Christopher J. Coyne

George Mason University - Department of Economics

4400 University Drive

Fairfax, VA 22030

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1.

Four Decades and Counting: The Continued Failure of the War on Drugs

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 811
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Jun 2017
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Prohibition

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The Political Economy of Drones

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 05 Jun 2015
Abigail R Hall and Christopher J. Coyne
University of Tampa and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 1,512 (21,783)
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unmanned aerial vehicles, drones, political economy, public choice, military-industrial complex

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The History of a Tradition: Austrian Economics from 1871 to 2016

Research in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-18
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 10 May 2016
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne and Patrick Newman
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Florida Southern College
Downloads 1,259 (28,567)

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Austrian economics, marginal revolution, market process theory, Carl Menger, Ludwig von Mises, F.A. Hayek

The Debt-Inflation Cycle and the Global Financial Crisis

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Dec 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 759 (57,226)
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Deflation, Fiscal Imbalance, Inflation, Public Debt

The Debt-Inflation Cycle and the Global Financial Crisis

Global Policy, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 184-189, 2011, GMU Working Paper No. 11-06
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2012
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Deflation, Fiscal Imbalance, Inflation, Public Debt

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Lobotomizing the Defense Brain

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-34
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Aug 2014 Last Revised: 01 Mar 2015
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 963 (41,864)
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defense brain, military-industrial complex, national defense, public bad, public good

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New Thinking in Austrian Economics

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-12
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 27 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Austrian economics, behavioral economics, development economics, entrepreneurship, governance, infectious disease, natural disasters, robust political economy, social economy, war

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The Militarization of U.S. Domestic Policing

The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-50
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 02 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2012
Abigail R Hall and Christopher J. Coyne
University of Tampa and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 837 (50,794)
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Militarization, Paradox of Government, Bureaucracy, Crisis, War on Drugs, War on Terror

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The Revolving Door and the Entrenchment of the Permanent War Economy

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-20
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 27 May 2015
Thomas K. Duncan and Christopher J. Coyne
Radford University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 720 (62,178)
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lobbying, military-industrial complex, national defense, revolving door, permanent war economy

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The Overlooked Costs of the Permanent War Economy: A Market Process Approach

The Review of Austrian Economics, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-51
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 28 Jul 2012 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2012
Christopher J. Coyne and Thomas K. Duncan
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Radford University - Department of Economics
Downloads 651 (70,811)
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War Economy, National Defense, Economic Calculation, Interventionism

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Polycentric Defense, Ukraine Style: Explaining Ukrainian Resilience Against Invasion

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-03
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 19 Jan 2023 Last Revised: 14 Apr 2023
Yahya Alshamy, Christopher J. Coyne, Nathan P. Goodman and Garrett Wood
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and Virginia Wesleyan University
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Defense, Polycentricity, Russia, Ukraine, Russia-Ukraine war

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The Military-Industrial Complex

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-32
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 23 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2022
Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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military-industrial complex, Dwight D. Eisenhower, military sector, rent seeking, revolving door

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The Identity Economics of Female Genital Mutilation

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 30 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 29 May 2011
Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Delaware State University
Downloads 547 (87,939)
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B52, D70, Z13

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The War on Drugs in Afghanistan: Another Failed Experiment with Interdiction

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-37
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 04 Jun 2015 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R Hall, Scott Burns and Scott Burns
George Mason University - Department of Economics, University of Tampa and Ursinus CollegeSoutheastern Louisiana University
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Afghanistan, War on Drugs, War on Terror

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The Role of the Economist in Economic Development

The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 19, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Liberalism in the Post-9/11 World

Indian Journal of Economics & Business, Special Issue, pp. 35-53, 2007
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 09 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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War on terror, social change, liberal democracy

Liberalism in the Post 9/11 World

Indian Journal of Economics and Business, Special Issue, pp. 35-53, 2007
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 24 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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War on terror, terrorism, ineffective

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The Political Economy of Foreign Intervention

eds. Boettke, Peter J. and Christopher J. Coyne, Oxford Handbook of Austrian Economics, Forthcoming., GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-21
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 18 Mar 2015
Thomas K. Duncan and Christopher J. Coyne
Radford University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 508 (96,421)
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central planning, foreign intervention, human reason, rational constructivism, top-down authority

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Economists Have No Defense: A Critical Review of National Defense in Economics Textbooks

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 08 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 11 Mar 2016
Christopher J. Coyne and David Lucas
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Syracuse University
Downloads 494 (99,763)
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Undergraduate Teaching, National Defense, Public Goods, Government Failure Public Choice, Public Economics, Principles of Economics, Intermediate Microeconomics

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The Political Economy of War and Peace

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 11 Nov 2012
Christopher J. Coyne and Adam Pellillo
George Mason University - Department of Economics and La Salle University
Downloads 492 (100,240)
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capitalist peace, civil conflict, democratic peace, institutions and conflict

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Methodological Individualism, Spontaneous Order and the Research Program of the Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Vol. 57, No. 2, pp. 145-158
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 19 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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... and the Pursuit of Happiness - Wellbeing and the Role of Government

Institute of Economic Affairs Monographs, Readings 64, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-25
Number of pages: 127 Posted: 25 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 29 Aug 2013
Aarhus University - Department of Economics and Business, George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, City University London - The Business School, George Mason University - Department of Economics, Macquarie Law School, Volterra Consulting, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy, Universidad Camilo Jose Cela, Westminster Business SchoolInstitute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Independent, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics
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happiness economics, wellbeing, government spending, economic theory

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The Drone Paradox: Fighting Terrorism with Mechanized Terror

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-29
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Jul 2016 Last Revised: 07 Dec 2017
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
Downloads 462 (108,374)
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drones, drone strikes, terror, terrorism, War on Terror

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High Priests and Lowly Philosophers: The Battle for the Soul of Economics

Case Western Reserve Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 08 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Economic Philosophy, Economic History, What should economists do?

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Reconstructing Weak and Failed States: Foreign Intervention and the Nirvana Fallacy

Foreign Policy Analysis, 2006, 2: 343-361.
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 02 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2009
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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failed states, private governance, reconstruction, Somalia, weak states

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Pandemic Police States

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-25
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 27 Jul 2020 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2020
Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Independent
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coronavirus disease 2019, Coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, police state, surveillance

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The New Comparative Political Economy

Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 18, 2005
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and The Catholic University of America (CUA) - Busch School of Business
Downloads 429 (117,880)
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Comparative economics, culture, economic development, institutions

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Hayek vs. The Neoclassicists: Lessons from the Socialist Calculation Debate

ELGAR COMPANION TO HAYEKIAN ECONOMICS, Norman Barry, ed., Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Entrepreneurship and Development: Cause or Consequence?

Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 6, pp. 67-88, 2003
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 10 Mar 2006 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 417 (121,845)
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Economic Development, Austrian Economics, Entrepreneurship

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The Origins of the Permanent War Economy

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 10 Jan 2015
Thomas K. Duncan and Christopher J. Coyne
Radford University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 407 (125,309)
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War Economy, National Defense, Military Keynesianism, Interventionism

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Empire State of Mind: The Illiberal Foundations of Liberal Hegemony

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-06
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 23 Dec 2015 Last Revised: 19 Feb 2016
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Empire, Foreign intervention, Foreign policy, Grand strategy, Liberal hegemon

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Anarchy, Philanthropy, and the Provision of Public Goods in a Free Society

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 13-22
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Jul 2013 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2013
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Anarchy, Philanthropy, Public Goods, Club

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Contra-Whig History of Economic Ideas and the Problem of the Endogenous Past

Cambridge Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 03 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 08 Oct 2013
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Whig theory, endogenous past, extended present

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Institutional Stickiness and the New Development Economics

American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 67, No. 2, 2008
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 391 (131,210)
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Delusions of Grandeur: On the Creeping Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 09 Jan 2011 Last Revised: 26 Jan 2011
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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3D Approach, U.S. Foreign Policy, The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual, Weak and Failed States

Delusions of Grandeur: On the Creeping Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-03
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 02 Feb 2011
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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3D approach, U.S. foreign policy, The U.S. Army Stability Operations Field Manual, weak and failed

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The Case Against a U.S.-Arms Monopoly

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 13-32
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 17 Sep 2013 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Arms Sales, Foreign Policy, Monopoly, System Effects

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Quasimarket Failure

Public Choice, Vol. 149, pp. 209-224, 2011, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 11-36
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 21 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2012
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Private provision, public goods

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Political Economy of Forgiveness

Society, Vol. 44, No. 2, January/February 2007
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 24 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Forgiveness, Economic Development, Political Economy

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Where Economics and Philosophy Meet

Economic Journal, Vol. 116, pp. F306-F325, June 2006
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Universita degli Studi di Torino, University of Cambridge - Judge Business School, University of British Columbia (UBC) - Department of Philosophy and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Polycentric Defense

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 19-31
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Sep 2019 Last Revised: 26 Dec 2019
Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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national security, national defense, polycentricity, collective action problems, selective incentives, public goods

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Unproductive Entrepreneurship in U.S. Military Contracting

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-50
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 02 Oct 2015 Last Revised: 22 Feb 2016
Christopher J. Coyne, Courtney Michaluk and Rachel Reese
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
Downloads 337 (154,400)
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Afghanistan, Contracting, Cronyism, Corruption, Iraq, Unproductive Entrepreneurship

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Foreign Intervention, Police Militarization, and the Impact on Minority Groups

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 16-09
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Feb 2016 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2016
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Foreign Intervention, Militarization, SWAT, Minority Groups

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The Political Economy of State Responses to Infectious Disease

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-30
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2021
Christopher J. Coyne, Thomas K. Duncan and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Radford University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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bureaucracy, complex systems, coronavirus disease 2019, COVID-19 pandemic, economic knowledge, infectious disease, polycentricism, public choice, system effects

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Economic Reconstruction Amidst Conflict: Insights from Afghanistan and Iraq

Defence and Peace Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 24 Jan 2010 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2010
Christopher J. Coyne and Adam Pellillo
George Mason University - Department of Economics and La Salle University
Downloads 304 (172,258)
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economic reconstruction, credible commitment, knowledge, political economy, bureaucracy, post-conflict reconstruction

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Man as Machine: The Plight of 20th Century Economics

Annals of the Society for the History of Economic Thought, , Vol. 43, pp. 1-10, June 2003
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 08 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 27 Feb 2012
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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A14, B20, B52, B53

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Perverse Consequences of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 10 Mar 2021
Christopher J. Coyne and Yahya Alshamy
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Arms race, Artificial intelligence, AI, drones, Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems, LAWS, militarism, peace, Robotic warfare

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Knowledge, Economics and Coordination: Understanding Hayek’s Legal Theory

NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, Vol. 1, pp. 209-223
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Mercer University and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Flaws and Ceilings: Price Controls and the Damage They Cause

Flaws and Ceilings: Price Controls and the Damage They Cause, Institute of Economic Affairs Monographs, Hobart Paperback 179, ISBN: 978-0-255-36702-8
Number of pages: 227 Posted: 26 Feb 2018
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University, IEA, Institute of Economic Affairs, U.K., Business School, University of Birmingham, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), University of Surrey - Department of Economics, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), City University London - The Business School, Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Brunel University London and Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA)
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minimum pricing, price controls, rent controls, shortages

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Perfecting Tyranny: Foreign Intervention as Experimentation in State Control

The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-11
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 18 Mar 2014 Last Revised: 08 Aug 2014
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Boomerang effect, Coercive foreign intervention, Drones, Militarization, NSA, Scope of government, Surveillance, SWAT

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Classical Liberals on War and Imperialism: A Historical Survey

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-50
Number of pages: 187 Posted: 18 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 20 May 2023
Matthew Owens and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Classical liberalism, colonization, imperialism, peace, war

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The Continuing Relevance of F.A. Hayek’s Political Economy

Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 11, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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The Importance of Expectations in Economic Development

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 31 Mar 2009
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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development community, economic development, expectations, weak and failed states

The Importance of Expectations in Economic Development

THE ANNUAL PROCEEDINGS OF THE WEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF NATIONS, p. 63, Emily Chamlee-Wright, ed., Beloit College, 2009
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Oct 2011
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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development constraints, expectations, incentives

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The Protective State: A Grave Threat to Liberty

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 17-03
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 22 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 15 Mar 2018
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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James M. Buchanan, protective state, national security, national security state

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Keep Off the Grass: The Economics of Prohibition and U.S. Drug Policy

Oregon Law Review, 2013, Vol. 91, No. 4, pp. 1069-1096
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Dec 2015
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke, Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
Downloads 270 (194,673)
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War on Drugs; police militarization

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International Trade as a Peace Project

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-40
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 29 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2022
Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R Hall and Nathaniel W. Smith
George Mason University - Department of Economics, University of Tampa and Sweet Briar College
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international trade, capitalist peace, democratic peace, imperialism

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Comparative Historical Political Economy

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 21 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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competitiveness, comparative political economy, institutions

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Book Review, International Relations, Military Armaments, Economic Armaments

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Learning as an Emergent, Creative Process: A Review Essay on Joseph E. Stiglitz and Bruce C. Greenwald's Creating a Learning Society

Review of Austrian Economics, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-51
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 28 Sep 2015 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2015
Christopher J. Coyne and Vipin P. Veetil
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Indian Institute of Managment Kozhikode
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Creating a Learning Society, Knowledge, Learning, Neo-Walrasian, Neo-Mengerian, Competition, Entrepreneurship, Economic Growth

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The Impact of FEMA Reorganization: Implications for Policy

Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Comment No. 24
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 26 Feb 2009 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2009
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter T. Leeson and Russell S. Sobel
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and The Citadel - School of Business
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FEMA, Department of Homeland Security, disaster relief

The Political Economy of State-Provided Targeted Benefits

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 14-18
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 31 May 2014 Last Revised: 05 Sep 2014
Christopher J. Coyne and Lotta Moberg
George Mason University - Department of Economics and William Blair
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target benefits, economic calculation, cronyism

The Political Economy of State-Provided Targeted Benefits

MERCATUS WORKING PAPER
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 07 Jun 2018
Christopher J. Coyne and Lotta Moberg
George Mason University - Department of Economics and William Blair
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The Forgotten Contribution: Murray Rothbard on Socialism in Theory and Practice

Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 71-89, 2004
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 18 Jan 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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The Art of Seeing Like a State: State-Building in Afghanistan, the Congo, and Beyond

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 29 Mar 2011
Christopher J. Coyne and Adam Pellillo
George Mason University - Department of Economics and La Salle University
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U.S. Border Militarization and Foreign Policy: A Symbiotic Relationship

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 21-35
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Nov 2021 Last Revised: 22 Jan 2022
Nathan P. Goodman and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Mercatus Center and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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border security, foreign interventions, foreign policy, militarization, U.S.-Mexican border

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Infectious Diseases and Government Growth

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-40
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2020
Nathan P. Goodman, Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail Devereaux
George Mason University - Mercatus Center, George Mason University - Department of Economics and Wichita State University
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apartheid, bubonic plague, compulsory vaccination, COVID-19, crises, infectious disease, growth of government, pandemics, ratchet effect, smallpox, zoning laws

63.

Knowledge and Power: Hayek’s Dual Problems with Planning

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 19-12
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 15 Dec 2018 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2019
Byron Carson and Christopher J. Coyne
Hampden-Sydney College - Economics and Business Department and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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F.A. Hayek, knowledge problem, power problem

64.

How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National-Security Elite

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-07
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 Oct 2022 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Foreign Intervention, Liberal Hegemony, National Security, Satire, War

65.

The Empire Strikes Back: Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, and the Robust Political Economy of Empire

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 11 Feb 2013
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Empire, Imperialism Adam Smith, John Stuart Mill, Robust Political Economy

66.

The Economic Logic Behind the Ultimate Resource

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 21-17
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 07 Jun 2021 Last Revised: 16 Sep 2021
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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economic development; environment; innovation; immigration; Julian Simon; market process; population; ultimate resource

67.

Saving Government Failure Theory from Itself: Recasting Political Economy from an Austrian Perspective

Constitutional Political Economy, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 127-143, 2007
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 18 May 2006 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Institutional Bottlenecks: What Can Be Done?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 13 Feb 2013
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
Downloads 204 (254,884)
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end-state reforms, Institutional bottlenecks, Middle East, unblocking reforms

69.

The Fatal Conceit of Foreign Intervention: Evidence from the Afghanistan Papers

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 21-12
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 27 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 18 May 2021
Karras Lambert, Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Afghanistan, Afghanistan Papers, fatal conceit, foreign intervention, nation building

70.

Sounding the Alarm: The Political Economy of Whistleblowing in the U.S. Security State

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-29
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 21 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2018
Christopher J. Coyne, Nathan P. Goodman and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Mercatus Center and University of Tampa
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Democratic Politics, Information Asymmetries, Whistleblowing, Principal-Agent Problem, U.S. National Security State

71.

Immigration Reform Is Key in the Recovery from the COVID-19 Crisis

Mercatus COVID-19 Response Policy Brief Series
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 25 Sep 2020
Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Independent
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immigration, visas, education, COVID-19, pandemic, coronavirus, workforce, economic growth

72.

Gene Sharp: The 'Clausewitz of Nonviolent Warfare'

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-10
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 04 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2018
Joshua Ammons and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Collective Action, Gene Sharp, Nonviolent Action

73.

The Problem of Credible Commitment in Reconstruction

Journal of Institutional Economics, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 1-23, 2009
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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credible commitment, institutions, military occupation, reconstruction, reform

74.

Noxious Government Markets: Evidence From the International Arms Trade

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-08
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 06 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2022
Yahya Alshamy, Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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arms sales, arms trade, commodification, equality, markets and morality, noxious markets, commodification

75.

Cronyism: Necessary for the Minimal, Protective State

The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-26
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2018
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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cronyism, ideal capitalism, real capitalism, military, military-industrial complex

76.

The Political Economy of the Virtual Wall

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-03
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 Jan 2020 Last Revised: 18 Feb 2020
Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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border security, surveillance, virtual walls, rent seeking, civil liberties, cronyism, immigration

77.

The Many Faces of the Market

Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2004
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 08 Feb 2006 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2012
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Markets, institutional environments, entrepreneurial activity, evolving institutions

78.

Unintended Consequences

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-36
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 28 Jul 2022 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2022
Karras Lambert and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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driver-safety regulations, economic development, foreign aid, foreign intervention, intellectual property, minimum wage, prohibition, unintended consequences

79.

Does the Market Self-Correct? Asymmetrical Adjustment and the Structure of Economic Error

Review of Political Economy, Vol 18, No. 1, pp. 79-90, January 2006
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Imperfect information, equilibration, entrepreneurship

80.

The Peaceableness Project: In Search of Everyday Peace Behaviors

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-11
Number of pages: 316 Posted: 04 May 2022 Last Revised: 31 Aug 2023
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Elise Boulding, Ken Boulding, Peace, Peaceableness

81.

State-Provided Defense as Non-Comprehensive Planning

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-27
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 14 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2018
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
Downloads 150 (332,702)
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knowledge problem, national defense, power problem

82.

The Ratchet Effect

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-34
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 23 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2022
Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R Hall and Matthew Owens
George Mason University - Department of Economics, University of Tampa and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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ratchet effect, growth of government, Crisis Hypothesis, Modernization Hypothesis, Public Goods Hypothesis, Welfare State Hypothesis

Overlooked Costs of War-Related Public Research: A Comment on Nicholas Rescher's 'Early RAND as a Talent Incubator'

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 17-17
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 26 Apr 2017
Brittany Bills and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Public science, RAND Corporation, War-related science

Overlooked Costs of War-Related Public Research: A Comment on Nicholas Rescher's 'Early RAND as a Talent Incubator'

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 17-17
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 05 Apr 2017
Brittany Bills and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Public science, RAND Corporation, War-related science

84.

Ludwig von Mises on War and the Economy

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 19-11
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 20 Jan 2019 Last Revised: 11 Apr 2019
Christopher J. Coyne and Anne Rathbone Bradley
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics
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liberal peace, Ludwig von Mises, war economy, war socialism

85.

The Market Process as Nonviolent Action

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-06
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Yahya Alshamy, Joshua Ammons, Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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desegregation, Hanseatic League, market process theory, nonviolent action, Uber, virtual private networks, vegetarianism

86.

The Economic Reconstruction of Iraq

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Feb 2010 Last Revised: 17 Feb 2010
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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economic reconstruction, Iraq

87.

Drones, Development, and Discovery

Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, 2020, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 20-31
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 24 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 28 Aug 2020
Christopher J. Coyne and Nathan P. Goodman
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Africa, Development, Drones, regulatory policy, Unmanned aerial vehicles, UAVs

88.

Police State, U.S.A.

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 21-11
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 22 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 24 May 2021
Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Independent
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border patrol, civil asset forfeiture, militarized police, No-fly lists, material witness law, police state, September 11 attacks, surveillance state, war on terror

89.

Non-Violent Action

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-28
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 11 Sep 2018 Last Revised: 21 Oct 2018
Joshua Ammons and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Non-violent action, Gene Sharp, protests, boycotts, civil disobedience, non-cooperation

90.
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American Spies, Unwarranted, Policing, Surveillance, Police State, Patriot Act

91.

Earw(h)ig: I Can't Hear You Because Your Ideas are Old

Cambridge Journal of Economics, 2013, vol. 38, pp. 531-544
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 07 Dec 2015
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Extended present, Whig and contra-Whig theories of the history of ideas

92.

Frank H. Knight (1885-1972)

DICTIONARY OF MODERN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHERS, James R. Shook, ed., pp. 1322-1325, Thoemmes Press
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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93.

War and Human Rights Abuses in the United States

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-12
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 25 Feb 2018 Last Revised: 04 Jun 2018
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Cold War, Biological Agent Testing, Human Rights, Nuclear Experiments, Radiation Experiments, Project Paperclip, World War II

94.

James M. Buchanan (1919-)

Dictionary of Modern American Philosophers, 2005
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 24 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2012
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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James Buchanan

95.

Dr. Mengele, USA Style: Lessons from Human Rights Abuses in Post-World War II America

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-12
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 28 Mar 2022 Last Revised: 09 May 2022
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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citizen-based defense, Cold War, Liberal empire, Interstate federalism, Operation Overcast, Operation Paperclip, World War II

96.

Foreign Intervention: A Case for Humility

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 15-19
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 11 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 08 Mar 2015
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Foreign interventions, war, conflict, nation building, F.A. Harper

97.

The Role of Media as a Supporting Institution: Implications for Development Policy

Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Primer No. 3
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 14 Mar 2009
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Economic development, media, network effects, democracy,

98.

Government Propaganda

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-33
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 23 Jun 2022 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2022
Christopher J. Coyne and Yahya Alshamy
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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propaganda, democracy, autocracy, information asymmetry

99.

Converting Social Conflict: Focal Points and the Evolution of Cooperation

Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 19, No. 2/3, pp. 137-147, 2006
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Jan 2006 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2010
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Focal points, Robustness, Cooperation, Conflict

100.

Constitutions and Crisis

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Jul 2010
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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constitution, crisis, political economy, protective state, productive state, rules

101.

Institutions, Immigration and Identity

NYU Journal of Law and Liberty, Vol. 1, No. 3, pp. 1-18, 2005
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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102.

Nuclear Deterrence Melts Down: The Limits of Deterrence & Alternative Paths to Peace

GMU Working Paper in Economics Forthcoming
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Sep 2023
Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R Hall
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tampa
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Command and Control, Deterrence Theory, Nuclear Weapons, Political Pathologies

103.

The Political Economy of Human Rights Scandals

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-47
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 26 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 07 Apr 2013
Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Delaware State University
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Abu Ghraib prison, Dehumanization, Human rights, Human rights scandal, rules

104.

Peacemaking: Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up

GMU Working Paper in Economics Forthcoming
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 09 Sep 2023 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2023
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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conflict, cultures of peace, peace, peacemaking, violence

105.

The Unproductive Protective State: The U.S. Defense Sector as a Fiscal Commons

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 18-06
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 14 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2018
Christopher J. Coyne and Thomas K. Duncan
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Radford University - Department of Economics
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common pool resource, defense, defense budget, defense sector, Elinor Ostrom, fiscal commons, James Buchanan, protective state, productive state, unproductive state

106.

Kenneth Boulding: An Underappreciated Economist

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 23 May 2023
Yahya Alshamy and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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conflict, Kenneth Boulding, image, power, stable peace

107.

Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992)

DICTIONARY OF MODERN AMERICAN PHILOSOPHERS, p. 300, J. Shook, ed, Thoemmes Continuum, 2005
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 28 Oct 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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F. A. Hayek

108.

Best Case, Worst Case, and the Golden Mean in Political Economy: An Introduction to a Symposium on Tim Besley’s Principled Agents? The Political Economy of Good Government

Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 22, 2009
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 24 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 26 Oct 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Political Economy, Pricipled Agents, Tim Besley

109.

Takings

Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 8, No. 2, pp. 327-338, 2010
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 29 Jul 2010 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2012
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Entrepreneurship, Market Process, Eminent Domain

110.

Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-09
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 03 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 31 May 2023
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsGeorge Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Peace, conflict, peacemaking, peacebuilding, entrepreneurship

111.

The Continuing Relevance of F.A. Hayek's Political Economy

Advances in Austrian Economics, Vol. 11, pp. 79-98, 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2012
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Hayek, Political Economy

112.

The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 22-35
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 02 Aug 2022 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2022
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsGeorge Mason University - Mercatus Center
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Peace, habits of peacefulness, violence, conflict, the market as a social space, rules of just conduct

113.

Swedish Influences, Austrian Advances: The Contributions of the Swedish and Austrian Schools to Market Process Theory

THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARKET PROCESS: AUSTRIAN AND SWEETISH ECONOMICS, Michel Bellet, Sandye Gloria-Palermo, Abdallah Zouache, (eds.), pp. 20-31, Routledge Publishing, 2004
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 18 Jan 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Hayek's Nobel after 40 Years

Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 28, No. 3, 2015, pp. 221-223
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 22 Dec 2015
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Austrian school, F.A. Hayek, Nobel memorial prize in economic science

115.

The War Industry as Economic Cancer

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-11
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 01 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2023
Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Independent
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Cronyism, Military System, Military-Industrial Complex, Robert Higgs, War Industry, U.S. Military

116.

Wisdom, Alterability, and Social Rules

Managerial and Decision Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 27 Feb 2011 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2012
Peter T. Leeson and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Alterability, Legislation, Norms, Private Rules, Wisdom of Crowds

117.

Lessons from the Cultural and Political Economy of Recovery

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 31 Dec 2010
Christopher J. Coyne and Jayme S. Lemke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Cultural Toolkit, Disaster Recovery, Polycentricism, Quantitative Methods

118.

Concerting Enterepreneurship: An International Public Good

STRUCTURAL PARTNERING FOR A NEW ECONOMY: COMPLEMENTARY ENTRENEURSHIP FOR BALANCED INTERDEPENDENCE, Pier Carlo Padoan, Gavin Boyd, eds., pp. 199-226, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 19 Jan 2010
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and Peter J. Boettke
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University
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Exchange in Politics and Economics

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 16 May 2022
Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University
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James Buchanan, economics, exchange paradigm, politics, public choice, rules

120.

Foreign Policy, Defense, and War

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-20
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 15 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Christopher J. Coyne and Matthew Owens
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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constitutions, Leviathan, national defense, national security state, political economy, public bads, public goods

121.

Humanitarian Action: Harming Those in Need - A Review of The Golden Fleece: Manipulation and Independence in Humanitarian Action.

Number of pages: 4 Posted: 11 Dec 2014
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Humanitarian action, unintended consequences, instrumentalization

122.

Peace as an Educational Process: An Economic Perspective

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-05
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 28 Dec 2022 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2023
Christopher J. Coyne, Virgil Henry Storr and Virgil Henry Storr
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of EconomicsGeorge Mason University - Mercatus Center
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education, markets, peace, peace learning, social spaces

123.

Interstate Federalism: Challenges From the History of Classical Liberalism

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-21
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 15 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 12 May 2023
Matthew Owens and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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classical liberalism, international relations, interstate federalism, war

124.

Surveillance Capitalism & the Surveillance State: A Comparative Institutional Analysis

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-10
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 22 Feb 2023 Last Revised: 11 Oct 2023
Yahya Alshamy, Christopher J. Coyne, Abigail R Hall and Matthew Owens
George Mason University - Department of Economics, George Mason University - Department of Economics, University of Tampa and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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advertising, Big Tech, persuasion, surveillance capitalism, surveillance state

125.

The Political Economy of Military Base Redevelopment

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-32
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 Jul 2023 Last Revised: 21 Sep 2023
Chandler S. Reilly and Christopher J. Coyne
Metropolitan State University of Denver - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC); economic knowledge; military base redevelopment; political economy; rent seeking

126.

The Folly of Empire and the Science of Peace

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 14 May 2023
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics
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defense, empire, liberalism, peace, public goods

127.

Context Matters: Institutions and Entrepreneurship

Foundations and Trends in Entrepreneurship Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 135-209, 2009
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 16 Jun 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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Institutional Economics, Social Entrepreneurship, Political Entrepreneurship

128.

Murray Rothbard on War and Foreign Policy

GMU Working Paper in Economics Forthcoming
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Sep 2023
Christopher J. Coyne and Yuliya Yatsyshina
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Independent
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foreign policy, government growth, imperialism, nuclear weapons, propaganda, war

129.

New Thinking in Austrian Economics

Annual Review of Economics, Vol. 15, pp. 329-347, 2023
Posted: 20 Sep 2023
Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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If You Want Peace, Prepare for Peace: From Arms Race to Peace Race

GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 23-19
Posted: 20 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2023
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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arms race, conflict, Hobbes, peace, peace race, Perpetual Peace, violence, war

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Sassywood

Journal of Comparative Economics, Forthcoming, GMU Working Paper in Economics No. 12-24
Posted: 25 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 14 May 2012
Peter T. Leeson and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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An Austrian Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations

Journal of Economics and Finance Education, Forthcoming
Posted: 25 Nov 2011
Christopher J. Coyne and Peter T. Leeson
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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The Law and Economics of Rule Reform

Posted: 08 May 2011
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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credible commitment, rule reform, stickiness

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Polycentrism and Gargantua

Posted: 04 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2012
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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education, gargantua, polycentrism

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Rituals: An Economic Interpretation

Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Forthcoming
Posted: 02 Nov 2010
Christopher J. Coyne and Rachel L. Mathers
George Mason University - Department of Economics and Delaware State University

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Capabilities, Development, Identity, Rituals

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Trade Openness and Cultural Creative Destruction

Journal of Entrepreneurship & Public Policy, Forthcoming
Posted: 26 Oct 2010
Christopher J. Coyne and Claudia R. Williamson
George Mason University - Department of Economics and University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

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creative destruction, economic culture, entrepreneurship, informal institutions, trade openness

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Cointegrating Institutions: The Time-Series Properties of Country Institutional Measures

Journal of Law and Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 30 Mar 2009 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2010
Russell S. Sobel and Christopher J. Coyne
The Citadel - School of Business and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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co-integration, institutions, institutional reform

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The Political Economy of FEMA: Did Reorganization Matter?

Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, Vol. 17, Nos. 2-3, pp. 49-65, 2007
Posted: 28 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2009
Russell S. Sobel, Christopher J. Coyne and Peter T. Leeson
The Citadel - School of Business, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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With Friends Like These, Who Needs Enemies? Aiding the World's Worst Dictators

The Independent Review: The Journal of Political Economy, Forthcoming
Posted: 27 Aug 2008 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2009
Christopher J. Coyne and Matt Ryan
George Mason University - Department of Economics and West Virginia University

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dictatorship, military aid, official development assistance, weak and failed states

140.

The 'New' Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Foreign Intervention

Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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fatal conceit, foreign aid, foreign intervention

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Foreign Intervention and Global Public Bads

Posted: 16 Jul 2008
Christopher J. Coyne and Matt Ryan
George Mason University - Department of Economics and West Virginia University

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foreign intervention, foreign aid, foreign military intervention, global public goods, global public bads, unintended consequences

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Asset Values and the Sustainability of Peace Prospects

Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, Vol. 50, No. 2, 2010
Posted: 16 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 30 May 2014
Christopher J. Coyne, Gregory M. Dempster and Justin P. Isaacs
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College and Hampden-Sydney College

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Capital Markets, Credible Commitment, Peace Agreements, Sri Lanka

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Land Grab: Takings, the Market Process, and Regime Uncertainty

PROPERTY WRONGS: THE LAW AND ECONOMICS OF TAKINGS, Bruce L. Benson, ed., New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Posted: 16 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 01 Nov 2010
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University, George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Eminent Domain, Takings, Entrepreneurship, Regime Uncertainty

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Entrepreneurship and the Taste for Discrimination

Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Forthcoming
Posted: 16 Jan 2008 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2009
Christopher J. Coyne, Justin P. Isaacs and Jeremy T. Schwartz
George Mason University - Department of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College and Youngstown State University - Department of Accounting and Finance

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entrepreneurship, discrimination, integration, Major League Baseball

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The Politics of Bureaucracy and the Failure of Post-War Reconstruction

Public Choice, 2008, 135: 11-22.
Posted: 27 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2009
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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bureaucracy, reconstruction, spontaneous order

146.

Media as a Mechanism of Institutional Change

Posted: 05 Jul 2007
Christopher J. Coyne and Peter T. Leeson
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Empire: Public Goods and Bads

Econ Journal Watch, Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 3-45, 2007
Posted: 26 May 2007
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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empire, imperialism, global public goods, global public bads, Roosevelt Corollary

148.

The Political Economy of Forgiveness

Society, Forthcoming
Posted: 29 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 08 Sep 2010
Peter J. Boettke, Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of EconomicsMercatus Center at George Mason University and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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transitional justice

149.

Reconstructing Weak and Failed States: Insights from Tocqueville

Journal of Social, Political and Economic Studies, 2006, 31(2): 143-162.
Posted: 29 Jun 2006 Last Revised: 31 Mar 2009
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Postwar Reconstruction: Some Insights from Public Choice and Institutional Economics

Constitutional Political Economy, Vol. 16, pp. 31-48, 2005
Posted: 10 Mar 2006
Tyler Cowen and Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Conflict, coordination, culture, postwar reconstruction

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The Institutional Prerequisites for Post-Conflict Reconstruction

Review of Austrian Economics, Vol. 18, Nos. 3/4, pp. 325-342
Posted: 09 Mar 2006
Christopher J. Coyne
George Mason University - Department of Economics

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Nation building, post-conflict reconstruction, social capital, social change, state building

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Economics and Happiness Research: Insights from Austrian and Public Choice Economics

HAPPINESS AND PUBLIC POLICY: THEORY, CASE STUDIES, AND IMPLICATIONS, Yew-Kwang Ng, Lok-Sang Ho, eds., Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
Posted: 06 Mar 2006
Christopher J. Coyne, Peter J. Boettke and