My research interest lies in cultural evolution. I draw on insights from economic history, experimental economics, and development economics. I am particularly interested in the co-evolution of informal and formal institutions and in the internalization of social norms.
Jonathan is Assistant Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Associate Investigator at The Centre for Applied Genomics. His research focuses on the emerging field of “genoeconomics” (which combines insights and methods from both economics and genetics to find genetic variants associate...
I’m an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. I’m also a Research Fellow at the Mercatus Center, a faculty member at the Center for the Study of Public Choice, and an Affiliate Member of the CESifo Research Network.
As a Professor of Economics, Bryan Caplan has published in the American Economic Review, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Law and Economics, Social Science Quarterly, the Journal of Public Economics, the Southern Economic Journal, Public Choice, and numerous other outlets. His book, The Myth of ...
The Department of Economics is committed to diversity in its intellectual approach. This dedication is evident in the interdisciplinary research groups housed with the department. In addition to engaging in interdisciplinary research and teaching, these research groups hold weekly seminars that bring...
Economics Assistant Professor Jonathan Schulz and Joseph Henrich, a collaborator at Harvard University, have been awarded a $2.54 million research grant from the John Templeton Foundation to explore the important factors that promote liberty, free markets, and prosperity. Assistant Professor Dr. Jon...
Xiaofei (Sophia) Pan Xiaofei (Sophia) Pan earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics in 2006. She then came to Masonto complete her graduate studies and is currently a PhD candidate at the Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES). Al...
Peter J. Boettke, Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Philosophy, and Christopher J. Coyne, Professor of Economics, have published a scientific literature review, New Thinking in Austrian Economics, in Annual Review of Economics, one of the most prestigious and influential j...
