountability: Health Consequences of Privatizing a Human Right.   Victoria Agnentchoue, University of Texas at Dallas

9.   The Logic of Rent-Seeking: Behavior, Barriers & Intervention [General Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Milam

Presider: Donghyuk Kim, Iowa State University

• Proactive or reactive: Conflict-reducing timing of third-party intervention in a rent-seeking contest.   Ryota Tsuchiya, The University of Tokyo
• Probability Weighting and Heterogeneity in Contests.   Zhe Yang, Wofford College
• Removing Unnecessary Licensing Barriers of Building Trades for the Next Generation of Home Builders.   Kyle John Sweetland, Pacific Legal Foundation; and Caitlin Styrsky, PLF
• The Cost and Benefit of Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Texas Electric Vehicle Markets.   Donghyuk Kim, Iowa State University; and Shin-Ru Yang, Iowa State University

Discussants:

• Kyle John Sweetland, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Caitlin Styrsky, PLF
• Donghyuk Kim, Iowa State University
• Ryota Tsuchiya, The University of Tokyo
• Zhe Yang, Wofford College

10.   Historical Political Economy [Organized Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Riverview

Organizer: Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University
Presider: Alexander Taylor, University of Evansville

• The Political Economy of Dynastic Competition in Prince-Bishop Elections.   Paul Lowood, Texas Tech University
• The King’s French: The Political Economy of Language.   Alexander Taylor, University of Evansville; and Jacob Hall, Ohio State University
• The Heterogeneous Effects of Historical Mission Exposure and Indigenous Development.   Patrick Fitzsimmons, University of Pennsylvania

Discussants:

• Alexander Taylor, University of Evansville
• Paul Lowood, Texas Tech University
• Patrick Fitzsimmons, University of Pennsylvania

11.   Layers of Leviathan: Incentives & Accountability in Subnational Government [General Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon A

Presider: Dmitriy Vorobyev, ERUNI, Czech Republic

• Municipal Bankruptcy and Cost of Debt.   Anand Jha, Wayne State University; Chandan Jha, Le Moyne College; and Swarup Joshi, Independent Researcher
• Tax Autonomy, Accountability, and Cost Efficiency: evidence from US school districts.   Laiyang Ke, University of North Texas; and Jorge Martinez-Vazquez, Georgia State University
• Who Is to Blame (or Praise)? Perceived Service Quality and Responsibility in Multilevel Government.   Dmitriy Vorobyev, ERUNI, Czech Republic; Roberto Zotti, University of Turin; Pierluigi Conzo, University of Turin; Tommasso Capezzone, University of Turin; and Willem Sas, Hasselt University

Discussants:

• Dmitriy Vorobyev, ERUNI, Czech Republic
• Chandan Jha, Le Moyne College
• Laiyang Ke, University of North Texas

12.   Roundtable on Fiscal and Monetary Policy [Organized Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon B

Organizer: Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University
Presider: James Dean, Western Carolina University

• When the Trust Funds Run Dry: The Price Level May Do the Adjusting If Congress Doesn’t.   Veronique de Rugy, George Mason University
• Monetary Policy Robustness under Fiscal Stress.   James Dean, Western Carolina University
• Money and the Rule of Law.   Alexander Salter, Texas Tech University
• Collusion in a Crisis: Monetary-Fiscal Coordination and the Fiscal Theory of the Price Level in the COVID-19 Era.   Jeremy Horpedahl, University of Central Arkansas

Panelists:

• Veronique de Rugy, George Mason University
• James Dean, Western Carolina University
• Alexander Salter, Texas Tech University
• Jeremy Horpedahl, University of Central Arkansas

13.   Foundations of Liberty: Rules, Exchange & Constitutional Choice [General Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon C

Presider: Roger Congleton, West Virginia University

• Constitutional Exchange in Illiberal Settings: How Liberal Democracies May Unravel.   Roger Congleton, West Virginia University
• The Calculus of Consent and Political Philosophy: Brian Barry’s Intuitionist Critique.   Giacomo Brioni, University of Pisa

Discussants:

• Giacomo Brioni, University of Pisa
• Gabriel Benzecry, Northwood University
• Roger Congleton, West Virginia University
• Hartmut Kliemt, Justus Liebig

14.   Public Choice in Latin America [Organized Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon E

Organizers: JP Bastos, Texas Tech University; Nicolas Cachanosky, University of Texas, El Paso
Presider: Nicolas Cachanosky, University of Texas, El Paso

• We the People! What People? Conflict and Secession in Post-Independence Spanish America.   Daniel Sanchez Pinol, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Getting a Seat at the Table: The Impact of the 2014 Lobbying Reform in Chile on Local Development.   Adam Swisher, Texas Tech University
• Populism by the Numbers: Constructing an Index of Populist Rhetoric in 21st-Century Latin America.   André Pyles Siqueira, Mackenzie Presbyterian University; and Vladimir Maciel, Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

15.   Counting Consent: Rules, Reform & Thresholds of Divergence [General Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon F

Presider: John Aldrich, Duke University

• Disruptive Secession or Novel Constitution: the Decline of (Hard) Forking on Cryptocurrency Networks.   Eric Alston, University of Colorado
• Primaries, Caucuses, and Momentum: Theory and Evidence from 48 years of Presidential Nomination Campaigns.   John Aldrich, Duke University; James Granato, University of Houston; Arvind Krishnamurthy, Ohio State University; Man Chiu Wong, University of Houston; and Phuong Pham, University of Rochester
• Congress in One and Two Dimensions.   William Bianco, Indiana University; and John Aldrich, Duke University
• Missing Consensus: Failure to Seize the Constitutional Moment(s) in Chile.   Nathanael Baugus, Duke University

Discussants:

• John Aldrich, Duke University
• Eric Alston, University of Colorado
• William Bianco, Indiana University
• Nathanael Baugus, Duke University

16.   Estimating parameters of voting systems [Organized Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Travis

Organizer: Marek Kaminski, UC Irvine
Presider: Marek Kaminski, UC Irvine

• Is Brazil Politically Polarized? Assessing the Form of Dissent in Preferences over Candidates.   Marcelo Maciel, University of California, Irvine
• Using a Spatial Model to Estimate Frequencies of Cycles.   Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University

17.   The Political Economy of Populism [Organized Session]
Friday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Valero

Organizer: Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Presider: Christian Bjørnskov,

• Incongruent Values and Populist Voting.   Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics; and Christian Bjørnskov,
• Fighting Populism by Rethinking Welfare.   Nils Karlson, The Ratio Institutet
• Tracking Populism in Parliamentary Discourse: A Text Mining Analysis of Speeches from the Polish Parliament.   Jacek Lewkowicz, University of Warsaw; Jan Fałkowski, University of Warsaw; and Eliza Hałatek, University of Warsaw
• Three Responses to Cronyism: Populism, Anarcho Capitalism, and Classical Liberalism in Javier Milei’s Argentina.   Nils Hesse, Die Dezentrale

Discussants:

• Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
• Nils Hesse, Die Dezentrale
• Nils Karlson, The Ratio Institutet
• Jacek Lewkowicz, University of Warsaw

9:30 am-10:00 am

18.   Coffee Break | Sponsored by Center for Public Choice & Market Process at the College of Charleston
Friday | 9:30 am-10:00 am | Salon D

10:00 am-11:20 am

19.   Plenary Session 2: On Exchange [Presidential Session]
Friday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Salon C

Presider: John Aldrich, Duke University

• On Exchange.   Hartmut Kliemt, Justus Liebig; and Geoffrey Brennan, The Great Library Above

11:20 am-12:50 pm

20.   Southeastern Centers Meetup – Invitation Required
Friday | 11:20 am-12:50 pm | Bonham

21.   IHS Graduate Student Luncheon – Invitation Required
Friday | 11:20 am-12:50 pm | Salon A

1:00 pm-2:30 pm

22.   Institutions and Culture [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Bowie

Organizer: Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
Presider: Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics

• Beyond Policy Nihilism: Does the Impact of Economic Policy Depend on Culture?.   Lewis Davis, Union College; and Yang Jiao, Texas A&M University – Texarkana
• Hayek’s Twofold Contribution to Law and Economics.   Daniel Nientiedt, Walter Eucken Institute
• Disentangling Individualism and Economic Freedom.   Claudia Kramer, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; and Lewis Davis, Union College
• How Do People Reason about Constitutional Violations?.   Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska, University of Warsaw; and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz, Leiden University

Discussants:

• Katarzyna Metelska-Szaniawska, University of Warsaw
• Lewis Davis, Union College
• Claudia Kramer, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Daniel Nientiedt, Walter Eucken Institute

23.   Institutions, Social Capital, and Political Economy [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Milam

Organizer: Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Presider: Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Texas Tech University

• Religiosity and Development: The Causal Effect of Church Membership on Income.   James Horton, Methodist University; and Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Texas Tech University
• Does Social Trust Amplify Knowledge Transfers? Evidence from Inventor Networks.   Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette; and Christian Bjørnskov,
• Did the Syrian Refugee Crisis Destroy European Economic Freedom?.   Leonel Regalado Cardoso, Texas Tech Uinversity; and Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University
• Populism and the Strategic Allocation of Entrepreneurial Effort.   Daniel Bennett, University of Louisville; and Christopher Boudreaux, Florida Atlantic University

24.   AI, Discretion & Administrative Failure [General Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Riverview

Presider: Mark Crain, Lafayette College

• Discretionary Procurement Flexibilization, Efficiency, and Rent-Seeking: Evidence from Chile During COVID-19.   Edgar Castro Mendez, Tecnológico de Monterrey; Anastasiya Yarygina, Inter-American Development Bank; and Matias Villalba Ortega, Inter-American Development Bank
• Stop the Squawk: Incentives, Legibility, and the Efficiency Gap in Public AI.   Ryan Quandt, Cicero Institute; and Elena Gonzalez, Cicero Institute
• Reclaiming the Regulatory Commons: A Property Rights Perspective on Administrative Design.   Mark Crain, Lafayette College

Discussants:

• Ryan Quandt, Cicero Institute
• Mark Crain, Lafayette College
• Edgar Castro Mendez, Tecnológico de Monterrey

25.   Georgism, Land Value Taxation, and Public Choice [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Salon B

Organizer: John Meadowcroft, King`s College London
Presider: John Meadowcroft, King`s College London

• Why the Unimproved Rental Value of Improved Land Can Be Assessed Appropriately.   Nicolaus Tideman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University
• Epistemic Georgism.   Otto Lehto, New York University
• Developers Can Solve the Housing Crisis.   Paul Forrester, Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania
• Economic Democracy: A Left-Libertarian Perspective.   Martin Jacobson, Uppsala University

26.   Humanomics and Artificial Intelligence [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Salon C

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Ravi Roy, Southern Utah University

• Decentralized Markets as a Parallel Distributed Processing (PDP) System.   Ravi Roy, Southern Utah University; and Art Denzau, Retired
• Humanomics, AI, Systems Thinking, and a Novel and Necessary Approach to Decision-Making from Dante’s 14th Century.   Alexander Schmid, Louisiana State University
• The confluence of humanomics and neuroeconomics on economic cooperation.   Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research; Ravi Roy, Southern Utah University; and Mostafa Deldoost, University of Warsaw

27.   Bureaucratic Experts & the Logic of Administrative Power [General Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Salon E

Presider: Jon Murphy, Nicholls State University

• Entrepreneurs in Bureaucracy: Testing the Limits of Market Logic in Government.   Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston; and Mikayla Novak, Mercatus Center
• Sterilization Laws, Eugenics, and the Rise of US State Asylums in the 19th Century.   Vincent Geloso, George Mason University; and Ray March, Angelo State University
• The Budget-Maximizing Peacemaker? Defense Bureaus as Overproducers of Peace and Manufactured Conflict.   Thomas Hughes, George Mason University
• The Bureaucratic Expert.   Jon Murphy, Nicholls State University

Discussants:

• Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston
• Thomas Hughes, George Mason University
• Jon Murphy, Nicholls State University
• Raymond March, Angelo State University

28.   The Political Economy of Trumponomics [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Salon F

Organizer: Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University
Presider: Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University

• Party Politics and Economics in the Trump Era.   John Aldrich, Duke University
• The Tariff-Men of Abominations: Understanding Trump’s Trade Agenda through Public Choice.   Phil Magness, Independent Institute
• Trumponomics and the Populist Pathology.   Nils Karlson, The Ratio Institutet
• Is it Mercantilism? The Virginia School’s ‘Violent Attack’ on Trumponomics.   Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University

Panelists:

• Phil Magness, Independent Institute
• Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University
• Nils Karlson, The Ratio Institutet
• John Aldrich, Duke University

29.   Public Choice in Latin America: Coups, Rent-Seeking, and Political Instability [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Travis

Organizer: Ricardo R. Noé, University of Houston-Downtown
Presider: Ricardo R. Noé, University of Houston-Downtown

• From Cooperation to Control: How ALBA Enables International Rent-Seeking.   Tom Hanna, University of Houston
• Repression after Coups: The Role of Deposed Leader Partisanship.   Christian Bjørnskov, ; and Lasse Aaskoven, University of South Denmark
• Despues del Golpe: A Case Study on Democratic Backsliding in Latin America.   Henry Moncrieff, Kellogg Institute at the University of Notre Dame; and Ricardo R. Noé, University of Houston-Downtown
• Going Bananas: Rent-Seeking and Regime Stability in 20th Century Honduras.   Ricardo R. Noé, University of Houston-Downtown

30.   Weird (Social) Science I: Vampires, Virgins, Witches, and Relics [Organized Session]
Friday | 1:00 pm-2:30 pm | Valero

Organizer: Anthony Gill, University of Washington
Presider: Anthony Gill, University of Washington

• Virginity Tests.   Jordan Hillman, Metropolitan State University of Denver
• The Economics of New England Witchcraft.   Peter Hazlett, New York University
• Bargaining for Saints: Asymmetric Information in the Market for Catholic Relics.   Benjamin William Bauer, George Mason University
• Vampirism: A Political Economy Horror Story.   Ennio Eamanuele Piano, University of Mississippi; and Peter Hazlett, New York University

2:30 pm-2:40 pm

31.   Break
Friday | 2:30 pm-2:40 pm | Salon D

2:40 pm-4:10 pm

32.   Rules on the Margin: Conflict, Governance & Institutional Change [General Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Bowie

Presider: Charles Remien, George Mason University

• Military Coups, Learning Dynamics, and Resource Rents: Theory and Evidence.   Dimitris Christopoulos, Athens University of Economics and Business; Bryan Cutsinger, Florida Atlantic University; and Joao Faria, Florida Atlantic University
• Rebel Governance and State Capacity.   Leonid Krasnozhon, Loyola University New Orleans; and Sang Hoo Bae, Clark University
• The Political Economy of Progressive Era Child-Labor Regulation: Evidence from North Carolina.   Will Damron, UNC Wilmington
• The Silver Age of Mercenaries: How Population Decline Drove a Return to Mercenary Armies.   Charles Remien, George Mason University; and Thomas Hughes, George Mason University

Discussants:

• Will Damron, UNC Wilmington
• Charles Remien, George Mason University
• Bryan Cutsinger, Florida Atlantic University
• Leonid Krasnozhon, Loyola University New Orleans

33.   Contests [Organized Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Milam

Organizer: Paul Pecorino,
Presider: Paul Pecorino,

• On First-Price Auctions Played by Groups: Characterization and Analysis.   Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University; Davide Bosco, University of Milano-Bicocca; Mario Gilli, University of Milano-Bicocca; Andrea Sorrentino, University of Milano-Bicocca; and Iryna Topolyan, University of Cincinnati
• Tariff Seeking á la Tullock.   Paul Pecorino,
• Contests under Sign-Stealing.   Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University; Yixuan Shi, Max Planch Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance; and Sven Simon, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
• Endogenous timing contests with three asymmetric players: An experimental analysis.   Kyung Baik, Appalachian State University; Shakun Mago, University of Richmond; and Brock Stoddard, Appalachian State University

Discussants:

• Paul Pecorino,
• Stefano Barbieri, Tulane University
• Brock Stoddard, Appalachian State University
• Iryna Topolyan, University of Cincinnati

34.   Freedom, Socialism & the Environment: Institutions and Outcomes [General Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Riverview

Presider: Patricia Hummel, Middle Tennessee State University

• The Environmental Impact of Economic Freedom Controlling for GDP.   Fredrik NG Andersson, Lund university; Andreas Bergh, IFN / Lund university; and Justin T. Callais, Archbridge Institute
• Decision-making by Retail Electricity Consumers in the Presence of Batteries.   Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Gettysburg College; Lynne Kiesling, Northwestern University; and Truc Pham, Gettysburg College
• Socialism’s Spuds: State Ownership and Labor’s Share of Income.   Patricia Hummel, Middle Tennessee State University; and Daniel J. Smith,

Discussants:

• Andreas Bergh, IFN / Lund university
• Rimvydas Baltaduonis, Gettysburg College
• Patricia Hummel, Middle Tennessee State University

35.   Constitutional Design, Democratic Rules, and Political Stability [General Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon A

Presider: Cameron Tilley, College of Charleston

• Path-Dependent Falsification: Modeling Collective Action Failures through Rational Addiction in Public Choice.   Fasih Zulfiqar, Duke University
• Democratic Efficiency—How Many Election Rounds and Voter Ranked Choices Are Needed to Choose a Winner?.   Seth Odam, Independent Researcher
• Hayek, Rorty, Vanberg and Buchanan: Towards a neopragmatic theory of a competitive constitutional discourse in public choice..   Jean Maria Maximilian Müßgens, Witten/Herdecke University
• Constitutional Policy and Instability.   Cameron Tilley, College of Charleston

Discussants:

• Jean Maria Maximilian Müßgens, Witten/Herdecke University
• Cameron Tilley, College of Charleston
• Fasih Zulfiqar, Duke University
• Seth Odam, Independent Researcher

36.   Emerging Scholars: International Explorations in Public Choice [Organized Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon B

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Laura Arce, American Institute for Economic Research

• Politics of Public Debt Management in Africa.   Enock Bulime, Kansas State University
• Shared Mental Models and Divergent Constitutions: The Czech and Slovak Republics after the Velvet Divorce.   Elizabeth Donaway, University of Texas at Austin
• Whom Do Chief Ministers Serve?.   Yogesh Uppal, Youngstown State University; and Brian Min, University of Michigan
• Diversity and the Entrepreneurial Margin: Evidence from Linked U.S. Census Microdata and Local Diversity Indices.   Abu Bakkar Siddique, Florida Atlantic University

37.   12th Annual Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate Student [Presidential Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon C

Organizer: Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University
Presider: John Aldrich, Duke University

• The Private Gains from Political Office: Evidence from Close Mayoral Elections in Brazil.   JP Bastos, Texas Tech University
• One or Too Many Voices? Introducing the Central Bank Cacophony Index.   Eliza Hałatek, University of Warsaw
• Measuring the Strategic Value of States in the U.S. Electoral College.   Zora Mihaley, University of California, Irvine

Discussants:

• Jay Kent Dow, University of Missouri
• Michael Munger, Duke University
• Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

38.   Public Choice and Family Formation [Organized Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon E

Organizer: Clara Piano, University of Mississippi
Presider: William Moffatt, University of Mississippi

• Home Economics: The Effect of House Prices on Marriage and Birth Rates.   William Moffatt, University of Mississippi; John Gardner, University of Mississippi; and Clara Piano, University of Mississippi
• The Likelihood of Persistently Low Global Fertility.   Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin; and Dean Spears, University of Texas- Austin
• Indoctrination in the Classroom: Evidence from the Spanish Social Service.   Alejandro Martínez-Marquina, University of Southern California
• Teach Your Children, Well: Prescription-Drug Monitoring Programs and Parental Time Use.   Bright A. Osei, State University of New York at Canton

Panelists:

• William Moffatt, University of Mississippi
• Michael Geruso, University of Texas at Austin
• Alejandro Martínez-Marquina, University of Southern California

39.   Housing, Childhood & Choice: Institutions in Everyday Life [General Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon F

Presider: David Sandberg, Lund University

• Abortion Access and the Social Fabric of Childhood: A State-Level Quantitative Inquiry.   Brian Baugus, Regent University; Feler Bose, Indiana University East; and Jeffry Jacob, Bethel University
• The Affordable Housing Shortage and the Alchian-Allen Effect.   Julia Cartwright, American Institute for Economic Research; and Alexander Cartwright, Ferris State University
• Parental Housing Wealth and Educational Outcomes.   David Sandberg, Lund University

Discussants:

• Julia Cartwright, American Institute for Economic Research
• David Sandberg, Lund University
• Brian Baugus, Regent University
• Debdatta Pal, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

40.   Voters Without Romance: Identity, Culture & Partisan Commitment [General Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Travis

Presider: Daniel Solon, Lincoln Memorial University

• Ancestry, Culture & Political Outcomes In The United States..   Daniel Solon, Lincoln Memorial University
• Breaking Party Discipline and Building Stronger Institutions.   Joshua Ammons, Wabash College; and Shishir Shakya, Appalachian State University
• Estimating Strict Partisans Using Straight-Ticket Voting.   Pradyot Sharma, George Mason University; and Timothy Groseclose, George Mason University

Discussants:

• Shishir Shakya, Appalachian State University
• Daniel Solon, Lincoln Memorial University
• Pradyot Sharma, George Mason University

41.   Preferences Before Politics: Literacy, Identity & Development [General Session]
Friday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Valero

Presider: Feler Bose, Indiana University East

• Does Economic Literacy Influence Policy Preferences?.   Jeff Milyo, University of Missouri
• Homo Economicus or Homo Nationalicus? The Role of Nationalism and Economic Concerns in Views Toward Trade.   Matteo F. Ferroni, University of Missouri
• Beyond Institutions: Manifesto-Based Measure of Freedom as Predictors of Long-Run Growth.   Feler Bose, Indiana University East; and Marco Pasquinelli, Indiana University

Discussants:

• Feler Bose, Indiana University East
• Jeff Milyo, University of Missouri
• Matteo F. Ferroni, University of Missouri

4:10 pm-4:20 pm

42.   Break
Friday | 4:10 pm-4:20 pm | Salon D

4:20 pm-5:50 pm

43.   Weird (Social) Science II: Auctions, Wards, Drugs, and Fake News [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Bowie

Organizer: Anthony Gill, University of Washington
Presider: Anthony Gill, University of Washington

• Jain Religious Auctions.   Peter Leeson, George Mason University; and Samrudha Surana, George Mason University
• Doing Drugs on the Job.   Justin T. Callais, Archbridge Institute; and Henry Thompson, University of Mississippi
• Who Shares Fake News Less? Partisan Asymmetries in the Spread of Misinformation.   Alessandro del Ponte, University of Alabama; and Wencong Li, NUS Global Asia Institute

44.   Historical Public Choice [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Milam

Organizer: Louis Rouanet, University of Texas El Paso
Presider: Louis Rouanet, University of Texas El Paso

• Market Access and Southern Loyalty: The Effect of Railroad Construction on Elite Attitudes towards Secession.   Eric Bodnar, University of Florida; and Mitchell Harvey, University of Florida
• Lost Cause Myths and Economic Reality: A Rationalist Explanation for Arkansas Secession.   Mitchell Harvey, University of Florida
• Religious Competition and Managerial Selection: Evidence from the Counterreformation.   Clara Piano, University of Mississippi; Ennio Eamanuele Piano, University of Mississippi; and Colin Harris, St. Olaf College
• The Politics of Railroads.   Louis Rouanet, University of Texas El Paso

45.   Prosperity Lab: Exploring Aid and Development [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Riverview

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Jershem David Casasola, Universidad Francisco Marroquín

• From Welfare Expansion to Cultural Change: How Exposure to the War on Poverty Reshaped Household Structure.   Edwar Enrique Escalante, Angelo State University
• A better way forward, FDI and Africa Development Fund.   
• Migration and Entrepreneurship: A case study from Guatemalan internal migration.   Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research; Laura Arce, American Institute for Economic Research; and Marimaite Rayo, American Institute for Economic Research
• Governing Foreign Aid Grants: A Common-Pool Resource Approach.   Marimaite Rayo, American Institute for Economic Research

46.   When Policies Meet People: Incentives, Vouchers & Unintended Outcomes [General Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon A

Presider: Md Fakhrul Islam Patwary, University of Nebraska Omaha

• Are Vegetable Seed Oils Fueling the Obesity Epidemic?.   Tyler Ransom, University of Oklahoma; and Tucker Goodrich, Unaffiliate
• Impact of Demographic Shifts on Agricultural Household Productivity in India.   Prakshal Jain, Indian Institute of Management, Indore
• Premium Local Vouchers as Behavioral Interventions under Local Government Incentives: Evidence from Japan.   Kaori Hasegawa, Toyo Eiwa University
• Politics, Policy, and Prescription: The Case of Colorado’s BZD Restriction.   Md Fakhrul Islam Patwary, University of Nebraska Omaha; and William Swann, University of Nebraska Omaha

Discussants:

• Tyler Ransom, University of Oklahoma
• Prakshal Jain, Indian Institute of Management, Indore
• Kaori Hasegawa, Toyo Eiwa University
• Md Fakhrul Islam Patwary, University of Nebraska Omaha

47.   Healthcare Opportunity [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon B

Organizer: Caitlin Styrsky, PLF
Presider: Caitlin Styrsky, PLF

• A New Supply Side Approach in Healthcare: Geographic Variation and the Rise of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.   Moiz Bhai, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Nurse Practitioner Autonomy and Hospital Staffing.   Kihwan Bae, West Virginia University; and Liam Sigaud, West Virginia University
• The effect of masters social worker licensing reform in Illinois.   Edward Timmons, Archbridge Institute
• State Regulatory Barriers to Women’s Birth Freedom.   Caitlin Styrsky, PLF; and Jaimie Cavanaugh, Pacific Legal Foundation

48.   Tullock’s World II: Rent-Seeking, Transparency & Regulatory Entrepreneurship [General Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon C

Presider: William B. Hankins, Jacksonville State University

• Are women less tolerant of corruption than men?.   George Clarke, Texas A&M International University
• Policy Change and Industry Concessions.   Jeremiah Ludwig, George Mason University
• Analyzing Retirement Systems through a Triad Framework: Lessons for United States Reform.   Romina Boccia, Cato Institute; and Ivane Nachkebia, Cato Institute
• Credit (Dis)Union: A Roll Call Analysis of West Virginia’s Ban on Credit Union Acquisitions of Banks.   William B. Hankins, Jacksonville State University; and Anna-Leigh Stone, Samford University

Discussants:

• Ivane Nachkebia, Cato Institute
• William B. Hankins, Jacksonville State University
• George Clarke, Texas A&M International University
• Jeremiah Ludwig, George Mason University

49.   Empirical State & Local Political Economy [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon F

Organizer: Dean Stansel,
Presider: Dean Stansel,

• Living with Density: The Impacts of By-Right Permitting Reform for ADUs in California.   Philip Hoxie, University of California San Diego; and Gabriel Canedo Riedel, UC-San Diego
• Reaping What You Sow: Economic Freedom and State Agricultural Outcomes.   Patricia Hummel, Middle Tennessee State University
• Economic Freedom and Reelection: a look at state legislative elections.   Jeremy Jackson, Fayetteville State University
• Who Decides, Who Suffers? Gender, Governance, and Mental Health During COVID-19.   Hugo Moisés Montesinos-Yufa, Ursinus College; Liz Dill, ; Mia Sideris, Ursinus College; and Olga Nicoara, Ursinus College

Discussants:

• Patricia Hummel, Middle Tennessee State University
• Philip Hoxie, University of California San Diego
• Hugo Moisés Montesinos-Yufa, Ursinus College
• Sanchari Choudhury, Midwestern State University

50.   Public Choice in Latin America 2 [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Travis

Organizers: JP Bastos, Texas Tech University; Nicolas Cachanosky, University of Texas, El Paso
Presider: Leonel Regalado Cardoso, Texas Tech Uinversity

• Debt Constraints in Emerging Economies: Synthetic Control Evidence from Guatemala.   Leonel Regalado Cardoso, Texas Tech Uinversity
• Unbundling Efficiency in the Energy Sector: A Causal Analysis from Latin America.   Luis Pedro Mendizabal Dardon, Free Market Institute
• Red Smoke: Measuring the Impact of the Cuban Revolution in GHG Intensity.   Carlos Martinez, George Mason University
• Stability for Sale? Legal Stability Laws and Foreign Investment to Latin America.   Ivan Zapata, Texas Tech University

51.   Emerging Scholars: Interest Groups and Social Integration [Organized Session]
Friday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Valero

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Laura Arce, American Institute for Economic Research

• Micro-Theorizing the Elite Overproduction Hypothesis.   Thaddeus Meadows, West Virginia University
• The effect of anticipated future interaction on parochial altruism.   Yi Tian, University of Buffalo
• Religious Promotion Factored Into Public Choice Theory.   Grady Stuckman, Bowling Green State University
• Lone Star Holdouts: Texas’ Reluctant Revolution in School Choice.   Garion Frankel, Texas A&M University

5:50 pm-11:59 pm

52.   Dinner on Own
Friday | 5:50 pm-11:59 pm | San Antonio Riverwalk

6:00 pm-7:00 pm

53.   Founders’ Fellows Reception – Invitation Required
Friday | 6:00 pm-7:00 pm | Salon E

Saturday

7:00 am-8:00 am

54.   Gather: Coffee, Tea, and Small Bites | Sponsored by Acadiana Business Economics Chair
Saturday | 7:00 am-8:00 am | Salon D

7:00 am-5:00 pm

55.   Registration & Badge Pickup
Saturday | 7:00 am-5:00 pm | Registration Desk

8:00 am-9:30 am

56.   Legislatures, Courts & the Architecture of Constitutional Constraints [General Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Bowie

Presider: Robert Gmeiner, University of South Dakota

• Congressional Overrides of Judicial Interpretations of Federal Regulatory Statutes: Evidence, Explanation and Implications.   Jason S Johnston,
• Introduction to the Nondelegation Project.   Mitchell Scacchi, Pacific Legal Foundation; and Patrick McLaughlin, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• The Political Economy of Test Cases.   Slade Mendenhall, BCLP LLP
• Constitutionalism and the Progressive Era.   Robert Gmeiner, University of South Dakota

Discussants:

• Slade Mendenhall, BCLP LLP
• Robert Gmeiner, University of South Dakota
• Jason S Johnston,
• Mitchell Scacchi, Pacific Legal Foundation

57.   Limits of Liberty [Organized Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Milam

Organizer: Roger Congleton, West Virginia University
Presider: Roger Congleton, West Virginia University

Panelists:

• Roger Congleton, West Virginia University
• Randall Holcombe, Florida State University
• Niclas Berggren, Research Institute of Industrial Economics
• Hartmut Kliemt, Justus Liebig

58.   Emerging Scholars: Elections, Voting and Decision Making [Organized Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Riverview

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Jedediah Pida-Reese, Creighton University

• Winning big, swinging wide: Electoral competition and ideological extremism.   Kyle Rains, George Mason University
• Who Benefits From First-to-File? A Probit Voting Analysis of the America Invents Act..   Jordan Herder, West Virginia University
• Towards a “Voter Pays, Non-Voters Pays the Average” Direct Democracy.   Paul Foster, Southern Methodist University
• Explaining International Economic Decision-Making: The Application of Kingdon’s Multiple Streams Framework to the Extension of PNTR with the PRC.   Warren Barge, American Institute for Economic Research

59.   Barriers at the Gate [General Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon A

Presider: Ingemar Bengtsson, Lund University

• Land Development Regulation and Housing Affordability: How Rent-Seeking Reallocates Resources, and the Challenges to Deregulation.   Ingemar Bengtsson, Lund University
• Leveraging AI to Identify Small Business Regulations at the Federal, State, and Local Levels.   Patrick McLaughlin, Hoover Institution, Stanford University; and Dustin Chambers, Salisbury University
• Regulatory Constraints and Hospital Financing Costs: Evidence from the Municipal Bond Market.   Kathleen Sheehan, Creighton University; and Melissa Woodley, Creighton University
• The Impact of TikTok on Elections: (Mis)information and Regulatory Challenges.   Michele Giuseppe Giuranno, University of Salento

Discussants:

• Michele Giuseppe Giuranno, University of Salento
• Kathleen Sheehan, Creighton University
• Patrick McLaughlin, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
• Ingemar Bengtsson, Lund University

60.   Humanomics & the Social Foundations of Decision-Making [General Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon B

Presider: Bart Wilson, Chapman University

• Social Identity Formation in Markets and Politics.   Samrudha Surana, George Mason University; and Christopher Coyne, George Mason University
• Social Institutions and Public Policy.   Pablo Balan, Tel Aviv University
• Estimating CPI Bias Using Engel Curve for the Elderly.   Auderta Amoako-Nuamah, West Virginia University

Discussants:

• Auderta Amoako-Nuamah, West Virginia University
• Samrudha Surana, George Mason University
• Pablo Balan, Tel Aviv University
• Bart Wilson, Chapman University

61.   Fiscal Rules, Redistribution & the Politics of Public Spending [General Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon E

62.   Repression and Corruption [Organized Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Salon F

Organizer: Caitlin Ainsley, University of Washington
Presider: Caitlin Ainsley, University of Washington

• Poverty, Party Alignment, and Reducing Corruption through Modernization: Evidence from Guatemala.   Michael Denly, Texas A&M University
• When State Repression Backfires: The Role of Information and Narratives.   Yeilim Cheong, university of missouri
• Censorship Outside the Great Firewall: Using Pornography for Political Suppression.   Tongtong Zhang, American University

Discussants:

• Tongtong Zhang, American University
• Yeilim Cheong, university of missouri
• Michael Denly, Texas A&M University

63.   Paradoxes and surprises in electoral systems [Organized Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Travis

Organizer: Marek Kaminski, UC Irvine
Presider: Marek Kaminski, UC Irvine

• Who’s the Real Rival? Intra- vs. Inter-Party Margins under Open List Proportional Representation?.   Jarosław Flis, Jagiellonian University; Dariusz Stolicki, Jagiellonian University; Wojciech Słomczyński, Jagiellonian University; and Daria Boratyn, Jagiellonian University
• Ranked-Choice Voting with Different Elimination Procedures.   Keith Dougherty, University of Georgia; and Spencer Katzman, University of Georgia
• The peculiarity of split-ticket voting in New Zealand’s trigger electorates.   Jeremiasz Salamon, Krakow University of Economics
• The Magnitude of the Primacy Effect in the OL-PR System.   Marek Kaminski, UC Irvine; and Jarosław Flis, Jagiellonian University

Discussants:

• Marek Kaminski, UC Irvine
• Jarosław Flis, Jagiellonian University
• Keith Dougherty, University of Georgia
• Jeremiasz Salamon, Krakow University of Economics

64.   Gender and Labor Economics [Organized Session]
Saturday | 8:00 am-9:30 am | Valero

Organizer: Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University
Presider: Joshua Bedi, University of Wisconsin Superior

• Economic Consequences of Gender Segregation in Labor Markets.   Olga Shanks, Southeastern Louisiana University
• Did Henry Ford Really Pay Efficiency Wages?.   Tucker Omberg, Jacksonville University
• Maternal Mortality: Racial Differences in Pregnancy Outcomes and Local Diversity.   Joshua Bedi, University of Wisconsin Superior; and Amberly Bedi, University of Wisconsin Platteville
• Gender Discrimination Across Cultures: Experimental Evidence on Third-party Moralistic Punishment and Social Norms Perceptions.   AMAL ABUMELHA, George Mason University

Discussants:

• Joshua Bedi, University of Wisconsin Superior
• Olga Shanks, Southeastern Louisiana University
• Tucker Omberg, Jacksonville University
• Tucker Omberg, Jacksonville University

9:30 am-10:00 am

65.   Coffee Break | Sponsored by F.A. Hayek in PPE at Mercatus Center
Saturday | 9:30 am-10:00 am | Ballroom Foyer

10:00 am-11:20 am

66.   Designing Cooperation: Institutions, Incentives & Implementation [General Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Bowie

Presider: Yidan Xia, Duke University

• Market failure of Commons: Olympic Style harvesting and Individual Quota Management System in Fisheries.   Tetsuro Okazaki, Takushoku University
• Preference Mismatch and Policy Implementation: A Public Choice Analysis of China’s Double Reduction Policy Using Nighttime Light Data.   Yidan Xia, Duke University
• A Utility-Based Model of the Individual’s Public Goods Decision.   James Roberts, Towson University

Discussants:

• Yidan Xia, Duke University
• Tetsuro Okazaki, Takushoku University
• James Roberts, Towson University

67.   Why Teach Public Choice? [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Milam

Organizers: Kim Holder, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston
Presider: Kim Holder, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Panelists:

• Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston
• Art Carden, Samford University
• Michael Munger, Duke University

68.   Policies Without Romance: Constraints, Frictions & Institutional Limits [General Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Riverview

Presider: Renan Levine, University of Toronto Scarborough

• The politics of providing minority rights: decision rules and gerrymandering.   Bengt-Arne Wickström, Andrássy-Universität
• Even on a Clear Day, One Cannot See Median Voter: Party Strategies Under PR.   Renan Levine, University of Toronto Scarborough
• Electoral Incentives and Jury Selection: Evidence from Prosecutor Elections.   Nicholas Jensen, Middle Tennessee State University; and Joshua Ammons, Wabash College

Discussants:

• Bengt-Arne Wickström, Andrássy-Universität
• Renan Levine, University of Toronto Scarborough
• Nicholas Jensen, Middle Tennessee State University

69.   Papers on Fiscal and Monetary Policy [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Salon A

Presider: Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University

• Monetary Shocks and Relative Prices of Agricultural and Industrial Commodities.   James Caton, North Dakota State University; Jungho Baek, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Evans T. Akoto, North Dakota State University; and Dragan Miljković, North Dakota State University
• Fiscal Dominance by Design: Political Constraints, Entitlement Expansions, and the Erosion of Monetary Independence in the United States.   Romina Boccia, Cato Institute
• Treasury Reprofiling in the Mar-a-Lago Accord.   Peter Earle, American Institute for Economic Research

Discussants:

• Peter Earle, American Institute for Economic Research
• James Caton, North Dakota State University
• Romina Boccia, Cato Institute

70.   Regulatory Competition and Economic Freedom [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Salon B

Organizer: Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Presider: Brian Meehan,

• Economic Freedom and Firms: Evidence from Brazil.   JP Bastos, Texas Tech University; Rafael Rota Dal Molin, Texas Tech University; and Jamie Bologna Pavlik, Texas Tech University
• Tort Reform and Medical Malpractice: Evidence from Certificate of Need Laws.   Brian Meehan, ; Conor Norris, ; and Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
• Voting with Their Feet: Regulatory Competition and Firm Sorting at State Borders.   Colin O’Reilly, Creighton University; and Gary Wagner, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

71.   Emerging Scholars Young Faculty [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Salon C

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research

• Tokugawa Japan’s Feudal Market Preserving Federalism.   Jedediah Pida-Reese, Creighton University
• Lucrative Conservation of Rare Species: The Beneficiaries of the Endangered Species Act.   Leith Edgar, Lake Region State College
• Economic Freedom and Human Flourishing in Africa: A Causal Test of the Washington Consensus.   Florence Muhoza, Trinity College
• When Politics Built the Banks: A Historical Analysis of the U.S. Banking System. Abstract:.   Patricia Hummel, Middle Tennessee State University

72.   Political Stability, Civil Society, Redistribution, Identity [General Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Salon E

Presider: Georgios Sideras, Lund University

• Democracy and pro-market sentiments.   Veeshan Rayamajhee, New Mexico State University
• Rich or Poor: Who Leads Political Stability?.   Mihai Mutascu, West University of Timisoara; and Cristina Strango, University of Orléans
• Bridging Gaps and Pointing out Differences: A Synthesis of Research on Job Polarization Patterns and the Dynamics of Low-Wage Work.   Georgios Sideras, Lund University; and Joakim Wernberg, Ratio Research Institute

Discussants:

• Cristina Strango, University of Orléans
• Georgios Sideras, Lund University
• Veeshan Rayamajhee, New Mexico State University

73.   Historical Political Economy and Public Choice [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Salon F

Organizer: John Meadowcroft, King`s College London
Presider: John Meadowcroft, King`s College London

• The economic viability of British slavery: a public choice perspective.   John Meadowcroft, King`s College London
• Fiscal Delusion.   Emily Skarbek, Brown University
• The Artifactual Man Goes to Paris: Buchanan and Existentialism.   Otto Lehto, New York University

74.   The Rikerian Tradition in Political Economy [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Travis

Organizers: Elizabeth Maggie Penn, Emory University; John Patty, Emory University
Presider: John Patty, Emory University

Panelists:

• Indridi Indridason, UC Riverside
• Catherine Hafer, NYU
• Georg Vanberg, Duke University

75.   Formal Models of International Politics [Organized Session]
Saturday | 10:00 am-11:20 am | Valero

Organizer: Alastair Smith, New York University
Presider: Alastair Smith, New York University

• The Politics of Blame in International Relations.   Brad Smith, Vanderbilt
• Propping up Allies.   Kris Ramsay, Princeton; and Joe Ruggiero, University of Virginia
• Alliance as Relational Contract.   Brett Benson, Vanderbilt; and Christopher Li, Vanderbilt
• Modeling Political Freedom.   Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University
• Political Life Cycles and Dispute Onset.   Alastair Smith, New York University

Panelists:

• Brett Benson, Vanderbilt
• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University
• Kris Ramsay, Princeton
• Alastair Smith, New York University
• Brad Smith, Vanderbilt
• Christopher Li, Vanderbilt

Discussant:Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University;

11:20 am-11:30 am

76.   Break
Saturday | 11:20 am-11:30 am | Ballroom Foyer

11:30 am-12:50 pm

77.   Plenary Session 3: What is Public Choice? Roundtable and Book Launch [Presidential Session]
Saturday | 11:30 am-12:50 pm | Salon C

Organizer: John Aldrich, Duke University
Presider: John Aldrich, Duke University

Panelists:

• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, New York University
• Michael Munger, Duke University
• Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University

12:50 pm-2:30 pm

78.   Awards Luncheon and Business Meeting | Sponsored by Liberty Fund [Presidential Session]
Saturday | 12:50 pm-2:30 pm | Salon D

Organizer: Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University
Presider: John Aldrich, Duke University

• Society Announcements.   Edward Lopez, Western Carolina University
• Presentation of Duncan Black Prize and Gordon Tullock Prize | Sponsored by Springer.   Peter Leeson, George Mason University
• Presentation of the Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Prize for Best Combined Paper and Presentation by a Graduate Student | Sponsored by Institute for Humane Studies.   John Aldrich, Duke University
• Presidential Address.   John Aldrich, Duke University
• Incoming President’s Look Ahead.   Mark Crain, Lafayette College

2:30 pm-2:40 pm

79.   Break
Saturday | 2:30 pm-2:40 pm | Ballroom Foyer

2:40 pm-4:10 pm

80.   Legislative Collaboration [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Bowie

Organizer: Caitlin Ainsley, University of Washington
Presider: Caitlin Ainsley, University of Washington

• When Committees Collide: Jurisdictional Convergence and Duplicative Oversight in the U.S. House.   Connor Dye, The University of Texas at San Antonio
• Bringing home the field hearing.   SoRelle Gaynor, University of Virginia
• A theory of roll call vote requests in the US Congress.   Caitlin Ainsley, University of Washington

81.   Environmental Law & Policy [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Milam

Organizer: Megan Elizabeth Jenkins, Pacific Legal Foundation
Presider: Megan Elizabeth Jenkins, Pacific Legal Foundation

• More Rules, Same Wetlands? Data on the Impact of State-Level Clean Water Regulations.   Tobias Russell, Pacific Legal Foundation; and Megan Elizabeth Jenkins, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Unlocking Geothermal: How Federal Regulation Constrains America’s Most Abundant Energy Source.   Tobias Russell, Pacific Legal Foundation
• How Environmental Litigation Affects Home Building.   Kyle John Sweetland, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Encouraging Species Recovery: An Empirical Approach to the Endangered Species Act.   Katherine Wright, Hillsdale College; and Megan Elizabeth Jenkins, Pacific Legal Foundation

Panelists:

• Katherine Wright, Hillsdale College
• Megan Elizabeth Jenkins, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Tobias Russell, Pacific Legal Foundation
• Kyle John Sweetland, Pacific Legal Foundation

82.   Digital Leviathan: AI, Cybersecurity & Monetary Control [General Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Riverview

Presider: Nathalie Janson, Neoma Business School

• Technological Autonomy, Economic Agency and National Sovereignty: A survey of digital interdependencies in Swedish firms.   Joakim Wernberg, Ratio Research Institute
• Are Firms Underinvesting in Cybersecurity? A Digitalization Cost–Benefit View.   Rasmus Löfström, Lund University; and Joakim Wernberg, Ratio Research Institute
• The Political Economy of Stablecoin Regulation and CBDC Development.   Nathalie Janson, Neoma Business School
• What Do Central Bankers Do? Evidence from the European Central Bank’s Executive Board.   Volker Nitsch, Technische Universität Darmstadt

Discussants:

• Rasmus Löfström, Lund University
• Joakim Wernberg, Ratio Research Institute
• Volker Nitsch, Technische Universität Darmstadt
• Nathalie Janson, Neoma Business School

83.   Developing Scholars — Public Policy and Public Choice [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon A

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Laura Arce, American Institute for Economic Research

• Revisiting the Partisan Advantage of Unemployment in American Elections: A Person-Weighted Analysis.   Malcolm Berry, UC Merced
• Does competition between political parties improve the efficiency of government spending in the United States?.   Arun Khatari, University of Maryland

84.   Frontiers in Occupational Regulation Research [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon B

Organizer: Thomas Stratmann, George Mason University
Presider: Darwyyn Deyo,

• Occupational Licensing in Border Crossing Metros.   Noah Trudeau, Troy University
• Aviation Labor Market Impacts from the 1500-hour ATP Rule.   Nathaniel Burke, West Virginia University; Alicia Plemmons, West Virginia University; and Elisha Kwaku Denkyirah, West Virginia University
• Do Androids Dream of Labor Market Regulations?: The Effect of Licensing Laws on the Adoption of AI.   Conor Norris, ; and Ethan Kelley, West Virginia University
• Examining the Impact of Arizona’s Certificate of Second Chance Program on Reoffending Rates.   Darwyyn Deyo, ; Brian Meehan, ; Abby Plants, Berry College; and Isaac Saunders, West Virginia University

Discussants:

• Conor Norris,
• Darwyyn Deyo,
• Elisha Kwaku Denkyirah, West Virginia University
• Noah Trudeau, Troy University

85.   Incorporating Public Choice Into Any Course [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon C

Organizers: Kim Holder, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston
Presider: Peter Calcagno, College of Charleston

Panelists:

• Anthony Gill, University of Washington
• Claudia Kramer, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• Adam Martin, Texas Tech University
• Brian Meehan,

86.   Prosperity Lab: Well Being and Local Institutions [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon E

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Lenore Ealy, Universidad Francisco Marroquín

• Values and Economic Beliefs as Determinants of Fear of Failure.   Antonio Saravia, Mercer University; Jershem David Casasola, Universidad Francisco Marroquín; Monica Zelaya, Universidad Francisco Marroqin; and Andres Marroquin, Mercer University
• Entrepreneurship, Informal, and Formal Markets: A Humanomics Study of Guatemala.   Giuseppe Peressotti, The University of Texas at Dallas; and Ricardo R. Noé, University of Houston-Downtown
• SMEs and financial bootstrapping.   Yeny Rogriguez, Universidad Francisco Marroquín; and John Rosso, Universidad Icesi

87.   Experiments, Measurement & Tools for Teaching Public Choice [General Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Salon F

Presider: Robi Ragan, Mercer University

• Effect of State Ownership of the Economy on Women’s Civil Liberties.   Taiwo Adesiyan, Middle Tennessee State University
• Experiment on Optimal Campaigning Using a Simplified Seven State Electoral College.   Jonathan Cervas, Carnegie Mellon University; and Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine
• Introducing SocialChoiceLab: Software for computational social choice..   Robi Ragan, Mercer University

Discussants:

• Robi Ragan, Mercer University
• Taiwo Adesiyan, Middle Tennessee State University
• Jonathan Cervas, Carnegie Mellon University

88.   Institutions Across Time and Place [General Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Travis

Presider: David William Crego, Texas Tech University

• State effectiveness and individual liberty in the courts of industrializing Britain.   Peter Grajzl, Washington and Lee University; and Peter Murrell, University of Maryland
• The Political Coase Theorem and the Peaceful Domain Abolition of 1871 in Meiji Japan.   David William Crego, Texas Tech University; and Jedediah Pida-Reese, Creighton University
• Grounded Ideologies: Soil Permeability, Human Settlement, and Political Preferences.   Joseph Enguehard, ENS de Lyon; and Étienne Le Rossignol, University of Namur
• Faith Networks and Prosperity: Public Choice in Medieval MENA Cities.   Bashair Altalhi, George Mason University

Discussants:

• David William Crego, Texas Tech University
• Peter Grajzl, Washington and Lee University
• Joseph Enguehard, ENS de Lyon
• Bashair Altalhi, George Mason University

89.   The Future of Public Choice: A View from the Encyclopedia of Public Choice [Organized Session]
Saturday | 2:40 pm-4:10 pm | Valero

Organizer: Christian Bjørnskov,
Presider: Christian Bjørnskov,

• Capitalism and Socialism.   Art Carden, Samford University
• Politics as exchange.   Randall Holcombe, Florida State University
• Checks and balances in socialist countries.   Yang Zhou, University of North Texas
• Good governance.   Roger Congleton, West Virginia University
• Regime transitions.   Christian Bjørnskov,

Panelists:

• Art Carden, Samford University
• Randall Holcombe, Florida State University
• Yang Zhou, University of North Texas
• Roger Congleton, West Virginia University
• Christian Bjørnskov,

4:10 pm-4:20 pm

90.   Break
Saturday | 4:10 pm-4:20 pm | Ballroom Foyer

4:20 pm-5:50 pm

91.   Global Political Economy: Trade Blocs, Aid, & Polycentricity [General Session]
Saturday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Bowie

Presider: Vlad Tarko, University of Arizona

• External Negotiations and Customs Union Stability.   Guilherme Paiva Pinto, Indiana University
• Regional Wealth and Election Outcomes: A Data-Driven Analysis of Polish MPs’ Financial Disclosures.   Norbert Jaworski, University of Warsaw
• Coordination Without Consensus: Interoperability as a Foundation for Polycentricity.   Vlad Tarko, University of Arizona; Paul Dragos Aligica, George Mason University; and Aylon Manor, University of Pittsburgh

Discussants:

• Guilherme Paiva Pinto, Indiana University
• Norbert Jaworski, University of Warsaw
• Vlad Tarko, University of Arizona

92.   Emerging Scholars: Voluntary Cooperation and Incentives [Organized Session]
Saturday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon A

Organizer: Ryan Yonk, American Institute for Economic Research
Presider: Laura Arce, American Institute for Economic Research

• Equal Revenue Sharing as a Monitoring Mechanism: The Case of Tip Pooling.   Zachary Wood, George Mason University
• Deterrence, Exit, and the Possibility of Non-Sovereign Order.   Ali Palida, Institute for Humane Studies
• Motivated Beliefs and Future Desired Efforts.   Kun Quian, Texas Tech University
• Alms & Ale.   Jacob Smith, Middle Tennessee State University

93.   Organizations in the Polity: Commons, Capture & Collective Action [General Session]
Saturday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon B

Presider: Brian William Mandeville, George Mason University

• Burden Sharing in Lobbying.   Samuel Redinger, The University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa
• Is the Corporate Residuum a Commons?.   Jeremy Kidd, Drake University
• Nonprofits in Political Capitalism.   Brian William Mandeville, George Mason University

Discussants:

• Jeremy Kidd, Drake University
• Brian William Mandeville, George Mason University
• Samuel Redinger, The University of Alabama – Tuscaloosa

94.   Regulated Welfare: Insurance, Health, and Quasi-Tax Revenue [General Session]
Saturday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon C

Presider: Joseph Nedved, West Virginia University

• Hospital Certificate of Need.   James Bailey, Providence College; Sriparna Ghosh, University of Cincinnati – Blue Ash; Justin Leventhal, George Mason University; and Conor Norris,
• The Effect of the Inflation Reduction Act on Insulin Co-Pays and Adherence.   William Watson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences; and Moiz Bhai, University of Arkansas at Little Rock
• Sports Betting Cannibalization & State Lotteries: A Nationwide Case Study.   Joseph Nedved, West Virginia University

Discussants:

• William Watson, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
• Joseph Nedved, West Virginia University
• James Bailey, Providence College

95.   Strategy, Quorums & Institutional Development [General Session]
Saturday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Salon E

Presider: Jason Scheppers, self

• Bucklin Voting and Preferential Elections: Ranking Choices for Municipal Councils and Federal Reserve Banks.   James Endersby, University of Missouri
• Electoral Development in the Early United States: Evidence from Middle-Atlantic State Assembly Elections.   Jay Kent Dow, University of Missouri
• The Strategies of Strategic Voting.   Ram Hardy, Tel-Aviv University; and Yael Shomer, Tel-Aviv University
• Tiered Voluntary and Mandated pricing in transactions.   Jason Scheppers, self

Discussants:

• Ram Hardy, Tel-Aviv University
• Jason Scheppers, self
• James Endersby, University of Missouri
• Jay Kent Dow, University of Missouri

96.   Political Cycles, Enforcement & the Architecture of Order [General Session]
Saturday | 4:20 pm-5:50 pm | Valero

• Law Enforcement with Rent Dissipation.   Murat Mungan, Texas A&M University; and Shahar Dillbary,
• Local Order or Decentralized Despotism? Indirect Rule and Property Rights.   Zachariah Parcels, Purdue University; and Benjamin Broman, Kings College London

Discussants:

• Zachariah Parcels, Purdue University
• Murat Mungan, Texas A&M University

5:50 pm-7:20 pm

97.   Closing Cocktail Reception | Sponsored by Institute for Humane Studies
Saturday | 5:50 pm-7:20 pm | River Terrace & Patio

7:15 pm-11:59 pm

98.   Dinner on Own
Saturday | 7:15 pm-11:59 pm | San Antonio Riverwalk