Daniel J. Smith

Ph.D. Student in Economics
George Mason University

Research

Journal Articles 
Book Chapters 
and Unnatural Disasters
, edited by William Kern.


 Policy Papers
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.
Working Papers
Acknowledging Friday: The Influence of Nobel Prize Winners (with Peter J. Boettke and Alexander Fink)

Been There Done That: The Political Economy of Deja Vu, 1950 and 2010 (with Peter J. Boettke and Nicholas A. Snow)

Competitive Protection in Medieval Spain: Guidaticum Passages of Safe-Conduct

Legal Polycentrism among Socially Distant Agents: La Convivencia

Monetary Policy and the Quest for Robust Political Economy (with Peter J. Boettke)

Awarded Essays 



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

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.