Chandler Reilly

Assistant Professor of Economics

Economics

Bio

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.

Degree

PhD in Economics

George Mason University

MA in Economics

George Mason University

BA in Business Economics

University of California Riverside

Published Works

Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2025). National Output without Government? State Capacity and Welfare Measurement. Journal of Government and Economicshttps://doi-org.aurarialibrary.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.jge.2025.100155.
Geloso, V., Reilly, C. (2025). A Defense-Adjusted National Accounting of the US Economy and its Implications, 1791-2023. Review of Austrian Economicshttps://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 Economyhttps://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 Economicshttps://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.
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 Economicshttps://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 Journalhttps://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.

Research Interests

Research Interests: Applied Microeconomics, Political Economy, Economic History, Defense and Peace Economics, Public Choice, and Constitutional Political Economy.

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests: Economic Policy Analysis, Industrial Organization, Global Economic History, Managerial Economics, and Defense and Peace Economics.