The Distinguished Visiting Professor Program is designed to bring the nation's premier scholars doing research related to the Center's mission to FSU. Faculty and students will have the opportunity to interact with these scholars through public lectures, seminars, classroom lectures and discussions, and through informal meetings. All departments and centers are encouraged to nominate public choice oriented scholars for this program which is intended to foster interdisciplinary cooperation.

Nobel Laureate Douglass North

Douglass North, the 1996 Nobel Laureate in Economics, visited the Center in April 2002 to give a public lecture entitled "What We Know and Don't Know About Economic Development." Over 130 undergraduate students, graduate students and faculty attended his lecture and over 50 graduate students attended a question and answer session with Professor North.

Nobel Laureate James Buchanan

A highlight of the 1999-2000 academic year was Nobel Laureate James Buchanan's visit to campus. Professor Buchanan won the 1986 Nobel Prize for his contributions to the development of public choice economics. During his two-day stay he gave a seminar in the Economics Departments, gave a public lecture, met with graduate students, and spoke at a dinner given in his honor.

DeVoe L. Moore, Randall Holcombe and James Buchanan.

Economics Nobel Laureate James Buchanan answers a student's question after his lecture.

William A. Niskanen

Over the two day period of November 8-9, 2004, William Niskanen gave a public lecture, a seminar at the DeVoe Moore Center's Workshop on State and Local Government Regulation, and spoke at a dinner given in his honor. Dr. Niskanen is the chairman of the Cato Institute and served as acting chairman of President Reagan's Council of Economic Advisors. He is considered by many as one of the founding fathers of public choice economics.

Visiting Speakers 2006-2007

• John Stossel
  Co-Anchor ABC's 20/20
  "Unintended Consequences of Governmental Regulation"

• Bobby Byrd
  President, Byrd Corporation, St. Petersburg, FL
  "A Look at Deal Making and Development"

• Robert Breslau
  President, Stiles Retail Group, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
  "The Retail Market and the Development Process"

• Harry Lerner
  President, Maxcy Development Group, Tampa, FL
  (Lecture title to be determined at a later date)

Visiting Speakers 2005-2006

• Dave Wamsley
  CEO of K2 UrbanCorp Development
  "Placemaking–The Importance of Creating and Sustaining Public Places that Bind Communities"

• John M. Sebree
  Vice President-Public Policy, Florida Association of Realtors
  "Key Legislative Issues Affecting Florida's Real Estate Market"

• Sam Staley
  Director of the Urban Futures Program of the Reason Public Policy Institute
  "Reducing Congestion and Increasing Mobility: The Road More Traveled"

• Casey Dawkins
  Assistant Professor, Dept. of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  "Urban Sprawl and the Transition to First-Time Homeownership"

Visiting Speakers 2004-2005

• Ed Burr
  President and Chairman of the LandMar Group
  "Land Development and Government Regulation"

• Evan Jennings
  President and Chairman of Jennings Partners
  "Large-scale Apartment and Condominium Development"

• Joel Embry
  Representative to Welaunee in Tallahassee
  "Privatizing Public Policy"

• Craig Volden
  Department of Political Science, Ohio State University
  "Policy Diffusion from Cities to States: Anti-Smoking Laws in the U.S."

Visiting Speakers 2003-2004

• Brent Pichard
  Price Commercial Real Estate Group
  "Private Property Rights - An Endangered Species?"

• William Niskanen
  Chairman, Cato Institute
  "After Enron: The Major Lessons for Public Policy"

• Wade Hopping
  Attorney; Hopping Green and Sams
  "Legislatures, Lobbyists and Lawmaking - A Tallahassee Tale"

• Brady Baybeck
  Department of Political Science, University of Missouri - St. Louis
  "Urban Politics and Policy"

Visiting Speakers 2002-2003

• Professor Richard L. Engstrom
  University Professor of African Studies
  University of New Orleans
  "Effects of Electoral Structures on Public Policies in U.S. Cities"

• Professor Richard Winters
  William Clinton Renson Class of 1943 Professor of Government
  Dartmouth College
  "Variability in Charitable Giving Across the U.S. States"

• Professor Arthur C. Nelson
  Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Urban Affairs and Planning - Northern Virginia
  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  "Regulatory Models and Their Land Use Implications"

• Daniel McMillen, Professor and Director of Center for Urban Real Estate
  College of Business Administration, University of Illinois at Chicago
  "Zoning and Land Values"

• Christopher Bollinger, Associate Professor of Economics
  University of Kentucky
  "Spatial Econometrics"

• Edgar Olsen, Professor of Economics
  University of Virginia
  "The Economics of Subsidized Housing"

Visiting Speakers 2001-2002

• Professor Michael Berkman (Political Science)
  Pennsylvania State University
  "School Choice?"

• Professor Genevieve Giuliano
  University of Southern California
  "Land Use and Travel Revisited: The U.S. and Great Britain"

• Professor Peter Vander Hoek (Economics)
  Erasmus University, The Netherlands
  "Taxation in the European Union"

• Associate Professor Michael Mintrom (Political Science)
  Michigan State University
  "Educational Entrepreneurship and Charter Schools"

• Dean and Professor Robert Stein (Political Science)
  Rice University
  "Neighborhood Politics and Local Government"

Visiting Speakers 2000-2001

• Professor Mark Schneider (Political Science)
  SUNY (Stonybrook)
  "Information and the Market for School Choice"

• Professor Peter Vander Hoek (Economics)
  Erasmus University, The Netherlands
  "Taxation in the European Union"

• Associate Professor Michael Mintrom (Political Science)
  Michigan State University
  "Educational Entrepreneurship and Charter Schools"

• Professor Michael McDonald (Political Science)
  SUNY Binghamton
  "Understanding Taxpayer Complaints: Self-interest or Government Mistake?"

• Dean and Professor Robert Stein (Political Science)
  Rice University
  "Neighborhood Politics and Local Government"