John Joseph Wallis

John Joseph Wallis is a Professor of Economics at the University of Maryland, specializing in economic history, public finance, and institutional development. He holds a PhD from the University of Washington (1981) and has been a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research since 1989. His research focuses on American governmental institutions, fiscal policies, and the evolution of political-economic systems. Wallis teaches courses on American Economic History, the theory of the state, and institutional development.

Key research areas include the institutional origins of productivity, the role of general laws in political systems, and the dynamics of fiscal federalism. He has authored influential works such as Violence and Social Orders: A Conceptual Framework for Interpreting Recorded Human History (2009) and contributed to debates on New Deal fiscal policies and the historical development of open-access political orders.

• Education: PhD in Economics, University of Washington (1981)
• Positions: Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research
• Labs/Teams: Center for Economic Institutions
• Grants: Not explicitly listed in the provided data

Wallis’s work integrates institutional and organizational analysis with historical case studies, emphasizing the interplay between violence, governance, and economic performance. His recent articles explore topics like the mid-nineteenth-century transformation of American political economy and the conceptual framework of limited access orders.