DeVoe L. Moore Center

Upcoming Events

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Endogenous Amenities and Cities

• Research Symposium and Journal of Regional Science Special Issue
• Apr 26-28, 2018 in the Turnbull Conference Center at FSU
• Co-hosted with the FSU Real Estate Center

Past Events

Spring 2018

• Is Bitcoin A Bubble?
• William Luther, Assistant Professor of Economics at Kenyon University
• Mar 08, 2018 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Do Nuclear Weapons Promote Peace?
• Keegan Connally, Policy Analyst at the Government Accountability Institute
• Feb 01, 2018 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Social Enterprise Pitch Night
• Val Rodriguez, DMC Social Entrepreneurship Manager
• Jan 31, 2018 at 7:00pm in the Main Hall of Bellamy Building First Floor
• Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program

Fall 2017

• An Introduction to Civil Asset Forfeiture
• Giovanna Da Silva, DMC Blog Content Editor
• Nov 16, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Basic Time Series Methods for Forecasting
• Paul Beaumont, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Nov 14, 2017 at 3:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Using Statistical Software to Perform Empirical Analysis
• Anastasia Semykina, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Nov 10, 2017 at 1:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Seminar: Does An Open-Borders Immigration Policy Makes Sense for the U.S.?
• Fabio Rojas, Professor of Sociology at Indiana University - Bloomington
• Patrick Mason, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Deana Rohlinger, Associate Professor of Sociology at Florida State University
• Tim Chapin, Dean of the College of Social Science and Public Policy at FSU
• Samuel Staley, Director of the DeVoe L. Moore Center at FSU
• Nov 02, 2017 at 7:00pm in HCB Room 102
• Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
• Communicating Effectively With Charts and Graphs
• Martha Evans, Adjunct Professor of Business at Florida State University
• Oct 25, 2017 at 3:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Consumer Protection and Other Economic Fallacies
• Joseph Calhoun, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Sep 20, 2017 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Spring 2017

• Who Cares? The Film
• Val Rodriguez, DMC Social Entrepreneurship Manager
• Apr 26, 2017 at 6:15pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
• The Economics of the War On Drugs
• Randall Holcombe, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Apr 20, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Seminar: Can Markets Provide Liberty, Justice, and Kidneys?
• John Hasnas, Professor of Law at Georgetown University
• James Stacey Taylor, Associate Professor of Philosophy at College of New Jersey
• Brandon Turner, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Clemson University
• Apr 14, 2017 at 4:30pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
• U.S. Democratization in the Middle East
• Christopher Coyne, Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University
• Apr 13, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Florida Criminal Justice Forum
• Deborrah Brodsky, Director of Project On Accountable Justice at FSU
• Mar 03, 2017 at 8:30am in the Florida State Conference Center
• Co-hosted with the FSU Project On Accountable Justice
• Tuskeegee and the Health of Black Men
• Marianne Wanamaker, Professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee
• Feb 10, 2017 at 3:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
• Part of the Hilton Lecture Series
• The Economic Case for Immigration
• Don Boudreaux, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
• Feb 09, 2017 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Fall 2016

• Redeye Coffee's Social Entrepreneurship Expo
• Mark McNees, Director of Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation at FSU
• Dec 06, 2016 at 7:00pm in the Mail Hall of Bellamy Building First Floor
• Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
• Generation Start-Up Film Screening
• Val Rodriguez, DMC Social Entrepreneurship Manager
• Nov 17, 2016 at 7:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Hosted through the DMC Social Entrepreneurship Program
• Conference: Coercion and the Helping Professions
• Michael Huemer, Professor of Philosophy at University of Colorado - Boulder
• Bruce Alexander, Professor of Economics at Simon Frasier University
• Thomas Blomberg, Professor of Criminology at Florida State University
• Gary Melton, Director of Community Development at the Kempe Center
• Gavin Davidson, Professor of Social Work at Queen's University, Belfast, Ireland
• Nov 09, 2017 at 8:00am in the Trumbull Conference Center Second Floor
• Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
• An Evening With John Crossman
• John Crossman, CEO of Crossman and Company
• Oct 13, 2016 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with the James Madison Institute

Spring 2016

• The Economics of Why Nations Jail
• Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
• Apr 21, 2016 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Advanced Time-Series Methods
• Paul Beaumont, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Apr 06, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• The Central Limit Theorem
• Hugo Montesinos, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
• Mar 23, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Flaws and Fallacies in Empirical Thinking
• Hugo Montesinos, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
• Feb 24, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Ceter Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Conference: Income Inequality - Boogyman or Menace
• Abby Hall Blanco, Assistant Professor of Economics at University of Tampa
• Shawn Kantor, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Mark LeBar, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University
• Larry Polivka, Executive Director of the Claude Pepper Foundation
• Jeff Proctor, CEO of Positive Sum Games, economist, design strategist
• Katie Sherron, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Feb 13, 2016 at 10:00am in HCB Room 101
• Co-hosted with the Foundation for Economic Education
• Spacial Econometrics
• Christopher Clapp, Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Feb 10, 2016 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• U.S. Military Expenditures and Drones
• Benjamin Friedman, research fellow at the Cato Institute
• Jan 14, 2016 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Fall 2015

• Special Topic From the Journal of Economics
• Paul Beaumont, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Nov 12, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Policy Writing Workshop
• Kevin Gomez, Outreach Coordinator at the DeVoe L. Moore Center
• Oct 30, 2015 at 11:30am in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• DMC Intern Training Workshop for the Policy Analysis Research Group
• Methodology: The Basics
• Christopher Clapp, Assistant Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Oct 29, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Common Problems With Induction
• Kevin Willardson, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
• Oct 14, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Using Statistical Software to Perform Empirical Analysis
• Anastasia Semykina, Associate Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Sep 30, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• Data Management and Gathering
• Martha Evans, Adjunct Professor of Business at Florida State University
• Sep 16, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series

Spring 2015

• Economics of Mass Incarceration and the Prison State
• Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
• Apr 09, 2015 at 7:00pm in DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Conference: How the Sharing Economy Is Changing the World
• Katie Dawson, Event Organizer, President of Economics Club at FSU
• Feb 28, 2015 at 12:00pm in HCB Room 101
• Co-hosted with the Foundation for Economic Education
• Spacial Econometrics
• Kevin Willardson, Economics Graduate Assistant at Florida State University
• Feb 10, 2015 at 5:30pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Part of the DMC Public Policy Workshop Series
• The Pathology of Privilege: Economic and Social Consequences
• Matt Mitchell, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
• Jan 29, 2015 at 5:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Fall 2014

• Civil Rights and the Role of Business
• David Jackson, Associate Professor of History at Florida A&M University
• Oct 29, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with African American Studies Program and Jim Moran Inst.
• The Economics of Charity versus Government Welfare
• Matthew Kelly, Policy Analyst at the DeVoe L. Moore Center
• Sep 25, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Spring 2014

• Conference: Creative Teaching Ideas For Your Basic Economics Course
• Mary Suiter, Assistant VP at the Economic Reserve Bank of St. Louis
• Mark Schug, Professor of Economics at University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Ninos Malek, Professor of Economics at San Jose State University
• Scott Barton, Senior Director of Marketing and Communications at IHS
• Feb 07, 2014 at 9:00am in the Augustus Turnbull Conference Center
• Co-hosted with Stavros Center and Institute for Humane Studies
• The Economics of Political Extortion
• Peter Schweizer, President of the Government Accountability Institute
• Jan 17, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• The Failure of the Market Failure Argument
• John Hasnas, Professor of Business at George Mason University
• Jan 09, 2014 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Fall 2013

• Immigration Panel: The American Dream vs. The American Dilemma
• Mark Krikorian, Director of the Center for Immigration Studies
• Alex Nowrasteh, Policy Analyst at the Cato Institute
• Daniel Garza, President of the LIBRE Initiative
• Mario Villareal-Diaz, Professor of Philosophy at Arizona State
• Nov 12, 2013 at 7:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Sponsored by the Arthur N. Rupe Foundation
• Investing in Humanity and the Environment
• Holly Fretwell, Professor of Economics at Montana State University
• Nov 07, 2013 at 7:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 023
• Co-hosted with the Institute for Humane Studies
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Immigration Restrictions: A Solution In Search of a Problem
• Bryan Caplan, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
• Oct 23, 2013 at 7:00pm in the DeVoe L. Moore Center Conference Room
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Spring 2013

• Launching the Innovation Rennaissance
• Alex Tabarrok, Professor of Economics at George Mason University
• Apr 11, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• The Bourgeois Deal: Why Some Countries Are Rich and Others Are Poor
• Art Caden, Associate Professor of Economics at Samford University
• Mar 28, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Sweatshops and Economic Growth
• Benjamin Powell, Professor of Economics at Texas Tech University
• Mar 07, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Immigration
• Scott Beaulier, Professor of Business at North Dakota State University
• Feb 28, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Funding the Prison Industrial Complex
• Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
• Feb 07, 2013 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University

Fall 2012

• Economics of the American Prison State
• Daniel D'Amico, Professor of Economics at Brown University
• Nov 29, 2012 at 6:00pm in Bellamy Building Room 180
• Co-hosted with student organizations at Florida State University
• Austrian Economics
• Samuel Staley, Professor of Economics at Florida State University
• Oct 16, 2012 at 4:30pm at 501 E. Tennessee St. Suite C
• Co-hosted with the LCLEC

Events pre-2008

2006-2007 Academic Year

• John Stossel Co–Anchor of ABC’s 20/20 “Myths, Lies and Stupidity”
• Harry Lerner President of Maxcy Development Group, Tampa, FL

2005-2006 Academic Year

• Sam Staley Director of Urban Futures Program, Reason Public Policy Institute “Reducing Congestion and Increasing Mobility: The Road More Traveled”
• Casey Dawkins Assistant Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Polytechnic Institute “Urban Sprawl and the Transition to First–Time Homeownership”

2004-2005 Academic Year

• Joel Embry Representative of Welaunee in Tallahassee, FL “Privatizing Public Policy”
• Craig Volden Professor of Political Science, Ohio State University “Policy Diffusion from Cities to States: Anti–Smoking Laws in the U.S.”

2003-2004 Academic Year

• Daniel McMillen Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Urban Real Estate, University of Illinois at Chicago “The Endogeneity of Zoning and Other Land Use Controls”
• Christopher Bollinger Professor of Economics, University of Kentucky “An Introduction to Spatial Econometrics” Edgar Olsen Professor of Economics, University of Virginia “Economics of Housing Assistance for the Poor”
• William Niskanen Chairman, Cato Institute “After Enron: The Major Lessons for Public Policy” Brady Baybeck Professor of Political Science, University of Missouri—St. Louis “Urban Politics and Policy”

2002-2003 Academic Year

• Richard L. Engstrom Professor of Africana Studies, University of New Orleans “Effects of Electoral Structures on Public Policies in U.S. Cities”
• Richard Winters Professor of Government, Dartmouth College “Variability in Charitable Giving Across the U.S. States”
• Arthur C. Nelson Professor of Urban Affairs and Planning and Director of Graduate Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute “Regulatory Models and Their Land Use Implications”

2001-2002 Academic Year

• Michael Berkman Professor of Political Science, Pennsylvania State University “School Choice?”
• Genevieve Giuliano Director of METRANS Transportation Center, University of Southern California “Land Use and Travel Revisited: The U.S. and Great Britain”
• Peter Vander Hoek Professor of Economics, Erasmus University, The Netherlands “Taxation in the European Union”
• Michael Mintrom Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University “Educational Entrepreneurship and Charter Schools”
• Robert Stein Dean and Professor of Political Science, Rice University “Neighborhood Politics and Local Government”
• Douglass North Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics, Washington University “What We Know and Don’t Know About Economic Development”

2000-2001 Academic Year

• Mark Schneider Professor of Political Science, SUNY Stony Brook “Information and the Market for School Choice”
• Michael McDonald Professor of Political Science, SUNY Binghamton “Understanding Taxpayer Complaints: Self–Interest or Government Mistake?”

1999-2000 Academic Year

• James Buchanan Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics, George Mason University