12.00-18.00 Registration at Clarion Sign Hotel, Conference Lobby
13.00-16.30 Open Young Scholars Sessions
13.00-14.30 Populism 1
Chair: Nils Karlson, Associate Professor of Political Science, Founding President and CEO of the Ratio Institute
Rohac et. al. – The Wisdom of Demagogues – Institutions, Corruption and Support for Authoritarian Populists
Cachanosky and Padilla – The Rise and Fall of Populism in Latin America
Kuchar – Populism and the Adverse Effects of Modernization
13.00-14.30 History
Chair: Bruce Caldwell, Research Professor of Economics at Duke University, and Director of the Center for the History of Political Economy
Douma – Can There Be a People’s History
Ritter– Liberalism, Populism, and the Poverty of Cosmopolitan Historicism
Collins – Economic Principle and the Will of the People
13.00-14.30 Applied Topics 1
Chair: Benjamin Powell, Professor of Economics, Texas Tech University, Director of the Free Market Institute
Malone – For Better or Worse – How Ballot Initiatives Influence Agricultural Production
Hall and Coyne – The War on Terror, The War on Truth
Candela – The Political Economy of Italian Unification in Sicily
14.30 Coffee break
15.00-16.30 Populism 2
Chair: Peter Boettke, Professor of Economics, George Mason University, President of MPS 2016-2018
Köppl–Turyna and Ennser-Jedenastik – Cushion or Catalyst?– How Welfare State Generosity Moderates the Impact of Economic Vulnerability on populist Radical Right Support
Nova – Taking back control
Grafström – Technological Change and Wage Polarization
15.00-16.30 Information, Cost and Choice
Chair: Niclas Berggren, Associate Professor of Economics, Research Institute of Industrial Economics and University of Economics in Prague
Hankins – Independence, Information, and Social Choice
Schaefer – The Expressive Commons – Free Speech as a Common Pool Resource
Berg – Populism and Democracy – A Transaction Cost Diagnosis and a Cryptodemocracy Treatment
15.00-16.30 Applied Topics 2
Chair: Hannes Gissurarsson, Professor of Political Science, University of Iceland
Eriksson and Sandström – David versus Goliath – How Can an Entrant Firm Dismantle a Government Monopoly
Lundberg – The Laffer Curve for High Incomes
18.30-22.00 Welcome Reception and Dinner
Welcome address
Nils Karlson
Music
Dan Laurin on Recorder & Anna Paradiso Laurin on Harpsicord