Julia R. Norgaard

Assistant Professor of Economics

Social Science Division, Seaver College

AC 238

310.506.4580

http://www.juliarnorgaard.com/

Biography

Julia R. Norgaard received her PhD from George Mason University where she was a PhD fellow at the Mercatus Center and a graduate lecturer. In 2015, she received her master's degree in economics from George Mason University. Dr. Norgaard received her BA in economics with a minor in mathematics from the University of San Diego in 2012. Her interests include applied microeconomics and political economy as well as law and economics and development. Dr. Norgaard created and currently runs both the PEP Talks Research Seminar and the Economics Reading Group. She has passion for both research and teaching economics.

Education

PhD, George Mason University, 2017
MA in Economics, George Mason University, 2015
BA in Economics, The University of San Diego, 2012

Research
Awards
Presentations
Media

"Club Women and the Provision of Local Public Goods," in Public Choice Analyses of American Economic History: Volume 3, Joshua Hall and Marcus Witcher, eds., forthcoming.
Harold Walbert, James L. Caton and Julia R. Norgaard. 2018. "Countries as Agents in a Global-Scale Computational Model." Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Stimulation.
Julia R. Norgaard, Harold Walbert, and R. August Hardy. 2018. "Shadow Markets and Hierarchies: Comparing and Modeling Networks in the Dark Net." Journal of Institutional Economics.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2016. "Modeling the Propensity to Default on Microfinance Loans in Mali, Africa." Journal of George Mason Graduate Research. Volume 3, Issue 2.
Julia R. Norgaard and R. August Hardy. 2015. "Reputation in the Internet black market: an empirical and theoretical analysis of the Deep Web." Journal of Institutional Economics.

Michael and Andrea Leven Family Foundation Fellow, 2017
Mercatus Center Ph.D. Fellowship, 2017
Humane Studies Fellowship, 2017
Mercatus Center Graduate Student Summer Research Fellowship, 2016
Mercatus Center Ph.D. Fellowship, 2016
Humane Studies Fellowship, 2016
Michael and Andrea Leven Family Foundation Fellow, 2016

Julia R. Norgaard and Ennio Piano. (scheduled) 2018 "Put your money where your mouth is: Measuring the Value of Voice" The Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C: November 19, 2018.
Julia R. Norgaard and Ennio Piano. (scheduled) 2018 "The Decline of the Court Martial in the United States" The Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C: November 19, 2018.
Julia R. Norgaard. (scheduled) 2018 "Exploring the DarkNet: What the Internet black market can tell us about technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation" Institute for Humane Studies Seminar, Sacramento, CA: November 5, 2018.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2018 "Put your money where your mouth is: Measuring the Value of Voice" Public Choice Society, Charleston, SC: March 2, 2018.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2017 "Overcoming Anonymity: How Internet Black Markets Enable Encrypted and Anonymous Exchange" The Southern Economic Association, Tampa, FL: November 18, 2017.
Julia Norgaard. 2016 "Trust Development and Self-Enforcing Exchange in Anonymous Internet Markets" The Southern Economic Association, Washington, D.C.: November 19, 2016.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2016 "Shadow Markets and Hierarchies: Comparing and Modeling Networks in the Dark Net" Public Choice Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL: March 12, 2016.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2016 "The Effect of Tor Client Traffic on the Price of Bitcoin" Public Choice Society, Fort Lauderdale, FL: March 12, 2016.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2015 "Black Market Exchange Rates as a Proxy for Inflation" The Southern Economic Association, New Orleans, LA: November 23, 2015.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2015 "The Political Economy of the Peace Corps" The Association of Private Enterprise Education, Cancun, MX: April 13, 2015.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2015 "An Evaluation of the Robustness of Spontaneous Order: An Analysis of the Deep Web." George Mason University Advances in Policy and Politics Conference, Arlington, VA: April 3, 2015.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2015 "An Evaluation of the Robustness of Spontaneous Order: An Analysis of the Deep Web." George Mason University Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Conference, Fairfax, VA: March 2015.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2015 "An Introduction to Microfinance." Presented at the George Washington University's Women's Economics Symposium, Washington, DC: February 2015.
Julia R. Norgaard and August Hardy. 2014 "An Evaluation of the Robustness of Spontaneous Order: An Analysis of the Deep Web." The Southern Economic Association, Atlanta, GA: November 2014.
Julia R. Norgaard, Ryan Safner, and Vlad Tarko. 2014 "A Structural Analysis of Regulatory Capitalism."
The Association of Private Enterprise Education, Las Vegas, NV: April 2014.
Julia R. Norgaard. 2014 "An Introduction to Microfinance." Presented at the George Washington University's Women's Economics Symposium, Washington, DC: January 2014.

Economic Rockstar Podcast (with Frank Conway) – Julia Norgaard on the Online Black Market for Drugs and Why Detection Rates are Low. Available online at http://www.economicrockstar.com/julianorgaard (October 2016)

Topics

Applied Microeconomics
Political Economy
Law and Economics
Economic Development

Courses

ECON 321 Intermediate Macroeconomics
ECON 320 Intermediate Microeconomics
ECON 492 Economic Development
ECON 427 Labor Economics (Spring 2019)
ECON 492 Game Theory