The SDAE sponsored the Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition from 2002-2019. Most of the award-winning submissions have since been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and other scholarly publications (see the links below). Several of the award winners have subsequently served or currently serve the SDAE in leadership positions and have received other professional awards and recognition from the SDAE.
2019 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Instrument Independence Under a Monetary Constitution
Bryan Cutsinger, George Mason UniversityState Capacity and Public Choice: A Critical Survey
Ennio E. Piano, George Mason University
Public Choice, 178(1-2): 289-309 (2019)Social Capital, Trust, and Collective Action in Post-earthquake Nepal
Veeshan Rayamajhee, The University of New Mexico
Natural Hazards, 105: 1491-1519 (2021) (co-authored with Alok K. Bohara)
2018 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Marriott Marquis Washington DC
Washington, DC
Institutional Incentives and Community Policing
Tate Fegley, George Mason University
Journal of Institutional Economics, 17(4): 701-715 (2021)Bilaterally Qualified Majority: A Calculus of Consent Model of Repeal
Michael Makovi, Texas Tech UniversityHorizontal 'Checks and Balances' in the Socialist Regime: The Party Chief and Mayor Template
Yang Zhou, West Virginia University
Journal of Institutional Economics, 16(1): 65-82 (2020)
2017 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
Tampa, FL
Back to Buchanan? Explorations of Welfare and Subjectivism in Behavioral Economics
Malte F. Dold, University of Freiburg (Germany)
Journal of Economic Methodology, 25(2): 160-178 (2018)Hume’s Way of Reasonableness in Epistemology, in Politics, and in Political Economy
Erik W. Matson, George Mason University
Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, 12(1): 26-51 (2019) (Published as “Reason and Political Economy in Hume”)Child-Bride Marriage and Female Welfare
Paola A. Suarez, George Mason University
European Journal of Law and Economics, 45:1-28 (2018)
2016 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
JW Marriott Washington DC
Washington, DC
The Political Economy of Italian Unification in Sicily: Insecurity of Property Rights and the Role of Land Reform
Rosolino A. Candela, George Mason University
Journal of Institutional Economics, 16(2): 233-249 (2020) (Published as “The Political Economy of Insecure Property Rights: Insights from the Kingdom of Sicily”)Skin in the Game: Comparing The Private and Public Regulation of Isotretinoin
Raymond J. March, Texas Tech University
Journal of Institutional Economics, 13(3): 649-672 (2017)The Unresolved Problem of Gratuitous Credit in Austrian Banking Theory
Raymond C. Niles, George Mason University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 30(1): 83-105 (2017)
2015 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
The Political Economy of Nonprofit Enterprises: Lessons from a Debate in Austrian Economics
Stefanie Haeffele, George Mason University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 32(3): 229-249 (2019) (Published as “Understanding Nonprofit Social Enterprises: Lessons from Austrian Economics”) (co-authored with Virgil Henry Storr)Spontaneous Order in the Formation of Non-Territorial Political Jurisdictions
Trent J. MacDonald, RMIT University (Australia)
The Political Economy of Non-Territorial Exit: Cryptosecession, London: Edward Elgar (2019)Don't Eat the Brown Acid: Induced 'Malnovation' in Drug Markets
Audrey Redford, Texas Tech University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 30(2): 215-233 (2017)
2014 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, GA
Robust Political Economy and the Insolvency Resolution of Large US Non-Bank Financial Institutions
Mathieu Bédard, Aix-Marseille Université (France)Public Interest, Public Choice, and the Expansion of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Abigail R. Hall, George Mason University
Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 21(2): 273-300 (2015) (Published as “Drones: Public Interest, Public Choice, and the Expansion of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”)Robust Political Economy: An Institutional Alternative Against Monetary Disequilibrium and Market Discoordination
Pablo Paniagua, King's College London (United Kingdom)
The Review of Austrian Economics, 29(1): 15-32 (2016) (Published as “The Robust Political Economy of Central Banking and Free Banking”)
2013 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
Tampa, FL
A Model of Austrian Economics
Hendrik Hagedorn, University of Münster (Germany)
A Model of Austrian Economics, Wiesbaden: Springer Gabler (2015)The Political Economy of Special Economic Zones
Lotta Moberg, George Mason University
Journal of Institutional Economics, 11(1): 167-190 (2015)Robust Political Economy and the Lender of Last Resort
Alexander William Salter, George Mason University
Journal of Financial Services Research, 50(1): 1-27 (2016)
2012 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, LA
The International Effects of Monetary Policy on the Capital Structure of Production: The Cases of Colombia and Panama (2002-2007)
Nicolas Cachanosky, Suffolk University
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 54(3): 428-436 (2014) (Published as “The Effects of U.S. Monetary Policy on Colombia and Panama (2002–2007)”)The Overlooked Costs of the Permanent War Economy: A Market Process Approach
Thomas K. Duncan, George Mason University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 26(4): 413-431 (2013) (co-authored with Christopher J. Coyne)Jurisdictional Competition and Married Women’s Property Rights
Jayme S. Lemke, George Mason University
Public Choice, 166(3-4): 291-313 (2016) (Published as “Interjurisdictional Competition and the Married Women’s Property Acts”)
2011 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Washington Marriott Wardman Park
Washington, DC
The Charity Calculation Problem and Non-Profit Entrepreneurship
Jesper Juul Andersen, Aarhus University (Denmark)Marginal Liberalization and Stagnant Living Standards: India in the 1980's
G.P. Manish, Suffolk UniversityRum Row and the Plunder Problem
Nicholas Snow, George Mason University
2010 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Sheraton Atlanta
Atlanta, GA
Caste as Self Enforcement: A Case Study from Nineteenth Century India
Malavika Nair, Suffolk University
Journal of Institutional Economics,12(3): 677-698 (2016)Leveraging Reputation: Guidaticums in Medieval Spain
Daniel J. Smith, George Mason UniversityThe Emergence, Limit, and Distortion of the Firm: The Entrepreneurship Approach
Jong Chul Won, University of Missouri, Columbia
2009 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Marriott San Antonio Rivercenter
San Antonio, TX
Static Tools for Dynamic Analysis: Ludwig von Mises’s Business Cycle Theory
Arash Molavi Vasséi, University of Hohenheim (Germany)
Austrian Economics in Transition: From Carl Menger to Friedrich Hayek, eds. Harald Hagemann, Tamotsu Nishizawa and Yukihiro Ikeda, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 196-217 (2010)
(Published as “Ludwig von Mises’s Business Cycle Theory: Static Tools for Dynamic Analysis”)Agent-Based Modeling and Austrian Analysis of Accident Law
Chad Seagren, George Mason UniversitySelf-Governance in San Pedro Prison
David B. Skarbek, George Mason University
The Independent Review, 14(4): 569-585 (2010)
2008 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Grand Hyatt Hotel
Washington, DC
Uncertainty and Decision-Making: Toward a Tractable Framework
David Howden, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (Spain)Critical Realism and the Austrian Paradox
Adam Martin, George Mason University
Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(3): 517-530 (2009)Mixed Income Development Housing: What's Left in Neighborhood Economic Planning
Emily Skarbek (nee Schaeffer), George Mason University
2007 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA
The Use of Knowledge in the Criminal Justice System
Daniel D'Amico, George Mason UniversitySecuring Private Property: The Relative Importance of Formal versus Informal Institutions
Claudia R. Williamson, West Virginia University
The Journal of Law and Economics, 54(3): 537-572 (2011) (Published as “Securing Private Property: Formal versus Informal Institutions”) (co-authored with Carrie B. Kerekes)
2006 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Charleston Place Hotel
Charleston, SC
Reconciling Weber and Mises on Understanding Human Action
Eugene Callahan, Cardiff University (United Kingdom)
American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 66(5): 889-899 (2007)A Nomos Model of Social Change: Where Human Action Meets Cultural Theory
Anthony Evans, George Mason University
New Perspectives on Political Economy, 6(2): 51-77 (2010) (Published as “A Nomos Approach to Social Change: Where Human Action Meets Cultural Theory”)Social Justice and Liberty: The Philosophical Foundations of Mill's and Hayek's Theory of Liberty
Huei Chun Su, University of Exeter (United Kingdom)
The Review of Austrian Economics, 22(1): 387-414 (2009) (Published as “Is Social Justice for or Against Liberty? The Philosophical Foundations of Mill and Hayek’s Theory of Liberty”)
2005 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Grand Hyatt Washington at Washington Center
Washington, DC
Inputs and Institutions as Conservative Elements
Art Carden, Washington University in St. Louis
The Review of Austrian Economics, 22(1): 1-19 (2009)The Economic Theory of Wiener Kreis and Mathematische Kolloquium: The Complex Role of Karl Menger
Giandomenica Becchio, University of Turin (Italy)Education and Heuristics: A Model of Market Learning
Stephen C. Miller, George Mason University
2004 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Fairmont Hotel
New Orleans, LA
The Institutional Prerequisites for Post-Conflict Reconstruction
Christopher J. Coyne, George Mason University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 18(3-4): 325-342 (2005)Trading with Bandits
Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University
The Journal of Law and Economics, 50(2): 303-321 (2007)
2003 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel
San Antonio, TX
Explaining Botswana's Success: The Critical Role of Post-Colonial Policy
Scott Beaulier, George Mason University
Cato Journal, 23(2): 227–240 (2003)Regulation of Private Schooling for Low-Income Families in India: An Austrian Economic Approach
Pauline Dixon, Newcastle University (United Kingdom)
Economic Affairs, 24(4): 31-36 (2004) (Published as “The Regulation of Private Schools Serving Low-Income Families in Hyderabad, India: An Austrian Economic Perspective”)Methodological Individualism or Methodological Atomism: The Case of Friedrich Hayek
Gregor Zwirn, University of Cambridge (United Kingdom)
History of Political Economy, 39(1): 47-80 (2007)
2002 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Competition
Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, LA
Can Agency Theory Justify the Regulation of Insider Trading?
Alexandre Padilla, Universite de Droit, D'Economie et des Sciences d'Aix-Marseille III (France)
The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, 5(1): 3-38 (2002)