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Department of Economics

Dr. Thomas K. Duncan

Associate Professor

Phone: 540-831-6057

Office: Kyle Hall 282 Website: www.thomaskduncan.com

Email: tduncan13@radford.edu

Mon	2:00pm - 5:00pm KH 282 and via Zoom

Current Teaching Schedule

Independent Study

1:30pm - 4:30pm [ ]

Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory

1:00pm - 1:50pm [ Mon Wed Fri ]

Principles of Macroeconomics

11:00am - 11:50am [ Mon Wed Fri ]

Principles of Macroeconomics

10:00am - 10:50am [ Mon Wed Fri ]

Ph.D. in Economics

2013, George Mason University

M.A. in Economics

2008, San Jose State University

Refereed Journal Article: Tilson, W.D., D. Farhat, & T.K. Duncan, 2021. "Exploring Terrorism, Counter Terrorism and Their Unintended Consequences," Virginia Economic Journal, 26(1): 6-20.

Refereed Journal Article: Coyne, Christopher J., Thomas K. Duncan, and Abigail R. Hall. (2021). "The Political Economy of State Responses to Infectious Disease," Southern Economic Journal, 87(4): 1119-1137.

Refereed Journal Article: Chatham, Michael D., and Thomas K. Duncan. 2020. "Taxation as a Barrier to Blockchain Innovation," Journal of Taxation of Investments, 38(1): 3-21.

Magazine Article: Redford, A., and T.K. Duncan (2020). "Drugs, Suicide, and Crime: Empirical Estimates of the Human Toll of the Shutdown," American Institute for Economic Research, Online.

Refereed Journal Article: Tilson, William D, Thomas K. Duncan, and Daniel Farhat. (2020). "An Agent-based Model of Ethnocentrism and the Unintended Consequences of Violence," Eastern Economic Journal, 46(3): 483-503.

Refereed Journal Article: Boettke, Peter J., Thomas K. Duncan, and Nicholas A. Snow (2019). "Competition for Antitrust: The National Civic Federation and the Founding of the Federal Trade Commission," The Journal of Prices and Markets, 7(1): 3-17.

Refereed Journal Article: Duncan, Thomas K., and Joshua Carroll. (2019). "The Economic Impact of Bike Virginia," Virginia Economic Journal, 1: 1-18.

Book Chapter: Duncan, T.K. (2019). "Potential Pitfalls in Private Aid: A Cautionary Note for Non-governmental Assistance," in N. Dutta and C.R. Williamson (eds.), Lessons on Foreign Aid and Economic Development, Palgrave Macmillan: 225-244.

Refereed Journal Article: Duncan, Thomas K., and Daniel Farhat. (2019). "A Note on Mutually Beneficial Exchange and Discrimination," Conflict Resolution Quarterly, 37(2): 169-176.

Book Chapter: Coyne, C.J., and T.K. Duncan (2019). "The Unproductive Protective State: The U.S. Defense Sector as a Fiscal Commons," in R.E. Wagner (ed), James M. Buchanan: A Theorist of Political Economy and Social Philosophy, Palgrave Macmillan, 235-261

Refereed Journal Article: Leeson, Peter T., Christopher J. Coyne, and Thomas K. Duncan (2016). "Market-Provided National Defense: Reply to Newhard," The Journal of Private Enterprise, 31(2): 83-86.

Book Chapter: Duncan, Thomas K. and Christopher J. Coyne (2015). "The Political Economy of Foreign Intervention," in Peter J. Boettke and Christopher J. Coyne (eds), The Oxford Handbook on Austrian Economics, Oxford University Press: 678-697

Refereed Journal Article: Duncan, Thomas K., and Christopher J. Coyne (2015). "The Revolving Door and the Entrenchment of the Permanent War Economy," Peace Economics, Peace Science and Public Policy, 21(3): 391-413.

Refereed Journal Article: Duncan, Thomas K. (2014). "Doing Bad by Doing Good in Goma," Studies in Emergent Order, 7: 135-143

Refereed Journal Article: Leeson, Peter T., Christopher J. Coyne, and Thomas K. Duncan (2014). "A Note on the Market Provision of National Defense," The Journal of Private Enterprise, 29(2): 51-55.

Refereed Journal Article: Duncan, Thomas K., and Christopher J. Coyne (2013). "The Origins of the Permanent War Economy," The Independent Review, 18(2): 219-240.

Refereed Journal Article: Duncan, Thomas K., and Christopher J. Coyne (2013). "The Overlooked Costs of the Permanent War Economy: A Market Process Approach," The Review of Austrian Economics, 26(4): 413-431.

Dr. Thomas K. Duncan received his Ph.D. from George Mason University in 2013. He received his M.A. in Economics from San Jose State University in 2008 and a B.A. in Economics from Hampden-Sydney College in 2005. His research interests include Austrian economic theory, defense economics, institutional economics, economic development and the economics of violence and social orders. For more information: www.thomaskduncan.com.