The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics (QJAE) is a refereed journal that promotes the development and extension of Austrian economics and the analysis of contemporary issues in the mainstream of economics from an Austrian perspective..
Austrian Business Cycle Theory: A Corporate Finance Point of View
The Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT) has been criticized for not being a true theory of the business cycle. The main emphasis of the ABCT has been on the theory of the upper-turning point
Editorial: Learning from the Past: The Continuing Relevance of Hayek, Böhm-Bawerk, and Bastiat
The editors have decided to devote the bulk of Volume 5, Number 3, Fall 2002 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics to articles by F.A. Hayek, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, and Frédéric Bastiat.
Property, Causality, and Liability
oth the establishment of property rights and their violation spring from actions: acts of appropriation and expropriation. However, in addition to a physical appearance, actions also have an internal, subjective aspect.
Entrepreneurship and Corporate Governance
Peter Klein focuses here on the financial-market entrepreneur — what Rothbard (1962, 1985) calls the capitalist-entrepreneur — to outline some features of an Austrian theory of corporate governance
The “Law” of One Price: Implausible, Yet Consequential
The law of one price is one of the most basic laws of economics and yet it is a law observed in the breach. That a given commodity can have only one price, except for the briefest of disequilibrium transitions
The Political Economy of Economic Freedom, by Alan Peacock
In the decades following World War II, when the scope of government was increasing dramatically, Alan Peacock was one of those rare British economists who argued for less government.
Dynamic Monetary Theory and the Phillips Curve with a Positive Slope
Don Bellante and Roger W. Garrison (1988) compared two alternative explanations of monetary dynamics: those based on a vertical long-run Phillips curve and those derived from analysis of Hayekian triangles.
Political Union vs. Economic Cooperation
If the unfounded optimism about the gains from unification can be deflated in the South, there is a better chance for peace. This would make the South Koreans more cautious
Response to Reisman on Capitalism
Capitalism has surprisingly little to say on entrepreneurship or other typically Austrian and Objectivist themes. Reisman is a strong proponent of capitalism and I do not think any objective reader would infer from my statement that Reisman is a socialist.
In Counterfactuals We’re All Dead
In his important contribution, Jörg Guido Hülsmann (2003) attempted to redefine the method of economic science. According to him most economic laws are counterfactual in their nature
Free Banking and Credit Creation: Implications for Business Cycle Theory
Free banking is a process where the market makes the ultimate judgment on where to draw the line between money as a present good and money as a future good.
Comment on “A Capital-Based Theory of Secular Growth”
Andrew Young (2009) suggests a capital-based theory for secular growth that is consistent with Austrian capital theory. He argues that investment in intangible capital
Dimensions and Economics: Some Problems
The first sections of this paper consider, respectively, the following two problems that arise when dimensions are not correctly included in economic models:
The Insulation Argument in Neoclassical International Economics: A Critique
The aim of this paper is to criticize the foundation and the relevance of the insulation argument. In what follows, I will attempt to show that: (1) The favor flexible exchange rates enjoy
The Perils of Preaching to the Choir? Austrian Economics Journals and Exchanges with the Economics Profession
Laband and Tollison (2000) warn that specialized Austrian journals encourage excessive within-group communication at the expense of exchanges of ideas with the broader economics profession.
The Political Economy of the New Deal, by Jim F. Couch and William F. Shughart II
Couch and Shughart’s book brings together a number of public-choice studies by other authors which have appeared in various journals, but have never been formally connected to each other in a single book.
Review of Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy by Robert Higgs
This book is a collection of ten previously published essays that address some of the most important questions of twentieth-century America.
Ludwig von Mises on the Gold Standard and Free Banking
George Selgin and Lawrence White have sought to tie their modern free banking school to the views of Ludwig von Mises. Whatever the validity of their own views on the gold standard
Review of Free Banking: Theory, History, and a Laissez-Faire Model, by Larry Sechrest
Complete with an extensive new preface, the republication of Larry Sechrest’s Free Banking is well-timed. The new preface is an important contribution to the ongoing debate within Austrian circles
Public Goods and Private Solutions in Maritime History
Among all those goods which have been offered as examples of public goods, national defense and lighthouses have been among the most frequently cited.