Anthony M. Carilli is Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Study of Political Economy at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia. He earned an M.A. and Ph.D. from Northeastern University. He serves on the editorial board of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. He is on the Board of Scholars for the Virginia Institute of Public Policy.
Dr. Carilli’s research interest are varied; he has published papers on rural firefighting, NASCAR, social capital, Austrian business cycle theory, and monetary regimes, etc.  His 2001 paper Expectations in Austrian Business Cycle Theory: An Application of the Prisoner’s Dilemma co-authored with Greg Dempster won the 2002 Smith Center prize for best paper in Austrian Economics.  Outside of academics Dr. Carilli serves as a volunteer firefighter and baseball umpire.  He umpired for professionally for four years in the independent Northern League, where he worked the Championship Series in his final season.  He has worked many Virginia State High School playoff games including quarter-final, semi-final, and championship games.  Most of his umpiring is done at the NCAA Division I level where he is a member of four conference staffs.