Ilia Murtazashvili

Articles (2024–present) 

Geloso, V., Hyde, K., & Murtazashvili, I. (2026). “Diseases of commerce: Unbundling economic freedom and public health.” Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization. 

Hyde, K., Murtazashvili, I., Ruseksi, J., & Zhou, Y. (2026). “Political ideology and health outcomes: Evidence from metropolitan regions in the United States.” Southern Economic Journal. 

Barda, K., Shaked, N., & Murtazashvili, I. (2026). “The soft-law governance of digital ecosystems: Comparing market-led and coordinated variants for AI.” Journal of Cyber Policy. 

Krishnamurthy, P., Tipper, D., & Murtazashvili, I. (2026). “Event detection and sharing in 6, 7, and 12 GHz bands.” Journal of Information Policy. 

Wood, T. G., Murtazashvili, I., & Madison, M. J. (2025). “An emergent order perspective on governance of generative AI.” Review of Austrian Economics. 

Murtazashvili, I., & Zhou, Y. (2025). “Censorship and mental models.” Constitutional Political Economy. 

Goodman, N. P., Brick Murtazashvili, J., Murtazashvili, I., & Palida, A. (2025). “Public choice and national defense: Lessons for the Russian–Ukrainian war.” Public Choice. 

Carden, A., & Murtazashvili, I. (2025). “Coercion against coordination: W. H. Hutt on collective bargaining and the strike-threat system.” Review of Austrian Economics. 

Murtazashvili, I., & Palida, A. (2025). “Is Kafka inevitable? Political institutions and the structure of communication protocols.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization. 

Sharif, S., Brick Murtazashvili, J. B., & Murtazashvili, I. (2025). “Rebel victory and constitutional change.” Public Choice. 

Magness, P. W., Carden, A., & Murtazashvili, I. (2025). “Consumer sovereignty and W. H. Hutt’s critique of the colour bar.” Public Choice. 

Murtazashvili, I. (2025). “How democracies live: A review essay on Shadi Hamid’s The Problem of Democracy.” Frontiers in Political Science. 

Alston, E., Murtazashvili, I., & Weiss, M. B. H. (2024). “Blockchain and public administration: Introduction to a special issue.” Chinese Public Administration Review. 

Blackwater, D., Murtazashvili, I., & Weiss, M. B. H. (2024). “Polycentric systems for spectrum management: The case of Indigenous spectrum sovereignty movements.” European Journal of Law and Economics. 

Brik, T., Murtazashvili, I., Brick Murtazashvili, J. B., & Mylovanov, T. (2024). “The political economy of the war in Ukraine.” Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice. 

Callais, J., Hyde, K., Murtazashvili, I., & Zhou, Y. (2024). “How does economic freedom influence public health? Evidence from U.S. cities.” Southern Economic Journal. 

Chen, W., & Murtazashvili, I. (2024). “Is cryptoaltruism transforming the nonprofit sector? Lessons from Ukrainian nonprofits during the Russia–Ukraine war.” Chinese Public Administration Review. 

Murtazashvili, I., Paniagua, P., & Rayamajhee, V. (2024). “Complex externalities: An introduction to a special issue.” Public Choice. 

Brick Murtazashvili, J. B., & Murtazashvili, I. (2024). “Informal institutions in comparative politics.” Comparative Politics. 

Parker, D. P., Anderson, T. L., & Murtazashvili, I. (2024). “The political economy of American Indian reservations: Introduction to a special issue.” Public Choice. 

Shah, M. Q., Murtazashvili, I., Brick Murtazashvili, J. B., & Weiss, M. B. H. (2024). “Exploring the potential for blockchains in fragile states.” Chinese Public Administration Review. 

Shapoval, N., Murtazashvili, I., Brick Murtazashvili, J., & Mylovanov, T. (2024). “The political economy of public procurement in Ukraine.” Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice. 

Books 

Magness, P., Carden, A., & Murtazashvili, I. (forthcoming). Liberalism against Racism: The Political Economy of W. H. Hutt. Edward Elgar. 

Cai, M., Brick Murtazashvili, J., Murtazashvili, I., & Salahodjaev, R. (2022). Toward a Political Economy of the Commons: Simple Rules for Sustainability. Edward Elgar. 

Brick Murtazashvili, J., & Murtazashvili, I. (2021). Land, the State, and War: Property Institutions and Political Order in Afghanistan. Cambridge University Press. 

Deitrick, S. E., & Murtazashvili, I. (eds.) (2022). When Fracking Comes to Town: Governance, Planning, and Economic Impacts of the U.S. Shale Boom. Cornell University Press. 

Harris, C., Cai, M., Brick Murtazashvili, J., & Murtazashvili, I. (2020). The Origins and Consequences of Property Rights: Austrian, Public Choice, and Institutional Economics Perspectives. Cambridge University Press. 

Murtazashvili, I., & Piano, E. (2019). The Political Economy of Fracking: Private Property, Polycentricity, and the Shale Revolution. Routledge. 

Murtazashvili, I. (2013). The Political Economy of the American Frontier. Cambridge University Press. 

Downs, D. A., & Murtazashvili, I. (2012). Arms and the University: Military Presence and the Civic Education of Non-Military Students. Cambridge University Press. 

Policy Briefs / Policy Reports 

Murtazashvili, I., & Park, L. (2025). “AI governance in the United States: Laboratories of democracy or islands of regulation?” Center for Governance and Markets. 

Murtazashvili, I., Park, L., & He, J. (2025). “Soft law all the way down: Artificial intelligence governance under Biden and Trump.” Center for Governance and Markets. 

Murtazashvili, I., Lazanski, D., & Schwanke, B. (2025). “Building the AI workforce: The need for accurate data to inform U.S. policy.” Center for Governance and Markets. 

Abraham, S., Murtazashvili, I., Creiman, C., & He, J. (2025). “The BioForge Manufacturing Center and economic development in Hazelwood: Prospects and challenges.” Center for Governance and Markets. 

Murtazashvili, I. (2023). “Elinor Ostrom on the high seas.” Mercatus Center, Future Fisheries Management Issue Brief Series. 

McDaniel, C., & Murtazashvili, I. (2023). “Beyond adoption: Closing the gaps in the WTO fisheries subsidies agreement.” Mercatus Center, Future Fisheries Management Issue Brief Series. 

Crepelle, A., & Murtazashvili, I. (2020). “COVID-19, self-determination, and Indian reservations.” Mercatus Center Policy Brief.