Peter T. Leeson
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| Born | July 29, 1979 |
| Nationality | American |
| Institution |
University of Chicago (2009–2010) George Mason University (2007–present) West Virginia University (2005–2007) |
| Field | Economics |
| Alma mater |
Hillsdale College George Mason University |
| Influences | Gary Becker, Ludwig von Mises, George Stigler, Gordon Tullock |
| Contributions | The Invisible Hook |
| Information at IDEAS / RePEc | |
Peter T. Leeson (born July 29, 1979) is the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University.Big Think listed him among “Eight of the World’s Top Young Economists,” and IDEAS/RePEc ranks him among the “Top Young Economists” whose first publication was 15 years ago or less. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Leeson is known for extending rational choice theory into unusual domains, such as to the study of bizarre rituals and superstitions, and to the behavior of Caribbean pirates.Steven Levitt has described Leeson’s work as “Freakonomics on steroids” and described Leeson as “one of the most creative young economists around.” Previously, he held faculty positions at West Virginia University and the University of Chicago.
Leeson began writing about economics as a teenager:
In 1997, Mackinac Center for Public Policy President Lawrence W. Reed read an articulate letter to the editor…that scolded a previous writer for poor economic analysis of a public policy issue. Reed contacted the writer, assuming that he was a professor of some sort. In fact, the author was a 17-year-old Dow High School student, Peter Leeson.
As an 18-year old, Leeson was invited by an economics professor at Northwood University to lecture in his course.
Leeson earned a B.A. in economics at Hillsdale College in 2001. He received his Ph.D. in economics at George Mason University in 2005 under the direction of Peter Boettke. In 2003-2004, he was a Visiting Fellow in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University. In 2005, he was the F.A. Hayek Fellow at the London School of Economics.
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