CURRICULUM VITAE
ROGER KOPPL
May 2008
Business Address
Institute
for Forensic Science Administration
(973)
443-8846
koppl@fdu.edu
Web Address
http://inside.fdu.edu/pt/koppl.html
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Economics),
M.A.
(Economics),
B.A. (Economics and Mathematics),
EXPERIENCE
1998 – present Professor
of Economics and Finance,
1994 – present Faculty Associate, Program on the
Foundations of the Market Economy,
2006- present Director (and founder) Institute
for Forensic Science Administration
2005 (summer) Visiting Scholar, Max Planck Institute,
2003 – 2004 Visiting Scholar,
2000 Visiting Professor,
1994 – 1998 Associate
Professor,
1988 - 1994 Assistant
Professor,
1988 (summer) Instructor,
1983 - 1985 Instructor,
FIELDS
Applied
microeconomics; economic analysis of lab-based social processes, especially
forensic science; the economics of experts and knowledge; Austrian economics
GRANTS,
HONORS, AND AWARDS
External
grants
Earhart Foundation (2008) “Experiments in Support of
Market Competition in Forensic Science,” ($20,000)
National Science Foundation (2006-7) (PI, Roger Koppl;
Co-PIs Robert Kurzban &
Earhart Foundation (1996)
“Research on Big Players,” ($9,500)
Honors and awards
President,
Society for the Development of Austrian Economics 2005
H.
B. Earhart Fellow, 1986-88
C.
Lambe Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, 1985-88
F.
L. Hill Fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, 1985
Austrian
Economics Fellow, New York University, 1980-83
PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES
Editorial Activities
Series editor, Advances in Austrian Economics, now published by Emerald.
Book-review
editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.
Co-editor with
Alain Marciano, special issue of Journal
of Economic Behavior and Organization, “Charles Darwin’s Theory of Social
Evolution,” forthcoming.
Co-editor with Peter Boettke, special issue of Review of Austrian Economics, “Alfred Schutz and the Economists,” 2001, 14 (2/3).
Books
authored
Big
Players and the Economic Theory of Expectations,
edited
and co-edited
Cognition
and Economics,
with Carine Krecké and Elisabeth Krecké, volume
9 of Advances in Austrian Economics,
Money and Markets:
Essays in Honor of Leland Yeager,
Evolutionary
Psychology and Economic Theory, volume 7 of Advances in Austrian Economics,
Austrian
Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies, volume 6 of Advances in Austrian Economics,
Subjectivism and Economic Analysis: Essays in Memory of
Ludwig Lachmann,
with Gary Mongiovi,
Journal
Articles
“Epistemics for
Forensics,” with Robert Kurzban and Lawrence Kobilinsky, Epistmeme: Journal of Social Epistemology, 2008, 5(2): forthcoming.
“Diversity and
Forensics: Diversity in Hiring is Not Enough,” Medicine, Science and the Law, 2007, 47(2): 117-124.
“Austrian
Economics at the Cutting Edge,” Review of
Austrian Economics, 2006, 19(4):231-241.
“Epistemic
Systems,” Episteme: Journal of Social
Epistemology, 2005, 2(2): 91-106.
“How to Improve
Forensic Science,” European Journal of
Law and Economics, 2005, 20(3): 255-286.
“Rational-Choice Hermeneutics,” with Douglas Glen Whitman, Journal of
Economic Behavior and Organization, 2004, 55(3): 295-317.
“Random Walk Hypothesis Testing and the Compass Rose,” with Sorin Tuluca,
Finance Letters, 2004, 2 (1): 14-17.
“Carabelli and De Vecchi on Keynes and Hayek,” with Willam Butos, Review
of Political Economy, 2004, 16(2): 239-247.
“Big Players in
“All That I Have to Say Has
Already Crossed Your Mind,” with Barkley Rosser, Metroeconomica, 2002,
53(4): 339-360.
“Custom and Rules,” American
Journal of Economics and Sociology, 2002,
61(2): 531-537.
“What
is Alertness?” Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 2002,
12(1): 3-13.
“Organization and Language Games,” with Richard Langlois, Journal of
Management and Governance, 2001, 5(3-4): 287-305.
“Big Players en la ‘Nueva Economía,’” with Ivo Sarjanovic, Libertas,
2001, 35(1).
“The Angular Distribution of Asset Returns in Delay Space,” with Carlo
Nardone, Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2001, 6: 101-120.
“Introduction” to
Special Issue on Alfred Schütz Centennial, with Peter Boettke, Review of
Austrian Economics, 2001, 14 (2/3): 111-117.
“Schutz and Shackle: Two
Views of Choice,” Review of Austrian
Economics, 2001, 14 (2/3): 181-191.
“Confidence in Keynes and Hayek: reply to
Burczak,” with William Butos, Review
of Political Economy, 2001, 13(1): 81-86.
“Machlup and
Behavioralism,” Industrial and Corporate Change, 2000 9(4): 595-622.
“Koppl on the New York
University Seminar,” pp. 390-394 of “Professor Ludwig M. Lachmann (1906-1990):
Scholar, Teacher, and Austrian School Critic of Late Classical Formalism,” a roundtable discussion appearing in American Journal of Economics and Sociology,
2000, 59(3): 367-417.
“The Unintended
Consequences of Entrepreneurship,” with Maria Minniti, Journal des Economistes et des Etudes Humaines, 1999, 9(4):567-586.
Reprinted in Alta Gerencia Septiembre/Octubre 2002, pp: 24-40.
“Big
Players and the Russian Ruble: Explaining Volatility Dynamics,” with John
Broussard, Managerial Finance, 1999,
25(1): 49-63.
“Hayek
and Kirzner at the Keynesian Beauty Contest,” with William Butos, Journal des Economistes et des Etudes
Humaines, 1999, 9(2/3): 257-275.
“The Varieties of
Subjectivism: Keynes and Hayek on Expectations,” with William Butos, History of Political Economy, 1997,
29(2): 327-359.
“Mises
and Schutz on Ideal Types,” Cultural
Dynamics, 1997, 9(1): 63-76.
“Complex Bubble Persistence
in Closed-End Country Funds,” with Ehsan Ahmed, J.Barkley Rosser, and Mark V.
White, Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization, 1997, 32(1): 19-37.
“It is High Time we take
our Ignorance more Seriously,” International
Review of Financial Analysis, 1996, 5(3): 259-72.
“Big Players and Herding
in Asset Markets: The Case of the Russian Ruble,” with Leland Yeager, Explorations in Economic History, 1996,
33(3): 367-383.
“The Walras Paradox,” Eastern
Economic Journal, Winter 1995, 21(1): 43-55. Reprinted in Walker, Donald
(ed.) The Legacy of Léon Walras (2 volumes),
“Hayekian Expectations:
Theory and Empirical Applications,” with William Butos, Constitutional Political Economy, Fall 1993, 4(3): 303-29.
“Price Theory as
Physics: The Cartesian Influence on Walras,” Methodus, December 1992, 4(2). Reprinted in Walker, Donald (ed.) The
Legacy of Léon Walras (2 volumes),
“Invisible-Hand
Explanations and Neoclassical Economics: Toward a Post Marginalist Economics,” Journal of Institutional and Theoretical
Economics, June 1992, 148(2): 292-313.
Reprinted in Gloria-Palermo, Sandye (ed.) Modern Austrian Economics
(3 volumes),
“Animal
Spirits” Journal of Economic Perspectives,
Summer 1991, 5(3): 2 203-10.
“Fritz Machlup and
Marginalism: A Reevaluation,” with Richard N. Langlois, Methodus, December 1991, 3(2): 86-102.
Book
Chapters
“Complexity and Austrian
Economics,” In J. Barkley Rosser, Jr, ed. Handbook
on Complexity Research.
“Romancing Forensics:
Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration,” in Lopez, Edward, edited, Government Failure in the Legal System: A
Public Choice Review of the Law, Independent Institute, forthcoming.
“Entrepreneurship and
Human Action,” With M. Minniti. In Non-Market
Entrepreneurship, P. Frank, G. Shockley and R. Stough, eds. Edgar Elgar,
forthcoming.
“Entrepreneurial
Behavior as a Human Universal,” in Minniti, Maria, edited, Entrepreneurship: The Engine of Growth, volume 1, People,
“Does The Sensory Order
Have a Useful Economic Future?” with William Butos, in Koppl, Krecké, and
Krecké (eds.) Cognition and Economics,
volume 9 of Advances in Austrian Economics, Amsterdam: JAI, an imprint of Elsevier
Science, 2006.
“A Zeal for Truth,” in
Koppl, Roger, edited, Money and the
Market Process: Essays in Honor of Leland Yeager,
“Big Players and Money
Demand,” with Catherine Gilanshah, in Backhaus, Jürgen edited, Modern Applications of Austrian Thought,
2005.
“Economics Evolving: An Introduction to the
Volume,” in Evolutionary Psychology and Economic Theory, volume 7 of Advances in Austrian
Economics, 2004.
“Gains From
Trade Between Austrian Economics and Entrepreneurial Studies: An Introduction
to the Volume,” in Austrian Economics and
Entrepreneurial Studies, volume 6 of Advances in Austrian Economics,
2003.
“Big Players
in the ‘New Economy,’” with Ivo Sarjanovic, in Birner, Jack, ed. Austrian
Perspectives on the New Economy, Routledge, 2003.
“Market
Processes and Entrepreneurial Studies,” with Maria Minniti, in Acs, Z.J. and
D.B. Audretsch, ed. Handbook of Entrepreneurial Research, Kluwer, 2003.
“Science as
a Spontaneous Order: An Essay in the Economics of Science,” with William Butos,
in Jensen, H. S., Vendeloe, M., and Richter,L., ed. The Evolution of
Scientific Knowledge, Edward Elgar, 2003.
“Teaching
Complexity: An Austrian Approach,” in Colander, David, ed. The Complexity Vision and the Teaching of Economics, Edward Elgar,
2000.
“The Policy Implications
of Complexity: An Austrian Perspective,” in Colander, David, ed. The Complexity Vision and the Teaching of
Economics, Edward Elgar, 2000.
“Apriorism and Dualism,”
Advances in Austrian Economics,
volume 5, 1998, 5: 159-179.
“Introduction,” to Koppl
and Mongiovi eds. Subjectivism and
Economic Analysis: Essays in Memory of Ludwig Lachmann,
“Lachmann on the
Subjectivism of Active Minds,” in Koppl and Mongiovi edited, Subjectivism and Economic Analysis: Essays
in Memory of Ludwig Lachmann,
“Man has Fallen and He
Can't Get Up,” in Mary Cross edited Advertising
and Culture: Theoretical Perspectives.
“When Do Ideas Matter? A
Study in the Natural Selection of Social Games,” with Richard N. Langlois, Advances in Austrian Economics, 1994,
vol.1: 81-104.
“Lachmann
on Schutz and Shackle,” Advances in
Austrian Economics, 1994, vol. 1: 289-301.
“Some Possibly
Postmodern Thoughts on Authority or How to Make the Good Society without Really
Trying,” in Oxman, Wendy and Mark Weinstein, edited, Critical Thinking as an Educational Ideal, Montclair, New Jersey:
Institute for Critical Thinking, 1993.
“What is the Public
Interest?” in McGee, Robert, edited, Business
Ethics and Common Sense,
Other Scholarly
Publications
“Sequential
Unmasking: A means of Minimizing Observer Effects in Forensic DNA
Interpretation,” with Dan Krane and nine others, The Journal of Forensic Sciences, letter to the editor, to be
published, July 2008.
“Thinking
Impossible Things: A Review Essay on Computability,
Complexity and Constructivity in Economic Analysis,” Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizaiton, forthcoming.
“Democratic
Epistemics: An Experiment on How to Improve Forensic Science," Papers on Economics and Evolution, Max
Planck Institute of Economics, Evolutionary Economics Group, working paper
#0609, 2006.
“Review of
Bruce Caldwell, Hayek’s Challenge:
An Intellectual Biography of F. A. Hayek,” Journal of Economic
Behavior and Organizaiton, 2006,
59(2): 287-291.
“Review of
Gerd Gigerenzer and Reinhard Selten, editors, Bounded Rationality: The Adaptive Toolbox, Journal of
Economic Behavior and Organizaiton, 2003, 53(3): 431-434.
“Review of
John Sutton’s
“Review of
Jon Elster’s Alchemies of the Mind,
Journal of Economic Behavior and Organizaiton, 2001, 45(3): 332-335.
“Review” of Rationality, Institutions and Economic
Methodology ed. by Make, Gustafsson and Knudsen, Advances in Austrian Economics, 1997, 4: 241-245.
“Review of
“Ideal Types,” in
Boettke, Peter J. edited, The Elgar
Companion to Austrian Economics,
“Invisible-Hand
Explanations,” in Boettke, Peter J. edited, The
Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics,
“Review of
“Reply to Ozawa,
Moggridge, and Visser,” Journal of
Economic Perspectives, Summer 1992, 6(3): 211-12.
“In Memory of Ludwig M.
Lachmann,” Austrian Economics Newsletter, Winter/Spring 1991: 8-9.
Senior Researcher,
Executive Board, Society
for the Development of Austrian Economics, 2004-2007
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES
- Forbes magazine, “What’s Wrong With CSI: Forensic evidence doesn’t
always tell the truth,” for “On my Mind” column, 2 June 2008.
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/forbes/2008/0602/038.html
- Engage, a publication of the Federalist Society, “Forensic Science
Needs Check and Balances,” with Radley Balko, June 2008, 9(2): 46-50.
-Panelist
and presenter, Science in the Courtroom
for the 21st Century: Issues in Forensic DNA, a seminar Presented by the
--Panel: “Laboratory Oversight, Practice
and Economics”
--Presentation: “Forensic Counsel”
- Reason Foundation Policy Study 364, “CSI
for Real: How to Improve Forensic Science,” 2007.
- Reason magazine, “Breaking Up the Forensics Monopoly: Eight ways to
fix a broken system,” November 2007.
- Pro bono
consultant to the Public Defender Service of the
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- KION, 20-minute radio
interview, 27 June 2007
- Reason.com, “End the
Unholy Alliance Between Crime Labs and Prosecutors: Nifong's been disbarred,
but we need to fix the system,” 21 June, 2007.
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- Several letters to the
editor, newspaper reprints, short newspaper interviews, and webpage mentions.