Affiliated Organizations/ Research Centers


Center for Study of Public Choice

The Center for Study of Public Choice serves as the institutional home for the Public Choice Research Program, under the leadership of of David M. Levy (and James M. Buchanan, emeritus professor and advisory general director).
The Center builds on the groundbreaking economic and political science theories for which Buchanan was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics.

Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES)
The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES) at George Mason University is a research center and laboratory specializing in experimental economics, and affiliated with the GMU School of Law, School of Management, Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Mercatus Center.

James Buchanan Center for Political Economy
The James M. Buchanan Center is an education and research organization at George Mason university emphasizing the interdisciplinary study of economics, law, and the humanities. This community of scholars works together to build and apply an understanding of how individuals cooperate through the market and political processes.

Mercatus Center
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a research, education, and outreach organization that works with scholars, policy experts, and government officials to connect academic learning and real world practice.

The Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics(CSN) - is a research center and laboratory dedicated to the experimental study of how emergent mental computations in the brain interact with the emergent computations of institutions to produce legal, political, and economic order.