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We are pleased to announce Mercatus Center at George Mason University has started a new Economics Research Centers Papers series within the Economics Research Network (ERN).


MERCATUS CENTER RESEARCH PAPER SERIES
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The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is the world's premier university source for market-oriented ideas - bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems.

As a university-based research center, the Mercatus Center trains students, conducts research of consequence, and persuasively communicates economic ideas to solve society's most pressing problems and advance knowledge about how markets work to improve people's lives.

Our mission is to generate knowledge and understanding of the institutions that affect the freedom to prosper and to find sustainable solutions that overcome the barriers preventing individuals from living free, prosperous, and peaceful lives.

Since 1980, the Mercatus Center has been a part of George Mason University.

This site aggregates the Mercatus Center's original research, which includes two peer-reviewed series, Mercatus Research and Mercatus Working Papers, as well as Mercatus Policy Primers, books, and book chapters. The views expressed in these studies are the authors' and do not represent official positions of the Mercatus Center or George Mason University. All of these studies are published online on our website at https://www.mercatus.org/research, where you can also find congressional and state testimony, policy briefs, regulatory reports, charts and infographics, and other economic analysis.


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Sincerely,

Michael C. Jensen
Director
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