David M. Levy

George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice

Professor of Economics

MSN 1d3 Carow Hall

4400 University

Fairfax, VA 22030

United States

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1.

Economists, Crises and Cartoons

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 06 Feb 2010
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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John Law, Alchemy, Mississippi Bubble, cartoons

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Soviet Growth & American Textbooks

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2009
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Soviet growth, principles textbooks, Samuelson, Tarshis

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Prudence with Biased Experts: Ratings Agencies & Regulators

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 24 Sep 2010
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Rating agencies, NBER, Corporate Bond Project, FDIC, Melchior Palyi, Gilbert Harold, Leo Crowley, worst-case estimation

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'Almost Wholly Negative': The Ford Foundation's Appraisal of the Virginia School

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Aug 2014
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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William Beveridge's 'Mock Trial of the Economists:' Experts and Liberalism

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William Beveridge's 'Mock Trial of the Economists:' Experts and Liberalism

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 11 Jan 2014
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Beveridge, the gang that calls itself J. M. Keynes, Mock Trial, mental fog, experts

William Beveridge's 'Mock Trial of the Economists:' Experts and Liberalism

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-01
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 24 Jan 2014
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Beveridge, “the gang that calls itself J. M. Keynes,” Mock Trial, mental fog, experts

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Discussion, Construction and Evolution: Mill, Buchanan and Hayek on the Constitutional Order

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 25 Jun 2006
Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy
University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies and George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice
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J. S. Mill, F. A. Hayek, James Buchanan, discussion, construction, social evolution, Darwin, Adam Smith, law, legilstation, liberty

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Ronald Coase and the Fabian Society: Competitive Discussion in Liberal Ideology

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-29
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 27 Jul 2014 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Ronald Coase, Fabian Society, BBB, monopoly, discussion

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Adam Smith & His Sources: The Evil of Independence

Autumn, 2008
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 23 Oct 2007
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Adam Smith, philosopher, street porter, stoicism, social distance

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Innovation, Price Dispersion, and Emergent Increasing Returns to Scale

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 13 Aug 2007
David M. Levy and Michael D. Makowsky
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics
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innovation, increasing returns to scale, price dispersion, search

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Increasing Returns to Scale, Price Dispersion, and the Distribution of Returns to Innovation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 15 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 04 Jan 2013
Michael D. Makowsky and David M. Levy
Clemson University - John E. Walker Department of Economics and George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice
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Patents, Endogenous Growth, Increasing Returns to Scale, Price Dispersion, Search, Heterogeneous Agents

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Adam Smith, Collusion and 'Right' at the Supreme Court

Supreme Court Economic Review, Vol. 16, June 2007
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 23 Oct 2007
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Adam Smith, Supreme Court, monopoly, approbation

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Praiseworthiness and Endogenous Growth

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 27 Mar 2008
David M. Levy and Dalibor Rohac
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and Legatum Institute
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research and development, approbation, praiseworthiness, endogenous growth

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Tullock on Motivated Inquiry: Expert-Induced Uncertainty Disguised as Risk

Public Choice, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Aug 2010
David M. Levy and Sandra J. Peart
George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice and University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies
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Gordon Tullock, expert-induced uncertainty, motivated inquiry, analytical egalitarianism

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Raising the Price of Talk: An Experimental Analysis of Transparent Leadership

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-12
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 19 May 2014
Daniel Houser, David M. Levy, Kail Padgitt, Sandra J. Peart and Erte Xiao
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Center for Study of Public Choice, George Mason University, University of Richmond - Jepson School of Leadership Studies and Monash University
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Selfless behavior, Transparency, Experimental economics