Henry Thompson

Assistant Professor of Economics

• Faculty
• Instructor

• Email:

  hathomp@olemiss.edu

• Office Location:

  207 Odom Hall

• Phone:

  662-915-5835

• Website:

  Personal Website

Research Interests

Law & Economics, Political Economy, Public Choice, Organized Crime

Biography

I study the political economy of institutions with a particular focus on the alternative customary, organizational, and contractual arrangements people develop amongst one another when they cannot use government institutions to protect their property rights.

Publications

The Industrial Organization of the Mafia, Public Choice and Public Health, Identity and Off-diagonals: How Permanent Winning Coalitions Destroy Democratic Governance

• Office, Department or Center

  Department of Economics