Description: I'm Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science at University of Arizona. My main research interests are public choice, institutional economics, and varieties of capitalism. My papers, books and conference presentations currently fall mainly in two larger research projects: (1) The political economy and institutional theory of polycentric governance.…
Vlad Tarko
Menu About me Books Understanding Capitalism Capitalist Alternatives Elinor Ostrom biography Elinor Ostrom and the Bloomington School Public Governance and the Classical Liberal Perspective The Allure of the Liberal Dictator Papers Teaching Conferences Collaborators CV About me I’m Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Political Economy and Moral Science at University of Arizona.
My main research interests are public choice, institutional economics, and varieties of capitalism. My papers, books and conference presentations currently fall mainly in two larger research projects: (1) The political economy and institutional theory of polycentric governance. (2) The performance of alternative capitalist systems and the problem of economic disequilibrium. In the first category, I am the co-author of one of the most widely cited papers on the history and definition of “polycentricity” , an