Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics

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Praxeology of Coercion: Catallactics vs. Cratics

November 19, 2015
In this paper, a “praxeology of coercion,” or, more precisely, an analysis of interpersonal actions involving threats, is developed. This is an attempt to further the analysis of human action as defined by Mises...

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Publication Activity in Austrian Journals 2001–2010

November 17, 2015
Journal publications are used to rank institutions by research productivity in Austrian economics. An incidental byproduct is a ranking of scholars in the Austrian school.

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Disaggregating the Credit Expansion: The Role of Changes in Banks' Asset Structure in the Business Cycle

November 17, 2015
The aim of the article is to refine the Austrian business cycle theory by discussing the effect of changes in banks’ asset structure on the business cycle...

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The Interest Rate and the Length of Production: An Attempt at Reformulation

November 17, 2015
This paper argues that it may be misleading to search for a direct causal effect of interest rates on the length of production because another, related factor affects it more directly. We name this factor intertemporal labor intensity ...

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Review of An Outline of International Price Theories by Chi-Yuen Wu

August 27, 2015
Wu has written an outline of international price theories that map the theoretical development of international economics. It is a major achievement.

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Review of The Social Order of the Underworld by David Skarbek

August 27, 2015
Prison gangs have emerged in recent decades to provide security, property enforcement, and conflict adjudication when formal government enforcers explicitly failed to provide such for inmates behind bars.

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Review of Peddling Protectionism: Smoot-Hawley and the Great Depression by Douglas A. Irwin

August 27, 2015
Peddling Protectionism is a real gem. Irwin does not mince words, and he ably tosses aside misconceptions of Smoot-Hawley and replaces them with objective economic analysis.

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Review of Risky Business: Insurance Markets and Regulation by Lawrence S. Powell, ed.

August 26, 2015
The primary purpose of this publication is to provide clear information and supporting evidence about choices in insurance regulation in a format that is accessible and meaningful to policymakers and consumers.

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What's Love Got to Do with It? Action, Exchange, and Gifts in Economic Theory

August 25, 2015
John Mueller believes economics is fatally flawed because it cannot account for charitable love between persons.

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Comment on Michael V. Szpindor Watson's "Mueller and Mises: Integrating the Gift and 'Final Distribution' within Praxeology"

August 25, 2015
I suggest that further research is needed before we can establish the conditions under which the value of personal gifts can adequately be calculated.

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