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Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics The Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics is devoted to the promotion of teaching and research on the institutional arrangements that are suitable for the support of free and prosperous societies. Implicit in this statement is the presumption that those arrangement are to some extent open to conscious selection, as well as the appreciation that the type of arrangements that are selected within a society can influence significantly the economic, political, and moral character of that society. The work of the Program pays particular attention to the connections and relationships between economics and such other branches of the humane studies as law, politics, philosophy, and history. In so doing, it touches upon such areas of interest within contemporary economics scholarship as Austrian or market process economics, new institutional economics, the German tradition of ordo-liberalism, law and economics, evolutionary economics, and economic sociology. Workshop in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter
Boettke , Director Faculty Fellows: Paul
Dragos Aligica
Steven
Horwitz, St. Lawrence University Recent Visiting Faculty: Michael
Wohlgemuth, Germany Visiting Students: Veronique
De Rugy, University of Paris, I (2000-2001) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First Year
Second Year
Dissertation credits (Econ 998, 999)
Advanced Summer Seminar in Austrian Economics This seminar started in 1976 to expose a new generation of graduate students to the teachings of the Austrian School of Economics. Under the leadership of Israel M. Kirzner (1976 - 1995) and Peter Boettke (1996 - ), the seminar has brought an international groupoing of advanced students to explore teh Austrian traditrion. The seminar is co-sponsored by the Foundation for Economic Education. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Olofsson
Weaver Fellowship for Advanced Study in Economics
Olofsson Weaver Dissertation Fellows: Sahar Akhtar (1999-2000) -- The Economics of Product Bundling, Ph.D. successfully defended summer 2000. Dr. Akhtar is currently a PhD studentin the Department of Philosophy at Duke University. Mark Steckbeck (2000-2001) -- The Economics of Self-Governance: The Case of E-Bay. Mr. Steckbeck is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College. Edward Stringham (2001-2002) -- Three Essays on Self-Governance - essays addressing the theoretical problem that network externalities confronts to theories of self-governance. Mr. Stingham is currently an Assistant Professor of Economics at San Jose State University. John Robert Subrick (2002-2003) -- As the 2002 Weaver Fellow, Bob Subrick successfully defended his dissertation that emprically assessed the determinants of income inequality and economic development. His first chapter provided evidence that the legal origin of a country's commercial code had a positive effect on financial market development which exerted a large, negative impact on income inequality. His second chapter provided empirical support for the claims that federalism and judicial independence promoted good governace and improved economic performance. Currently, he works at the Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS) at the University of Maryland- College Park where he consults with various donor agencies to improve the effectiveness of foreign aid. Scott Beaulier (2003-2004) -- Scott's dissertation focuses on the relationship between property rights systems and economic development. Two of his chapters are case studies, which explain Botswana's post-colonial success and the Czech Republic's post-communist experiment with "shock therapy." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |