Thomas K. Duncan, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics, Department of Economics at Radford University
From Radford, Virginia

Office Number: KH 282

Email: tduncan13@radford.edu

Office Phone: 540-831-6057

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday, 2:00-3:30 PM and by appointment.

While the times above are my official hours, I am around the office quite a bit. If you would like to chat about economics or just in general, please feel free to reach out. I am also very responsive to email. So if you cannot drop by in person, you can always reach me electronically.

For more information, please see my website: www.thomaskduncan.com.

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Interests + Expertise

Institutional Economics Political Economy Comparative Economic Systems

Education

George Mason University
Hampden-Sydney College
San Jose State University

Work Experience

Associate Professor of Economics at Radford University

August 2019 - Present

Assistant Professor of Economics at Radford University

August 2013 - August 2019

Projects + Publications

Carroll, Joshua, and Thomas K. Duncan. (Forthcoming). "An Importance-Performance Analysis of the Bike Virginia Event," Journal of Tourism Insights.

This paper is accepted but not yet published.

December 2024 - Publications

Duncan, Thomas K. (2024). “The Continuing Costs of the Permanent War Economy,” in Christopher J. Coyne (ed.), The Legacy of Robert Higgs, The Mercatus Center at George Mason University: 257-282.

December 2024 - Publications

Duncan, Thomas K. (Forthcoming). “The Non-Freedom of Foreign Intervention,” in Brandon Christensen (ed.), Global Federalism: Liberty and Security in an Anarchical World | Volume I, Palgrave Macmillan

This chapter is accepted but not yet published.

December 2024 - Publications

Duncan, Thomas K., and Nathan P. Goodman. (Forthcoming) "State Capacity of Secret Surveillance," Eastern Economic Journal.

This article has been published online first. This entry will be updated when the print version is released.

June 2024 - Articles

Chatham, Michael D., Thomas K. Duncan, and Wendy Li, 2023. “Employing AI in Academia: the Role of ChatGPT in Generating Research Questions,” Virginia Economic Journal, 22-36.

The 2023 issue published in spring 2024.

April 2024 - Articles

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

The 2021 issue published in spring 2022.

April 2022 - Articles

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.

April 2021 - Articles

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

December 2020 - Articles

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

The 2019 issue published in spring 2020.

April 2020 - Articles

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.

March 2020 - Publications

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.

February 2020 - Articles

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

September 2019 - Articles

Duncan, T.K. (2019). "Potential Pitfalls in Private Aid," in N. Dutta and C.R. Williamson (eds.), Lessons on Foreign Aid, Palgrave Macmillan: 225-244.

Full Citation: 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.

September 2019 - Publications

Boettke, P.J., T.K. Duncan, and N.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.

September 2019 - Articles

Coyne, C.J., and T.K. Duncan (2019). "The Unproductive Protective State," in R.E. Wagner (ed), James M. Buchanan, Palgrave Macmillan, 235-261

Full Citation: 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

February 2019 - Publications

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.

August 2016 - Articles

Duncan, T.K. and C.J. Coyne (2015). "The Political Economy of Foreign Intervention," in P.J. Boettke and C.J. Coyne (eds), The Oxford Handbook on Austrian Economics, Oxford University Press: 678-697

November 2015 - Publications

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.

May 2015 - Articles

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

May 2014 - Articles

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

October 2013 - Articles

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.