Curriculum Vitae
PhD Candidate in Economics · George Mason University · wstover2@gmu.edu
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Education
PhD, Economics
George Mason University
GPA: 3.89 · 6 semesters complete
Aug. 2022 – Present
MA, Economics
George Mason University
GPA: 3.92
Aug. 2018 – May 2020
BA, Economics
Allegheny College
GPA: 3.907
2013 – 2017
Research
Executive Incentives, Import Restrictions, and Competition
Empirical Analysis of Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Orders
Under review — European Journal of Financial Management
Cultural Backgrounds and Depositor Behaviors in a Crypto “Bank” Run
with Jiasun Li, Jonathan Schulz, and Thomas Stratmann
Working paper
A Comparison of Languages and Frameworks for the Parallelization of a Simple Agent Model
with Stefan McCabe, Dale Brearcliffe, Peter Froncek, Marta Hansen, Vince Kane, Davoud Taghawi-Nejad, Robert L. Axtell
Working paper
Homophily in Political Contributions
with Thomas Stratmann
In progress · Grant funded
Linear Strategy Distance: Measuring Strategy Similarity in Evolutionary Simple Dynamics
Working paper
Fellowships, Memberships & Awards
Mercatus PhD Fellowship
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
2022 – 2026
Young Scholars Program
APEE 2024
April 2024
Visiting Research Fellow
Institute of Public Affairs, Melbourne, Australia
- Wrote algorithms collecting and analyzing regulatory text for all six federated Australian states.
- Collected data used in policy briefs, scholarly works, and articles on the effect of Australian regulation.
- Met with researchers and policymakers, including an assistant minister to the Prime Minister, presenting initial results and promoting the Mercatus Center's Policy Analytics RegData platform.
Summer 2019
Mercatus Center MA Fellowship
Mercatus Center, George Mason University
2019 – 2020
Outstanding Achievement Prize in Economics
Allegheny College
2017
Junior Economist of the Year
Allegheny College
2016
Critical Language Scholarship
U.S. Department of State
2015
Conference Presentations
"Religiosity and a Crypto Bank Run"
"Religiosity and a Crypto Bank Run"
"Linear Strategy Distance: Measuring Strategy Similarity in Evolutionary Simple Dynamics"
"Religiosity, Culture and a Crypto Bank Run"
"Linear Automaton Distance: A New Measure of Similarity Between Automata Representations of Repeated Games"
"Religiosity, Culture and a Crypto Bank Run"
"Surfing YouTube: A Video Recommendation Agent-Based Model"
"Institutional Economic Analysis and Diagnosing Harmful AI Systems"