Stephen
C. Miller
www.stevecmiller.com
Western Carolina University
Dept. of Accounting, Finance, and Economics
College of Business
Cullowhee, NC 28723
smiller@wcu.edu
828-227-3731(w)
828-545-8379(c)
Education
George Mason University
Ph.D. Economics, May 2006
Towson University
B.S. Economics, May 2001
Academic Research
- "Conservatives and Liberals on Economics: Expected Differences,
Surprising Similarities," Critical Review 19(1): 47-64.
- "Intelligence Makes People Think Like Economists: Evidence from
the General Social Survey" (with Bryan Caplan), submitted to the
Journal of Law and Economics.
- "Positive vs. Normative Economics: What's the Connection?" (with
Bryan Caplan), revisions requested for Social Science Quarterly.
Book Chapters
- “Price: The Ultimate Heuristic” in The Handbook of Austrian
Economics, Peter Boettke (editor), Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar
Publishing, forthcoming.
Working Papers
- "Economic Bias and Ideology: Evidence from the General Social
Survey"
- "Intelligence, Irrationality, and Civic Returns: Can Education
Improve Democracy?"
- "Education as a Constraint in Democracies"
- "Education and Heuristics: A Model of Market Learning"
- "The Employment Effects of State Minimum Wages in the Pacific
Northwest"
Book Reviews, Educational and
Policy-Oriented Publications
- Review of The Undercover Economist, by Tim Harford, March 19th,
2007 in the Asheville Citizen-Times.
- "Do Middlemen Earn Their Profits?" FEE Today, August 17, 2004 .
Foundation for Economic Education.
- "The Growth of Bandwidth Markets: Regulate or Get Out of the
Way?" Research Reports, June 28, 2004. American Institute for Economic
Research. Great Barrington, MA.
- "Does Saving Lives = Saving Costs?" Research Reports, August 11,
2003. American Institute for Economic Research. Great Barrington, MA.
- "The Latest 'Magic Bullet' for Medicare -- More Sugar Pills" Cato
Daily Commentary, April 17, 2002. Cato Institute.
- "The Butcher of Philadelphia: A Public Choice Parable" published
by the Institute for Humane Studies.
Work Experience
- Assistant Professor of Economics, Western Carolina University
(2006-present)
- Health Policy Research Assistant, Cato Institute (2001-2002)
Awards and Fellowships
- Visiting Summer Fellow, American Institute for Economic Research
(2007)
- Honorable Mention, Economic Communicators Contest,
sponsored by the Market-Based Managment Institute and the Association
of Private Enterprise Education (2007)
- Oloffson Weaver Fellow. George Mason University (2005-2006)
- Don Lavoie Memorial Graduate Student Essay Contest Winner (2005)
- James Buchanan Center for Political Economy. Research Fellow.
George Mason University (2002-2005)
- American Institute for Economic Research. Roy A. Foulke Fellow
(2003-2005)
- American Institute for Economic Research. In-Absentia Fellowship
Award. (2003-2006)
- J. Jeremiah German Scholarship in Economics. Towson University
(2000-2001)
Teaching Experience
- Managerial Economics, ECON 607, Western Carolina University.
- Microeconomic Principles, ECON 231, Western Carolina University.
- Macroeconomic Principles, ECON 104. George Mason University.
Presentations
- "Economic Bias and Ideology: Evidence from the General Social
Survey" 2008 Meeting of the Association of Private Enterprise Education
- "Education as a Constraint in Democracies" 2007 Southern Economic
Association Conference.
- "Economic Beliefs, Intelligence, and Ability Bias: Evidence from
the General Social Survey" Sam Houston State University Economics
Seminar Series (November 2006)
- "Intelligence, Irrationality, and Civic Returns: Can Education
Improve Democracy?" 2006 International Atlantic Economic Society
Meetings (October 2006)
- "Quantifying Civic Returns" 2006 Meeting of the Association of
Private Enterprise Education
- "Education and Heuristics: a Model of Market Learning" 2005
Southern Economic Association Meetings
- "Civic Returns to Education" 2005 American Institute for Economic
Research Summer Fellows Program
- "The Butcher of Philadelphia: A Public Choice Parable" 2005
American Institute for Economic Research Summer Fellows Program
- "Education as a Democratic Constraint" George Mason University
Graduate Student Seminar (Spring 2005)
- "Can Education Improve Democracies?" 2004 American Institute for
Economic Research Summer Fellows Program
- "Ludwig von Mises on Socialism and Interventionism" 1999 Eastern
Economic Association Meetings
Fields of Interest
- Public Economics, Austrian Economics, Public Choice
References
Prof. Peter J. Boettke
Department of Economics
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
(703)993-1149
pboettke@gmu.edu
Prof. Bryan Caplan
Department of Economics
George Mason University
Fairfax, Va
(703)993-2324
bcaplan@gmu.edu
Prof. John Egger
Department of Economics
Towson University
Towson, MD
(410)704-2951
jegger@towson.edu