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MICHAEL C. MUNGER |
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Personal Information
Age: 49 web page: www.duke.edu/~munger |
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Contact Information Duke University EMAIL: munger
@ duke.edu HOME FAX 844-0954 CELL (919) 369-6453 |
Education
- Ph.D. (Economics, 1984), Washington University
- M.A. (Economics, 1982), Washington University
- B.A. (Economics, 1980), Davidson College
Grants and Honors (Excluding Internal University Grants):
- F. Leroy Hill Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies (P.I. 1991; $4,500)
- Resources for the Future (co-P.I., 1991-2; $28,000)
- Robert W. Johnson Foundation (consultant, 1994-6; $107,000)
- Muskie Foundation (co-P.I., 1994; $12,000) N.C. Building Commission (co-P.I., 1994, $7,000)
- Various local government contracts (P.I., 1991-1995; $78,000)
- Winner of Duncan Black Prize for Best Paper in Public Choice
- National Science Foundation (P.I., 1996-8; $4,500)
- National Science Foundation (P.I., 1998-2000, $49,500)
- Ford Foundation (1998-1999, $9,000)
- Templeton Foundation (1998-1999, $11,500)
- Liberty Fund, co-PI (June 2-19, 1999, Institute on Political Economy, symposium for graduate students)
- National Science Foundation, PI (1999-2000, $64,500)
- Liberty Fund, co-PI (May 30-June 16, 2001, Institute on Political Economy, symposium for graduate students)
- National Science Foundation, PI (2002-3, $14,500)
- National Science Foundation, co-PI (2004-6, $160,000)
- Liberty Fund, PI (June 2005, Institute on the American Founding, symposium for graduate students)
- National Endowment for the Humanities (September 2005, co-PI, $600,000)
- Liberty Fund, PI (June 2006, The Wolf by the Ear, symposium for graduate students)
- Earhart Foundation (January 2007, Peculiar Properties, Support for sabbatical semester)
- Liberty Fund, PI (June 2007, What Freedom Really Is, symposium for graduate students)
Duke University-Wide Teaching
Prizes
- NAACP
“Image” Award--“Teaching About Race in
- Howard Johnson Award for Excellence in Teaching--“Inspiring Respect for the Traditions of Democracy and Free Enterprise” 2004
- Bass Family Program for Excellence in Undergraduate Education, Bass Society of Fellows, Term Chair, 2006-20011
Administrative Positions
- Formal Theory Section Head, Southern Political Science Association, 1997
- Advisory Panel, Political Science Section, National Science Foundation, 1997-9, 2000
- President, Public Choice Society, 1996-8
- Public Policy Section Head, Southern Political Science Association, 1996
- Director, Master of Public Administration Program, UNC-CH: 7-1993 to 6-1995
- Chair, Department of Political Science, Duke University, 2000-2006
- Chair, Department of Political Science, Duke University, 2007-2010
Current Position
- Professor,
Department of Political Science,
- Adjunct appointment in the Department of Public Policy Analysis, and the Department of Political Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
- North American Editor, Public Choice
Employment
- Department
of Political Science,
Associate Professor, 7/97 - 6/00; Full Professor, 6/00 - .
- Department
of Political Science,
Assistant Professor, 7/90 to 6/92; Associate Professor with Tenure, 7/92-6/97
- Department
of Government,
- Department of Economics,
- Federal Trade Commission,
Selected Publications
(Excluding Book Reviews, Newspaper,
and Magazine Articles)
Forthcoming
“Regulation” entry in Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, edited by Thomas Palmer, CATO Institute, Washington D.C.
"Hayek's Insight: Order Without Direction, Benefit Without Intent." In Introduction to Political Economy, edited by Greg Butler.
"Economic Choice, Political Decision, and the Problem of Limits." In Homo Economicus, Homo Politicus. Edited by Geoffrey Brennan and Michael Gillespie.
“The Dynamics of Issue Introduction: A Model Based on the Politics of Ideology.” (with Melvin Hinich). Mathematical and Computer Modeling.
2008
“Orange Blossom Special: Externalities and the Coase Theorem.” Econlib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2008/Mungerbees.html
“Bosses Don’t Wear Bunny Slippers: If Markets are So Great, Why are There Firms?” Econlib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2008/Mungerfirms.html
"Thinking About Order Without Thought." In Tullock's Contributions to Spontaneous Order Studies, Public Choice, 135: 79-88.
“Blogging and Political Information: Truth or ‘Truthiness’?” In The Power and Political Science of Blogs. Public Choice Special Issue. 134: 125-138.
2007
“The Five Sorry Rules of Lateness” Econlib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2007/Mungerlateness.html
“Culture, Order, and Virtue.” In Liberalism,
Conservatism, and Hayek’s Idea of Spontaneous Order, pp. 192-214. L. Hunt
and P. MacNamara, eds., New York: MacMillan/Palgrave.
“They Clapped: Can Price-Gouging
Laws Prohibit Scarcity?” Econlib, Liberty Fund,
Entries in the International Encyclopedia of Social Science, Sandy Darrity, ed., "Leadership," "Left and Right," "Majoritarianism," and "Public Interest." Farmington Hills: MI, Gale-Cengage Publishers.
“I'll Stick with These: Some Sharp Observations on the Division of Labor” Econlib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2007/Mungergouging.html
“Candidate Uncertainty, Mental Models, and Complexity: Some Experimental Results.” (with Michael Ensley and Scott de Marchi). Public Choice. 132(1-2): 231-246.
“Think Globally, Act Irrationally: Recycling” Econlib,
Liberty Fund,
2006
“Two Steves and One Soichiro: Why Politicians Can't Judge Innovation.”Econlib,
“Unintended Consequences 1, Good Intentions 0,” EconLib,
Liberty Fund,
“A Retrospective Assessment of Tullock’s
The Vote Motive.” In P. Kurrild-Klitgaard, ed. The Vote Motive.
“A Fable of the OC,” EconLib,
Liberty Fund,
“Public Policy Informatics: Does
Better Information Produce Better Public Policy?” International Journal of Public
Policy. 1 (September): 343-354
“Preference modification vs. incentive manipulation as tools of terrorist recruitment: The role of culture.” Public Choice. 128: 131-146.
“Rent Seek and You Will Find,”
EconLib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN, http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2006/Mungerrentseeking.html
2005
“19th Century Voting Procedures in a 21st Century World,” Public Choice, Special Issue on “Public Choice Perspectives at the Dawn of the 21st Century”, edited by William Shughart and Robert Tollison. 124: 115-133.
“Voter Uncertainty Can Produce Non-Single-Peaked But Not
Cyclic Preferences: A Clue to the Fate of Ross Perot?” (with
Richard Potthoff). Journal of
Politics. 67, 2 (May): 429-453.
“The Thing Itself.” EconLib, Liberty Fund,
Indianapolis, IN http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2005/Mungerthing.html
“In play: a commentary on strategies in the 2004 U.S. presidential election.” (with Jennifer Merolla and Michael Tofias). Public Choice. 123: 19-37.
“Democracy is a Means, Not an End.” EconLib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN. http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2005/Mungerdemocracy.html
2004
"Commentary on 'The Quest for Meaning in Public Choice,' American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 63: 149-160. (Reprinted in Production and Diffusion of Public Choice, Blackwell Publishers).
“Move to Markets? An Empirical Analysis of Privatization in Developing Countries.” (with Sudeshna Ghosh Banerjee). Journal of International Development. 16: 213-240.
“Chadha v. INS: Policy-making Outside
the Constitution.” (with Amy McKay) In
Creating Constitutional Change, edited by Gregg Ivers
and Kevin McGuire. Charlottesville:
University of Virginia Press, pp. 93-105.
“Tragedy of the Malecon: Is Cuba ‘Domestic Politics?” EconLib, Liberty Fund, Indianapolis, IN. http://www.econlib.org/library/Columns/y2004/MungerCuba.html
“Economists and Fiscal Policy Advice: A Deficit or a Deficiency?” Public Choice. 118: 235-249.
2003
"Demobilized and Demoralized: Negative
Ads and Loosening Bonds," in Rational Foundations of Democratic
Politics, co-edited by Albert Breton, Gianluigi Galeotti, Pierre Salmon, and Ronald Wintrobe.
Pp. 15-29.
“Use of integer programming to optimize the scheduling of panels at annual meetings of the Public Choice Society,” (with Richard Potthoff), Public Choice 117: 163-175.
"State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products." (with Gottlieb NH [first author], Goldstein AO, Flynn BS, Cohen JE, Bauman KE, Solomon LJ, Dana GS, and McMorris LE). Health Education and Behavior. V. 30, 2: 209-224.
Various Entries in Encyclopedia of Public Choice,
Edited by Bruno Frey, Charles Rowley, and Friedrich Schneider.
� "Committee Assignments" Vol 1: pp. 95-98
� "Committee Jurisdictions and PACs,” Vol 1: pp. 98-100
� "Interest Groups," Vol. 1: pp. 307-12
� “Scholarly Legacy of Mancur Olson,” (with Melvin Hinich) Vol II: pp. 284-286
� "Spatial Theory," (with Melvin Hinich) Vol II: pp. 305-312
"Investigating the Incidence of Killer Amendments in Congress." (with Jeffery A. Jenkins). Journal of Politics 65-2: 498 - 517.
2002
"Widening vs. Deepening the European Union: An Institutional Analysis." In Institutional Challenges in the European Union, (with Rachel Brewster and Thomas Oatley) edited by Madeline Hosli and Adrian van Deemen. New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 48-64.
"Comment on 'Judicializing Politics, Politicizing Law', by John Ferejohn," in Special Issue:� The Law of Politics, Law and C