Brief Biography
I am Assistant Professor of Practice in Economics at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. My research studies how regimes end and institutions begin, and what determines whether the result is an inclusive, durable order or a return to extraction under new management. I earned my Ph.D. in Economics at George Mason University, and my work has appeared in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Public Choice, Kyklos, and the Journal of Institutional Economics.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Published Research
"Sanctions Without Sanctimony: Why Do States Impose Sanctions? " (2026) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (with D'Amico, D.J., Tilley, C., and Wilhelm, E.).
"Covert Regime Change and Ideology." (2026) Public Choice (with Shakya, S., and Zhukov, K.).
"The Law is the Last to Know: Evidence that De Facto Progress Drives De Jure Women's Rights." (2026) Kyklos (with D'Amico, D. J.).
"The Invisible Hand Meets the Raised Fist: Social Movements and Market Legitimacy " (2026) Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization (with S. Shakya).
"What do Women get from a Successful Revolution?" (2025) Journal of Institutional Economics (with S. Shakya and J. Callais).
"Governing the Large Language Model Commons: Using Digital Assets to Endow Intellectual Property Rights" (2025) Journal of Institutional Economics (with C. Makridis).
"The Institutional Effects of Nonviolent and Violent Revolutions" (2024)World Development Perspectives.
"Revolutions and Corruption" (2024) Public Choice (with S. Shakya).
Education and Employment
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2026 -)
Wabash College, Scholar-in-Residence (2024 - 2026)
Institute for Humane Studies (2014 - 2024)
George Mason University, Graduate Lecturer (2022 - 2024)
Courses Taught
ECON 390 - 002: International Economics, George Mason University, Fall 2023
ECON 385 - DL1: International Economic Policy, George Mason University, Spring 2023
ECON 390 - 002: International Economics, George Mason University, Fall 2022
Education
Ph.D., Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2024
M.A., Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 2019
B.A., Business Admin, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS 2014
Contact Me
Contact: Joshua-Ammons@UTC.Edu
Joshua D. Ammons
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