Peter T. Leeson …

                            Peter T. Leeson
                              Department of Economics
                          George Mason University, MSN 3G4
                                  Fairfax, VA 22030
                                  pleeson@gmu.edu
                                    703.993.1124


Birthdate
July 29, 1979.


Positions
BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, George Mason University, 2007-.

Executive Committee, Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, 2007-.

Board of Scholars, Virginia Institute for Public Policy, 2007-.

Assistant Professor of Economics, West Virginia University, 2005-2007.

Associate Editor, Review of Austrian Economics, 2005-.

Adjunct Scholar, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, 1997-.


Education
F.A. Hayek Fellow, London School of Economics, 2005.

Ph.D., George Mason University, 2005.

Visiting Fellow, Harvard University, 2004.

B.A., Hillsdale College, summa cum laude, 2001.


Awards and Fellowships
Earhart Foundation Fellowship Research Grant, for preparation of The Invisible Hook:
    The Hidden Economics of Pirates, 2008.

Olive W. Garvey Fellowship, First Prize given to Best Junior Faculty Paper, "Escaping
    Poverty: Foreign Aid, Private Property, and Economic Development,"2007.



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Fund for the Study of Spontaneous Orders Prize, Outstanding Research for work on
    anarchy, 2007.
Kendrick Fund, Summer Fellow, 2006-2007.
Israel M. Kirzner Award, Distinguished Dissertation given to "Cooperation and Conict:
     Self-Enforcing Exchange Among Socially Heterogeneous Agents,"2005.
Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute of Economics, 2005.
Olo¤son Weaver Fellow in Political Economy, 2004-2005.
Ludwig von Mises Research Fellow, Review of Austrian Economics, 2002-2005.
Donald Lavoie Memorial Award, Distinguished Graduate Student Paper given to "Trading
   with Bandits,"2004.
James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, Graduate Fellow, 2001-2004.
Earhart Foundation, Summer Fellow, 2002-2003.
Wall Street Journal Award, Outstanding Undergraduate in Economics, 2001.

Journal Articles
"The Laws of Lawlessness."Journal of Legal Studies, forthcoming.
"How Important is State Enforcement for Trade?"American Law and Economics Review
   10(1) 2008: 61-89.
"Media Freedom, Political Knowledge, and Participation."Journal of Economic Perspec-
   tives 22(2) 2008: 155-169.
"An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization." Journal of Political
    Economy 115(6) 2007: 1049-1094.
"Weathering Corruption"(with R. Sobel). Journal of Law and Economics, forthcoming.
"Social Distance and Self-Enforcing Exchange."Journal of Legal Studies 37(1) 2008: 161-
    188.
"Coordination without Command: Stretching the Scope of Spontaneous Order." Public
    Choice 135(1-2) 2008: 67-78.
"Costly Price Discrimination"(with R. Sobel). Economics Letters 99(1) 2008: 206-208.
"How Do Rulers Choose? Dual Domains of Discretion in Political Decision Making"(with
   C. Coyne). Journal of Economic Issues 42(3) 2008: 727-743.
"We' All Austrians Now: Janos Kornai and the Austrian School of Economics."Research
    re
   in the History of Economic Thought and Methodology 26(A) 2008: 209-219.

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"Institutional Stickiness and the New Development Economics" (with P. Boettke and C.
    Coyne). American Journal of Economics and Sociology 67(2) 2008: 331-358.

"The Continuing Relevance of F.A. Hayek' Political Economy"(with P. Boettke and C.
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   Coyne). Advances in Austrian Economics, forthcoming.

"Government Intervention and the Structure of Social Capital" (with A. Carilli and C.
   Coyne). Review of Austrian Economics 21(2-3) 2008: 209-218.

"The Evolution of Economics: Where We are and How We Got Here" (with P. Boettke
   and D. Smith). Long Term View 7(1) 2008: 14-22.

"Escaping Poverty: Foreign Aid, Private Property, and Economic Development."Journal
    of Private Enterprise 23(2) 2008: 39-64.

"Centralization Proves Inadequate to Disaster Aid"(with R. Sobel). Journal of Interna-
    tional Peace Operations 3(4) 2008: 11-12.

"Better O¤ Stateless: Somalia Before and After Government Collapse."Journal of Com-
    parative Economics 35(4) 2007: 689-710.

"The Reformers' Dilemma: Media, Policy Ownership, and Reform" (with C. Coyne).
   European Journal of Law and Economics 23(3) 2007: 237-250.

"Good for the Goose, Bad for the Gander: International Labor Standards and Compara-
   tive Development"(with J. Hall). Journal of Labor Research 28(4) 2007: 658-676.

"The Political, Economic and Social Aspects of Katrina" (with P. Boettke, E. Chamlee-
   Wright, P. Gordon, S. Ikeda, and R. Sobel). Southern Economic Journal 74(2) 2007:
   363-376.

"Trading with Bandits."Journal of Law and Economics 50(2) 2007: 303-321.

"Anarchy, Monopoly, and Predation."Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics
   163(3) 2007: 467-482.

"Balkanization and Assimilation: Examining the E¤ects of State-Created Homogeneity."
    Review of Social Economy 65(2) 2007: 141-164.

"E¢ cient Anarchy."Public Choice 130(1-2) 2007: 41-53.

"Saving Government Failure Theory from Itself: Recasting Political Economy from an
    Austrian Perspective"(with P. Boettke and C. Coyne). Constitutional Political Econ-
    omy 18(2) 2007: 127-143.

"Does Globalization Require Global Government?" Indian Journal of Economics and
   Business (Special Issue) 2007: 7-17.

"The Use of Knowledge in Natural Disaster Relief Management," (with R. Sobel). Inde-
   pendent Review 11(4) 2007: 519-532.

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    Reprinted in: Local Knowledge: Public Problems, Local Solutions. Arlington: Merca-
    tus Center, 2008.
"One More Time with Feeling: The Law Merchant, Arbitration, and International Trade."
   Indian Journal of Economics and Business (Special Issue) 2007: 29-34.
"How Much Benevolence is Benevolent Enough?"Public Choice 126(3-4) 2006: 357-366.
"Government' Response to Hurricane Katrina: A Public Choice Analysis" (with R. So-
            s
   bel). Public Choice 127(1-2) 2006: 55-73.
"Comparing Apples: Normalcy, Russia, and the Remaining Post-Socialist World," (with
   W. Trumbull). Post-Soviet A¤airs 22(3) 2006: 225-248.
"Cooperation and Conict: Evidence on Self-Enforcing Arrangements and Heterogeneous
    Groups."American Journal of Economics and Sociology 65(4) 2006: 891-907.
"High Priests and Lowly Philosophers: The Battle for the Soul of Economics" (with P.
    Boettke and C. Coyne). Case Western Reserve Law Review 56(3) 2006: 551-568.
    Reprinted in: Revista de Economía y Derecho (Journal of Law and Economics), N 10,
    Otoño 2006: 7-17.
"Converting Social Con ict: Focal Points and the Evolution of Cooperation" (with C.
    Coyne and P. Boettke). Review of Austrian Economics 19(2-3) 2006: 137-147.
"Was Mises Right?"(with P. Boettke). Review of Social Economy 64(2) 2006: 247-265.
"Does the Market Self Correct? Asymmetrical Adjustment and the Structure of Economic
   Error"(with C. Coyne and P. Boettke). Review of Political Economy 18(1) 2006: 79-
   90.
"Robust Political Economy" (with R. Subrick). Review of Austrian Economics 19(2-3)
   2006: 107-111.
"The Economics of Computer Hacking" (with C. Coyne). Journal of Law, Economics,
   and Policy 1(2) 2005: 511-532.
"Manipulating the Media"(with C. Coyne). Institutions and Economic Development 1(2)
   2005: 67-92.
"Socialism: Still Impossible After All these Years" (with P. Boettke). Critical Review
    17(1-2) 2005: 177-192.
"Endogenizing Fractionalization."Journal of Institutional Economics 1(1) 2005: 75-98.
"Self-Enforcing Arrangements in African Political Economy." Journal of Economic Be-
     havior and Organization 57(2) 2005: 241-244.
"Is Government Inevitable?" (with E. Stringham). Independent Review 9(4) 2005: 543-
    549.

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    Reprinted in: Anarchy and Law, Edward Stringham, ed., NJ: Transaction Publishers,
    2006.

"Who' to Protect Cyberspace?"(with C. Coyne). Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy
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   1(2) 2005: 473-495.

"Social Cooperation and the Apparent Tension between Personal and Impersonal Ex-
    change."Ama-Gi 7(1) 2005: 1-18.

"The New Comparative Political Economy" (with P. Boettke, C. Coyne and F. Sautet).
   Review of Austrian Economics 18(3-4) 2005: 281-304.

"The Plight of Underdeveloped Countries" (with C. Coyne). Cato Journal 24(3) 2004:
   235-249.

"Read All About It! Understanding the Role of Media in Economic Development"(with
    C. Coyne). Kyklos 57(1) 2004: 21-44.

"Liberalism, Socialism, and Robust Political Economy" (with P. Boettke). Journal of
    Markets and Morality 7(1) 2004: 99-111.

"The Many Faces of the Market" (with P. Boettke and C. Coyne). Journal des Econo-
   mistes et des Etudes Humaines 14(2) 2004: 71-86.

"Is the Transition to the Market Too Important to be Left to the Market?" (with P.
     Boettke). Economic A¤airs 23(1) 2003: 33-39.

"Contracts without Government."Journal of Private Enterprise 18(2) 2003: 35-54.

"Man as Machine: The Plight of 20th Century Economics"(with C. Coyne and P. Boet-
   tke). Annals of the Society for the History of Economic Thought 43(1) 2003: 1-10.

"Hayek, Arrow, and the Problems of Democratic Decision-Making" (with P. Boettke).
    Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice 20(1) 2002: 9-21.


Books
The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates. Princeton: Princeton University
    Press, forthcoming.

Media, Institutional Change, and Economic Development (with C. Coyne). Cheltenham:
    Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

The Legacy of Ludwig von Mises: Theory and History (ed. with P. Boettke). 2 vols.
    Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.




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Book Chapters
"Anarchy Unbound: How Much Order Can Spontaneous Order Create?"In Peter Boettke,
   ed., Handbook of Austrian Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

"Do Markets Need Government?"In Stephen Copp, ed., Legal Foundations of Free Mar-
    kets. London: Institute of Economic A¤airs, 2008.

"James M. Buchanan." In Ronald Hamoway, ed., Encyclopedia of Libertarianism. Thou-
    sand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008.

"Hayek vs. the Neoclassicists: Lessons from the Socialist Calculation Debate" (with
    P. Boettke and C. Coyne). In Norman Barry, ed., Elgar Companion to Hayekian
    Economics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

"Mises and His System: Past Work and Future Prospects" (with P. Boettke). In Steven
    Horwitz, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Austrian Economists. Northampton, MA:
    Edward Elgar, forthcoming.

"Entrepreneurship or Entremanureship? Digging through Romania' Institutional Envi-
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    ronment for Transition Lessons"(with P. Boettke and C. Coyne). In Benjamin Powell,
    ed., Making Poor Nations Rich: Entrepreneurship and the Process of Development.
    Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007.

"The Spread of Global Economic Freedom" (with R. Sobel). In James Gwartney and
   Robert Lawson, Economic Freedom in the World: 2007 Annual Report. Canada:
   Fraser Institute, 2007.

"Why Capitalism Works" (with R. Sobel). In Russell Sobel, ed., Unleashing Capitalism:
   Why Prosperity Stops at the West Virginia Border and How to Fix it. Morgantown:
   The Public Policy Foundation of West Virginia, 2007.

"Liberal Tolerance as Robust Political Economy" (with P. Boettke). In Gerson Moreno-
    Riano, ed., Tolerance in the 21st Century: Prospects and Challenges. Lanham: Lex-
    ington Books, 2006.

"Do Contracts Require Formal Enforcement?"In Edward Stringham, ed., Anarchy, State,
    and Public Choice. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2005.

"An Austrian Perspective on Public Choice" (with P. Boettke). In Charles Rowley and
    Friedrich Schneider, eds., Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Boston: Kluwer, 2003.

"The Austrian School of Economics: 1950-2000" (with P. Boettke). In Warren Samuels,
   Je¤ Biddle and John Davis, eds., A Companion to the History of Economic Thought.
   Oxford: Blackwell, 2003.

"Public Choice and Socialism"(with P. Boettke). In Charles Rowley and Friedrich Schnei-
   der, eds., Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Boston: Kluwer, 2003.


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Book Reviews
Review of Clark Gibson, Krister Andersson, Elinor Ostrom, and Sujai Shivakumar, The
    Samaritan' Dilemma: The Political Economy of Development Aid. Journal of Eco-
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    nomic Behavior and Organization 66(2) 2008: 437-440.

Review of Edward Stringham, ed., Anarchy and the Law: The Political Economy of
    Choice. Public Choice 133(1-2) 2007: 253-256.

Review of Moe Espen, Governance, Growth and Global Leadership. EH.Net, July 2007.

Review of Roger Congleton and Birgitta Swedenborg, eds., Democratic Constitutional
    Design and Public Policy: Analysis and Evidence. Public Choice 130(1-2) 2007:
    245-247.

Review of Gary Stern and Ron Feldman, Too Big to Fail: The Hazards of Bank Bailouts.
    Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 56(3) 2005: 448-450.

Review of Alexander Field, Altruistically Inclined? The Behavioral Sciences, Evolutionary
    Theory, and the Origins of Reciprocity. Review of Austrian Economics 18(2) 2005:
    223-226.

Review of Robert Putnam and Lewis Feldstein, Better Together: Restoring the American
    Community. American Journal of Economics and Sociology 64(3) 2005: 961-963.


Policy Papers
"The Impact of FEMA on U.S. Corruption: Implications for Policy" (with R. Sobel).
   Mercatus Policy Series, Policy Comment No. 8, January 2007. Arlington: Mercatus
   Center.

"Flirting with Disaster: The Inherent Problems with FEMA" (with R. Sobel). Policy
     Analysis, No. 573, July 19, 2006. Washington, D.C.: Cato Institute.

"Lessons from the Investor' Roadmap: Implementation Challenges and An Exploratory
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    Assessment of the Major Barriers to Rural Entrepreneurship from a New Institutional
    Economic Perspective" (with C. Coyne and P. Aligica). USAID Forum Series: The
    Role of Institutions in Promoting Economic Growth, September 17, 2003.

"Land Management: Incentives Matter."Michigan Privatization Report 99(4) 2000: 8-9.

"Opposing Judicial Philosophies Court Michigan Voters."Viewpoint on Public Issues, No.
   2000-32, Oct 2, 2000. Midland: Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

"Students, Teachers to Pro...t from the Inkster-Edison Partnership." Michigan Privatiza-
    tion Report 00(3) 2000: 10-11.




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"Policy Makers Must Remember that Incentives Matter" (with L. Reed). Viewpoint on
    Public Issues, No. 2000-28, August 7, 2000. Midland: Mackinac Center for Public
    Policy.

"Land Ho! Should Government Be Landlord?"Michigan Privatization Report 99(1) 1999:
    12, 17.

"Seek and Ye Shall FOIA."Michigan Privatization Report 98(3) 1998: 16-17.

"On the Road to Privatization."Michigan Privatization Report 98(2) 1998: 6, 14.

"What Indianapolis Can Teach Michigan."Michigan Privatization Report 98(4) 1998: 15,
   17.

    Reprinted as: "What Indianapolis Can Teach Georgia," in Georgia Public Policy
    Foundation, Comment, October 22, 1998.

"Contracting for Knowledge."Michigan Privatization Report 97(3) 1997: 6, 19.


Working Papers
"Pirational Choice: The Economics of Infamous Pirate Practices,"2008.

"The Invisible Hook: The Economics of Pirate Tolerance,"2008.

"The Calculus of Piratical Consent: The Myth of the Myth of Social Contract,"2008.

"The Democratic Domino Theory: An Empirical Investigation"(with A. Dean), 2008.

"Rational Choice, Round Robin, and Rebellion: An Institutional Solution to the Problems
    of Revolution,"2007.

"Media as a Mechanism of Institutional Change"(with C. Coyne), 2007.

"The Ampli...cation E¤ect: Foreign Aid' Impact on Political Institutions"(with N. Dutta),
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   2008.

"Race, Politics, and Punishment: Democratic Failure in the New Orleans Mayoral Elec-
    tion"(with R. Sobel), 2008.

"Contagious Capitalism"(with R. Sobel), 2008.

"Scientism in the Way of Science: Hope for Heterodoxy in Modern Economics" (with G.
     Callahan), 2007.

"Two-Tiered Entrepreneurship and Economic Development"(with P. Boettke), 2007.

"Anarchy and Development: An Application of the Theory of Second Best" (with C.
   Williamson), 2008.


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"Think Tanks"(with M. Ryan), 2008.

"The Political Economy of FEMA: Did Reorganization Matter?" (with R. Sobel and C.
   Coyne), 2008.

"Comparative Historical Political Economy: An Old Research Program in a Modern Age"
   (with P. Boettke and C. Coyne), 2008.


Referee
American Economic Review, National Science Foundation, Quarterly Journal of Eco-
nomics, American Journal of Sociology, Journal of Legal Studies, Public Choice, Journal
of Business Venturing, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Cambridge
Journal of Economics, American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Southern Eco-
nomic Journal, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Entrepreneurship Theory and Prac-
tice, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Review of Political Economy, Journal of
Cultural Economics, Independent Review, Review of Social Economy, Review of Austrian
Economics, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Private Enterprise, Journal of
Economic Education




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