Michael C. Munger, Professor of Political Science and Economics

Contact Info:

Office Location:	330 Perkins Lib
Office Phone:	+1 919 660 4300, +1 919 660 4301
Email Address:
Web Page:	http://www.econ.duke.edu/Econ/Faculty/Users/mmunger.html

Teaching (Fall 2012):

• POLSCI 145.01, INTRO TO POLITICAL ECONOMY Synopsis

  White 107, MW 10:05 AM-11:20 AM

  (also cross-listed as ECON 119.01)

Education:

PhD	Washington University	1984
MA	Washington University	1982
BA	Davidson College	1980

Specialties:

Political Economy
Economics
Methods
Political Science/Government
Political Institutions
Public Administration/Public Affairs

Research Interests: Institutions, Public Policy, Political Behavior and Parties

Current projects: Book under contract with Cambridge U Press on regulating financial and energy markets

Professor of Political Science, and Director of the PPE Certificate Program. His primary research focus is on the functioning of markets and regulatory policies. His other work includes a variety of policy monographs and reports, for private organizations and government agencies at the federal, state, and local level. He has taught at Dartmouth College, University of Texas, and University of North Carolina (where he was Director of the Master of Public Administration Program), as well as working as a staff economist at the Federal Trade Commission during the Reagan Administration. He is a past President of the Public Choice Society, an international academic society of political scientists and economists with members in 16 countries.

Areas of Interest:

The economics and policy of mass transit in Latin America.

Problems of exchange and market - government coordination in developed economies

Keywords:

Elections • Markets • Regulation

Curriculum Vitae

Current Ph.D. Students   (Former Students)

• Justin Valasek  
• Richard Salsman  
• Amy McKay  
• Lesa Morrison  
• Michael Tofias  
• Neil Carlson  

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. M. Munger, Policy Analysis (2000), W.W. Norton and Co., Inc.
2. M. Munger with Melvin J. Hinich, Analytical Politics (April, 1997), pp. 253, Cambridge University Press (published in both hardback and paperback editions. This book was reprinted, in a new Japanese language edition, by Keiso Shobo Publishers, in 1998) (This book was reprinted in a new Spanish edition in 2005) This book was reprinted in a new Chinese edition, and a new Korean edition, in 2010)..)
3. Richard Potthoff and Michael Munger, Voter Uncertainty Can Produce Non-Single-Peaked But Not Cyclic Preferences: The Sad Saga of Ross Perot?”, Journal of Politics, vol. 67 no. 2 (May, 2005), pp. 429-453
4. Sudeshna Ghosh and Michael Munger, Move to Markets? An Empirical Analysis of Privatization in Developing Countries, Journal of International Development, vol. 16 (2004), pp. 213-240
5. J. Jenkins & M. Munger, Investigating the Incidence of Killer Amendments in Congress, Journal of Politics, vol. 65 no. 2 (May, 2003), pp. 31
6. Gottlieb NH [first author], Goldstein AO, Flynn BS, Cohen JE, Bauman KE, Solomon LJ, Dana GS, McMorris LE and M. Munger, State legislators' beliefs about legislation that restricts youth access to tobacco products, Health Education and Behavior, vol. 30 no. 2 (2003), pp. 209-224