Christopher J. Boudreaux, PhD, is an associate professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) and a research fellow for the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise. He earned his PhD from Florida State University and taught at Texas A&M International University prior to FAU. His teaching and research interests are primarily related to entrepreneurship and innovation. Boudreaux is the author of 40 articles in referred journals appearing in such outlets as Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of International Business Studies, Research Policy, and Small Business Economics. Boudreaux is among the most frequently published authors in ISI-ranked journals in the area of institutions and entrepreneurship (among 204 authors who have published in this area). Additional accomplishments include the FAU College of Business Scholar of the Year Award (2022) and best reviewer award for the Journal of Business Venturing (2020) and for International Journal of Managerial Finance (2020).