Nicholas A. Jensen

Curriculum Vitae

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Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism Phone: (+1) 205-362-0487

Wabash College Institutional Email: jensenn@wabash.edu

5825 Sunset Way Apt 2312, Whitestown, IN 46075 Personal Email: nicholasjensen414@gmail.com

Website: nicholas-jensen.com

ORCID: 0009-0004-1858-3803

Education

Ph.D., Economics, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

August 2025

M.A., Economics, Troy University, Troy, AL

2021

B.S., Economics, Troy University, Troy, AL

2019

Academic Employment

Post-doctoral Scholar-in-Residence

July 2025 – Present

Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism, Wabash College

Visiting Lecturer in Economics

January 2025 – July 2025

Maryville College, Social Sciences Division

Graduate Teaching & Research Assistant

2021 – 2024

Middle Tennessee State University, Economics Dept.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

2019 – 2021

Troy University, Economics Dept.

Research

Journal Articles

  • D’Andrea, F., Vaca Pereira Rocha, H., Jensen, N., Blizard, Z., & Melo, V. “Economic Freedom and Rent Seeking: Evidence from US States.” Public Choice, (forthcoming).

  • Benzecry, G. F., Jensen, N., & Smith, D. J. (2025). “The Road to Serfdom and the Definitions of Socialism, Planning, and the Welfare State During the First Half of the 20th Century.” History of Political Economy, 57(3), 441–475. doi: 10.1215/00182702-11773500

  • Benzecry, G. F., Jensen, N., & Smith, D. J. (2025). “The Socialists’ Hypotheses and The Road to Serfdom.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought, 47(3), 291–316. doi: 10.1017/S1053837224000336

Book Chapters

  • Benzecry, G. F., & Jensen, N. A. (2025). “Mises: The Disutility of Labor.” In G. Callahan (Ed.), The Concept of Work in the History of European Philosophy. Palgrave Studies in Classical Liberalism. Palgrave Macmillan. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-96547-0_14

Under Review

  • “Regulatory Rollback and the Smoking Tailpipe: Air-Quality Effects of Repealing Vehicle Emissions Testing” (with Patricia J. Hummel and Nicholas Reinarts), at Journal of Regulatory Economics | Preprint

Working Papers

  • “The Effects of Prosecutor Turnover on Criminal Case Outcomes”
  • “Electoral Pressure and the Shadow of Trial: Prosecutors and Jury Mobilization” (with Joshua Ammons)

Professional Activities and Achievements

Presentations

Southern Economic Association Annual Conference, Washington, D.C.

November 22-25, 2024

American Law & Economics Association 34th Annual Meeting, Ann Arbor, MI

May 17-18, 2024

Association of Private Enterprise Education Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV

April 7-9, 2024

Southern Economic Association 93rd Annual Conference, New Orleans, LA

November 20, 2023

Colloquia, Conferences and Workshops

2025 Seminar and Conference on Voluntary Governance (University of Buckingham)

September 4-7, 2025

Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Workshop (Chapman University)

July 2024

Causal Inference I Workshop with Scott Cunningham

February 2024

Regression Discontinuity Workshop with Rocio Titiunik

May 2023

Causal Inference II Workshop with Scott Cunningham

March 2023

Awards, Honors, and Grants

Hayek Fund for Scholars

2024

APEE Young Scholar’s Award

2024

Mercatus Frederic Bastiat Fellowship, Mercatus Center

2023 – 2024

Political Economy Research Institute Fellowship

2021 – Present

Middle Tennessee State University

Johnson Center Masters in Economics Assistantship

2019 – 2021

Troy University

Sorrell College of Business Undergraduate Research Showcase, 3rd Place - Economics

2018

Troy University

Chancellor’s Scholarship, Troy University

2014 – 2019

Teaching Experience

Maryville College — Visiting Lecturer

ECN 210 Principles of Economics

Spring 2025

ECN 332-01 & ECN 332-02 Money & Banking

Spring 2025

STA 120 Introductory Statistics

Summer 2025

Middle Tennessee State University — Instructor

ECON 2410 Principles of Macroeconomics

Fall 2023

Instructor evaluation: 3.98 / 5.0 (25 students, in-person class)

ECON 2410 Principles of Macroeconomics

Spring 2024

Instructor evaluation: 4.05 / 5.0 (43 students, in-person class)

ECON 2420 Principles of Microeconomics

Fall 2024

Troy University — Graduate Teaching Assistant

ECON 4451 Economics of Globalization

Spring 2021

ECON 2252 Principles of Microeconomics

Fall 2019, Fall 2020

Media Appearances

References

Available upon request.