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Biography
Chandler Reilly is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Metropolitan State University of Denver since Fall 2023. He earned a B.S. in Business Economics from University of California Riverside in 2018 and his Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University in 2023. He has published papers in political economy of bureaucracy, defense and peace economics, and economic history in Constitutional Political Economy, Independent Review, Canadian Journal of Economics, and Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy.Research Interests
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Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy, Economic History, Defense and Peace Economics, Public Choice, and Constitutional Political Economy.
Teaching Interests
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Teaching Interests: Economic Policy Analysis, Industrial Organization, Global Economic History, Managerial Economics, and Defense and Peace Economics.
Education
PhD in Economics
George Mason University
MA in Economics
George Mason University
BA in Business Economics
University of California Riverside
Published Works
- Reilly, C. (2028). Military-Industrial Complex. Sage.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2025). National Output without Government? State Capacity and Welfare Measurement. Journal of Government and Economics https://doi-org.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.jge.2025.100155.
- Reilly, C., Geloso, V. (2025). Making GDP Great Again: A Complementary Approach., https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/making-gdp-great-again-a-complementary-approach/.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2025). A Defense-Adjusted National Accounting of the US Economy and its Implications, 1791-2023. Review of Austrian Economics https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-025-00678-2.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2025). War and Presidential Greatness: Updating Henderson and Gochenour's Results. The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy https://www.independent.org/tir/2025-spring/war-and-presidential-greatness-2/.
- Reilly, C. (2025). The Intervention Spiral: What to Expect from Trump's Trade Policy. The Daily Economy, https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-intervention-spiral-what-to-expect-from-trumps-trade-policy/.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2025). Revisiting Quebec's Quiet Revolution: A Synthetic Control Analysis. Canadian Journal of Economics https://onlinelibrary-wiley-com/doi/10.1111/caje.70000.
- Smith, N., Reilly, C. (2024). From Trade to Raid: Institutions and Anglo-Abenaki Relations in 17th Century Maine.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2024). Are Historians Increasingly Illiberal?.
- Callais, J., Geloso, V., Plemmons, A., Reilly, C. (2024). Income Mobility, Austerity, and Liberalization: Evidence from Alberta's Reforms in the 1990s. European Economic Review.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2024). QUEBEC’S QUIET REVOLUTION: GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION DOES NOT EXPLAIN ECONOMIC PROGRESS. Montreal Economic Institute.
- Reilly, C. (2024). You Work for Us Now: Concentration in University-Performed Defense R&D. Defence and Peace Economics, 36(5), 761-788. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10242694.2024.2394762.
- Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2024). The Progressive and New Deal Eras were the "Great Deviation". Catalyst, https://catalyst.independent.org/2024/08/27/progressive-eras-great-deviation/.
- Padilla, A., Reilly, C. (2024). Scarcity by Decree. Independent Institute, https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=15033.
- Reilly, C., Coyne, J. C. (2024). The Political Economy of Military Base Redevelopment. Eastern Economic Journal https://www.palgrave.com/gp/journal/41302.
- Reilly, C. (2024). The Political Economy of Rising Defense Costs. The Independent Review: A Journal of Political Economy, 28(4), 601-623. https://www.independent.org/publications/tir/article.asp?id=1949.
- Prenovitz, E., Hazlett, K. P., Reilly, C. (2023). Can Markets Improve Recycling Performance? A Cross-Country Regression Analysis and Case Studies. Sustainability, 15(6). https://doi.org/10.3390/su15064785.
- Reilly, C. (2022). University Affiliated Research Centers: Evasive Entrepreneurship within the Department of Defense. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 12(2), 125-144. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-01-2022-0012.
- Hazlett, P., Reilly, S. C. (2022). Bureaucratic Rent Creation: The Case of Price Discrimination in the Market for Postsecondary Education. Constitutional Political Economy, 34(2), 226-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10602-022-09365-x.