Daniel J. Smith
Assistant Professor of Economics
Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy
Troy University

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Research 
Refereed Journal Articles 
"Hooligans" (with Peter T. Leeson and Nicholas A. Snow). Revue d'Economie Politique, forthcoming.  

"Norms in Sports Contests: The Tour de France" (with Alexander Fink). Journal of Sport Management 26(1) 2012: 43-52. 

Long Term View Journal 7(1) 2008: 14-22.
Book Chapters 
"Bylo Tam Wykonane, że: Ekonomia Polityczna Déjà Vu, 1950 i 2010," (with Peter J. Boettke and Nicholas A. Snow). In, Leszek Balcerowicz's, ed., ABC 
Wolnosci. Warsaw, Poland: Civil Development Forum, forthcoming. (Translation of "Been There Done That: The Political Economy of Déjà vu, 1950 and 2010")

Steven Kates', ed., The Global Financial Crisis: What Have we Learnt? Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011.

"Private Solutions to Public Disasters: Self-Reliance and Social Resilience" (with Peter J. Boettke). In, William Kern's, ed. The Economics of Natural and
Unnatural Disasters. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute, 2010. 

Non-Refereed Publications
"Being Tough on Immigration is Tough on Economic Growth" (with Scott A. Beaulier and Darrick C. Luke). The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty
62(1), January/February, 2012: 6-8. 

"The Law Merchant and International Trade" (with Peter T. Leeson). The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty 61(4), May, 2011: 34-
37.

"Survey 2007: More Growth in School Support Service Privatization" (with Michael LaFaive). Policy Brief, August 16,  
2007. Midland: Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

"Survey 2007: School Support Service Privatization Rises" (with Michael LaFaive). Viewpoint on Public Issues, No. 
2007-25, September 4th, 2007.

"Survey: School Outsourcing Grows" (with Michael LaFaive). Michigan Privatization Report 05(1) 2005: 4.

"Survey: School Outsourcing Grows" (with Michael LaFaive). Viewpoint on Public Issues, No. 2005-22, August 1, 2005. 
Midland: Mackinac Center for Public Policy.

Newspaper Articles 
Working Papers

“Doux-Commerce Thesis: La Convivencia”

 





"The Preservation of Manufacturing: Destroying Creative Destruction in American Cities" (with David J. Hebert). 

"Private and Public Sector Response to the Joplin, MO Tornado" (with Daniel Sutter). 


"Private and Public Sector Response to the Tuscaloosa, AL Tornado" (with Daniel Sutter). 


Awarded Essays 
2010 Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Essay Contest Award, "Leveraging Reputation: Guidaticums in Medieval Spain."

2006 Bauervic Essay, First Prize, "Dependence Emancipation: A World Free of the Trammels of Perpetuated Dependency."

2005 Bauervic Essay, Second Prize, "The UN: Delivering the United States into the Hands of the Hungry Nations."

2004 Bauervic Essay, Third Prize, "The Case for Eliminating Taxes."

Research Assistant 
LaFaive, Michael. "Support the Arts: Just Don't Use Other People's Money" Testimony before 
the Michigan House Appropriations Subcommittee on History, Arts and Libraries on March 28, 2006.
LaFaive, Michael. "Entertaining Art: To Tax or Not to Tax - That is the Question," Mackinac Center Current
Comment. March, 2006.

LaFaive, Michael & Hicks, Michael. “MEGA: A Retrospective Assessment,” Mackinac Center Report. April, 2005.


Dissertation
Heterogeneity and Exchange: La Convivencia, George Mason University, April 19th, 2011. 
Committee Members: Peter J. Boettke (Chair), Peter T. Leeson, Richard E. Wagner