Colin Harris

St. Olaf College Department of Holland Hall Northfield, MN 55057 [email protected] www.colinscottharris.com

Academic Appointments The Tomson Family Assistant Professor of , St. Olaf College. 2018-present.

Education Ph.D., Economics, , 2018 M.A., Economics, George Mason University, 2015 B.S., Florida State University, Economics and Philosophy, 2012

Fields Primary: Law and economics, political economy Secondary: Applied microeconomics, development economics

Journal Articles “Wealth-Destroying Rights.” World Development 107: 1-9. [with P.T. Leeson] “Testing Rational Choice Theories of Institutional Change.” Rationality and Society 30(4): 420- 431. [with P.T. Leeson] “Institutional Solutions to Free-Riding in Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Case Study of Online Pirate Communities.” Journal of Institutional Economics 14(5): 901-924.

Book Chapters “Hayek, , and the Washington Consensus.” [with P.T. Leeson] In R. Candela, ed., UFM Companion to F.A. Hayek. Guatemala City: Universidad Francisco Marroquin, forthcoming.

Research Papers “Copyright Legislation and the Superfluous Discovery of Digital Rights Management.” “Digital Piracy: Penalties and Deterrence.” “Anarchic Private Property” with I. Murtazashvili and J. Murtazashvili “When is Legal Titling an Economic Answer to Political Violence?” with I. Murtazashvili and J. Murtazashvili “Protective Entrepreneurship and the Limits of ” with I. Murtazashvili and J. Murtazashvili

Research Experience Fall 2016-present, Research Assistant to Peter Leeson Spring 2015-2016, Research Assistant to Bryan Caplan 2012, Research Fellow, DeVoe Moore Center at Florida State University

Teaching Experience Instructor: Fall 2017, Economics of Developing Areas, GMU Fall 2016, Economics of Developing Areas, GMU Spring 2016, Environmental Economics, GMU Fall 2015, Intermediate Microeconomics, GMU

Teaching assistant: 2015-2016, Graduate Microeconomics II, TA to Bryan Caplan, GMU 2015-2016, , TA to Bryan Caplan, GMU 2015-2016, Economics of Labor, TA to Bryan Caplan, GMU 2013-2015, Microeconomic Principles, TA to James Bennett, GMU 2013-2015, Political Economy of Non-profit Organizations, TA to James Bennett, GMU

Tutoring: Fall 2013-Spring 2015, Undergraduate tutor, Department of Economics, George Mason University Grants and Fellowships 2017-2018, Dissertation Fellowship, at George Mason University 2015-2018, Graduate Fellowship, F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason University 2015-2017, Ph.D. Fellowship, Mercatus Center at George Mason University 2016-2017, Mercatus Center Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship 2013-present, Humane Studies Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies 2012, Summer Fellowship, Institute for Humane Studies

Invited Presentations November 2017, “Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights”, Loyola University New Orleans Economics Club, New Orleans, LA.

Research Presentations April 2018, “Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights,” Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference, Las Vegas, NV. March 2018, “Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights,” Public Choice Conference, Charleston, SC. November 2017, “Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights,” Southern Economic Association Conference, Tampa, FL. November 2016, “Copyright Legislation and the Superfluous Discovery of Digital Rights Management,” Southern Economic Association Conference, Washington, DC. September 2016, “Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights,” American Political Science Association Conference, Philadelphia, PA. July 2016, “Digital Piracy: Penalties and Deterrence,” Institute for Humane Studies Graduate Research Colloquium, Towson, MD. April 2016, “Wealth-Destroying Private Property Rights,” Association of Private Enterprise Education Conference, Las Vegas, NV. November 2013, “Institutional Solutions to Free-Riding in Peer-to-Peer Networks: A Case Study of Online Pirate Communities,” Institute for Humane Studies Graduate Research Colloquium, Arlington, VA. April 2013, “Piracy as a Common Pool Resource,” Association of Private Enterprise Education Undergraduate Research Competition, Maui, HI. November 2012, “Piracy as a Common Pool Resource,” Southern Economic Association Conference, New Orleans, LA.

Professional Development 2017, Mercatus Center “Applied Research in the PPE Framework” 2017, American Institute for Economic Research “Sound Money, Free Banking, and Private Governance Conference.” 2017, WVU Center for Free Enterprise “Summer Empirical Workshop” 2017, Mercatus Center “Career Development Seminar” 2017, Mercatus Center “Teaching Methods Workshop” 2017, Fund and Institute for Humane Studies Colloquium “The of Economics” 2016, Director of Events, Institute for Humane Studies Undergraduate Colloquium “Markets and Morality” 2016, Georgetown Institute for the Study of Markets and Ethics Seminar “Ethics across the Curriculum” 2016, Institute for Humane Studies “Graduate Research Colloquium” 2016, Mercatus Center “Teaching Skills & Time Management Workshop” 2016, Mercatus Center “Qualitative Research Methods Workshop” 2016, Mercatus Center “Advanced Austrian Economics Seminar” 2015, and Institute for Humane Studies Colloquium “Federalism and Competition” 2014, Institute for Humane Studies “Art of Teaching Workshop” 2014, Liberty Fund and Institute for Humane Studies Colloquium “Property Rights and Freedom” 2013, Institute for Humane Studies “Graduate Research Colloquium” 2012, Center for the Study of Public Choice “Public Choice Outreach Conference” 2012, Liberty Fund and Institute for Humane Studies Colloquium “Spontaneous Order and Experimental Economics” 2012, Foundation for Economic Education “Advanced Austrian Economics Seminar” 2011, Institute for Humane Studies “Liberty and Society Seminar”

Referee Public Choice, Journal of Institutional Economics, Decision Sciences, Journal of Private Enterprise Education

References Dr. Peter T. Leeson [Dissertation Chair] Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law Department of Economics George Mason University, MS 3G4 Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: (703) 993-1124 E-Mail: [email protected]

Dr. Peter J. Boettke University Professor of Economics and Philosophy Department of Economics George Mason University, MS 3G4 Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: (703) 993-1149 E-Mail: [email protected]

Dr. Christopher J. Coyne Director of Graduate Programs Department of Economics George Mason University, MS 3G4 Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone: (703) 993-1159 E-Mail: [email protected]