Public choice economics, institutional analysis, political economy of women’s rights
Jayme Lemke is a Senior Research Fellow and Associate Director of Academic and Student Programs at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow in the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Her specialization is in public choice economics, institutional analysis, and the political economy of women’s rights. Her research on these and other topics has appeared in outlets such as the Journal of Institutional Economics, Public Choice, and the Review of Austrian Economics. In 2016, she was awarded the Gordon Tullock Prize for best article in Public Choice by a junior scholar. In addition, she is co-editor with Virgil H. Storr of Economy, Polity, and Society, an interdisciplinary book series in political economy published by Rowman & Littlefield International. A full list of publications and CV are available at www.jaymelemke.com.
Econ 695: Governance in States, Communities, and Markets
Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University, 2013
M.A. in Economics, George Mason University, 2011
B.A. in Music, Business Management, Capital University, 2007