“Don will forever be the guiding hand that prods me to be a better scholar and teacher.”
Peter J. Boettke’s mentor was Don Lavoie, who was the David H. and Charles G. Koch Chair of Economics at the School of Public Policy, George Mason University. You can read his remembrance of Lavoie here.
Dillon Tauzin
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays in the History of Economic Thought”
Initial/Current Position: Instructor of Economics at Chapman University
John Kronecke
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays in the History of Economics,” 2021
Initial/Current Position: Research Fellow, Centre for Enterprise, Markets and Ethics
Kaitlyn WOltz
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Prisoner Voice and Collective Action in The US Prison System,” 2021
Initial/Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Claremont McKenna College
Clara Jace
Doctoral Dissertation: “Essays on the Economics of Religion and Family,” 2021
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics, Finance, and Quantitative Analysis, Samford University
Ennio Piano
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays on the Economics of Governance,” 2019
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics and Management, Middle Tennessee State University
Stewart Dompe
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays on Water,” 2019
Initial/Current Position: Instructor of Economics, Johnson & Wales University
Raymond C. Niles
Doctoral Dissertation: “Entrepreneurial Discovery Capital,” 2018
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics and Management, DePauw Univeristy
rosolino candela
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays on the Economics of Property Rights with Applications to the Political Economy of Italian Unification,” 2017
Current Position: Associate Director, Academic & Student Programs and Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Initial Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Political Theory Project and Lecturer in Economics, Brown University
Anna B. faria
Doctoral Dissertation: “Coffee Culture: Three Essays on The Political Economy and Development of Brazil in the Early Twentieth Century,” 2017
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Ionut Sterpan (1981-2017)
Doctoral Dissertation: “Polycentricity and the Theory of Order,” 2017
Dissertation Director: Paul Dragos Aligica
Initial Position: Lecturer, Department of Management and Research Fellow, Center for Innovation, American University
Megan V. Teague
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays on Morality, Identity, and Economic Regulation,” 2017
Dissertation Director: Virgil Henry Storr
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, West Chester University
Stefanie Haeffele
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Nonprofit Social Enterprises,” 2016
Dissertation Director: Virgil Henry Storr
Initial/Current Position: Deputy Director, Academic & Student Programs and Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Laura Grube
Doctoral Dissertation: “Disaster Recovery and the Role of Self-Governance,” 2015
Dissertation Director: Virgil Henry Storr
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Beloit College
Liya Palagashvili
Doctoral Dissertation: “Aid and the Role of External Influence in Polycentric Institutions,” 2015
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Purchase College, SUNY
Solomon Stein
Doctoral Dissertation: “Theory and Method in Contemporary Interpretations of the Market Process,” 2015
Current Position: Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Initial Position: Research Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Vlad Tarko
Doctoral Dissertation: “Polycentric Governance: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration,” 2015
Dissertation Director: Paul Dragos Aligica
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Dickinson College
Olga Nicoara
Doctoral Dissertation: “Essays on Entrepreneurship and Social Change,” 2014
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Ursinus College
Initial Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Denison University
Arielle John
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays on Culture and Economic Activity,” 2013
Dissertation Director: Virgil Henry Storr
Current Position: Associate Director, Academic & Student Programs and Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Beloit College
Shruti Rajagopalan
Doctoral Dissertation: “Economic Analysis of Amendments to the Indian Constitution,” 2013
Initial/Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Purchase College, State University of New York
Nicholas A. Snow
Doctoral Dissertation: “Rumrunners, Hooligans, and Politicians: Essays on the Political Economy of Interventionism,” 2012
Current Position: Visiting Assistant Professor, Wabash College
Initial Position: Senior Lecturer, The Ohio State University
Alexander Fink
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays in Political Economy with Applications to the Hanseatic League,” 2011
Current Position: Lecturer, University of Leipzig, Institut fur Wirtschaftspolitik
Initial Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Economics-Jena
Geoffrey Lea
Doctoral Dissertation: “Booms, Bubbles, and Busts: Three Essays in Business Cycles and the Housing Crisis of 2008,” 2011
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics and Business, Hampden-Sydney College
Initial Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Illinois-Springfield
Adam C. Smith
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Calculus of Conflict,” 2011
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Johnson & Wales University
Initial Position: Instructor of Economics, Johnson & Wales University
Daniel J. Smith
Doctoral Dissertation: “Heterogeneity and Exchange: La Convivencia,” 2011
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics and Director, Political Economy Research Institute, Middle Tennessee State University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Troy University
Joshua P. Hill
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Agency Problem of Empire: British Bureaucracy and Institutional Path Dependence,” 2010
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Montanta State University Billings
Initial Position: Assistant Business Professor, The American University of Iraq-Sulaimani
Leo Krasnozhon
Doctoral Dissertation: “Institutional Analysis of Ukraine's Post-Socialist Economic Development,” 2010
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics, Loyola University New Orleans
Initial Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Texas-Arlington
David Skarbek
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Economics of Prison and Street Gangs,” 2010
Current Position: Associate Professor in Political Science, Brown University
Initial Position: Searle Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Duke University
Tyler Watts
Doctoral Dissertation: “It's a Knowledge Problem World: Three Essays on the Knowledge Problem in Economics,” 2010
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics, Ferris State University
Initial Position: Instructor of Economics, Ball State University
Jennifer Dirmeyer
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Local Governance and Service Provision,” 2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Ferris State University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College
Adam G. Martin
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Use of Knowledge in Comparative Economics,” 2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor and Political Economy Research Fellow, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University
Initial Oosition: Postdoctoral Fellow, Development Research Institute, New York University
Emily (Schaeffer) Skarbek
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Urban Reconstruction, Development and Planning,” 2009
Current Position: Research Assistant Professor, Political Theory Project, Brown University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, San Jose State University
Michael D. Thomas
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Political Economy of Repugnance,” 2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Creighton University
Initial Position: Researcher in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Utah State University
Daniel J. D’Amico
Doctoral Dissertation: “The Imprisoner's Dilemma: The Political Economy of Proportionate Punishment,” 2008
Current Position: Associate Director, Political Theory Project and Lecturer in Economics, Brown University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Loyola University
Anthony J. Evans
Doctoral Dissertation: “Subjectivist Social Change: The Influence of Culture and Ideas on Economic Policy,” 2007
Current Position: Professor of Economics, ESCP Europe Business School
Initial Position: Assistant Professor, ESCP Europe Business School
Stephen C. Miller
Doctoral Dissertation: “Three Essays on the Economics of Education,” 2006
Current Position: Adams-Bibby Chair of Free Enterprise and Associate Professor of Economics, Troy University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Western Carolina University
Christopher J. Coyne
Doctoral Dissertation: “After War: Essays on the Mechanisms for Successful Postwar Reconstruction and Social Change,” 2005
Current Position: Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University and Associate Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Hampden-Sydney College
Peter T. Leeson
Doctoral Dissertation: “Cooperation and Conflict: Self-enforcing Exchange among Socially Heterogenous Agents,” 2005
Current Position: Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law, George Mason University and Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, West Virginia University
Scott Beaulier
Doctoral Dissertation: “Essays on Property Rights Economics: Towards an Evolutionary Theory of Property Rights and Its Application,” 2004
Current Position: Dean for the College of Business, North Dakota State University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, Mercer University
Christine Polek
Doctoral Dissertation: “Securities Laws in Transition Economies,” 2004
Current Position: Senior Associate, The Brattle Group
Benjamin Powell
Doctoral Dissertation: “Essays on Economic Development: Considering State Planning and Market Based Growth,” 2003
Current Position: Director, Free Market Institute and Professor of Economics, Texas Tech University
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, San Jose State University
Virgil Henry Storr
Doctoral Dissertation: “Enterprising Slaves and Master Pirates: Understanding Economic Life in the Bahamas,” 2003
Current Position: Vice President, Academic & Student Programs and Don C. Lavoie Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Edward Peter Stringham
Doctoral Dissertation: “Essays on Self-policing Networks in Financial Markets,” 2002
Current Position: Davis Professor of Economic Organizations and Innovation, Trinity College; President, American Institute for Economic Research
Initial Position: Assistant Professor of Economics, San Jose State University
Sahar Akhtar
Doctoral Dissertation: “Bundled Innovations: An Examination of the Influence of Selling Costs on Innovation,” 2001
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, University of Virginia
Initial Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Brown University
Gail M. Heffernan
Doctoral Dissertation: “Agency Theory, Innovation, and the Rules of the Game,” 1999
Initial Position: Economics Instructor, Florida Institute of Technology
Service on International Dissertation Committees
2016, 2006: Universidad Francsisco Marroquin
2014: Erasmus University
2011: University of Guelph
2011, 2008: University of Economics in Prague
2007: University of Nottingham Business School
2003: Universite de Droit, D'Economie et des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille III
2001: Universite de Paris-I-Pantheon-Sorbonne
2001: Stockholm School of Economics
1998: University de Paris-IX-Dauphine
In Fall 2010, The Journal of Private Enterprise released a Special Issue containing articles by Peter J. Boettke’s former students on graduate education in economics.