Although Austrian economists do a lot of teaching and public writing, a vital part of their activity is spreading ideas through scholarly research. Research is not just the way we add to the body of knowledge left by previous generations, but is also an effective means of engaging and challenging the ideas of mainstream economics (especially through books and peer-reviewed journal articles).
A number of my fellow bloggers are productive researchers who regularly publish in economics and other disciplines. If you want to catch up on what they’ve been doing, below is a list of books and articles published by Mises Institute bloggers during 2014. Most of the links are ungated, and apologies to my colleagues if I’ve left any of their writings out.
I’d also like to congratulate Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein for receiving an award for their 2012 book Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment: A New Approach to the Firm!
Per Bylund “Signifying Williamson’s Contribution to the Transaction Cost Approach: An Agent-Based Simulation of Coasean Transaction Costs and Specialization.” Journal of Management Studies. 52 (1): 148-174.
Per Bylund “Ronald Coase’s ‘Nature of the Firm’ and the Argument for Economic Planning.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 36 (3): 305-329.
Per Bylund “The Firm and the Authority Relation: Hierarchy vs. Organization.” in Guinevere Nell, ed., Austrian Theory & Economic Organization. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Carmen Elena Dorobăț “’Foreign Policy and Domestic Policy Are but One System’: Mises on International Organizations and the World Trade Organization.” Independent Review. 19 (3): 357-378.
Jeffrey Herbener “Fed Policy Errors of the Great Depression.” in Joseph Salerno and David Howden, eds., The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System. New York: Springer.
Randall Holcombe The Austrian School of Economics. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar.
Randall Holcombe and James Gwartney “Politics as Exchange: The Classical Liberal Economics and Politics of James M. Buchanan.” Constitutional Political Economy. 25 (3): 265-279.
Randall Holcombe “Improving Spontaneous Orders,” in Guinevere Nell, ed., Austrian Theory & Economic Organization. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
David Howden and Joseph Salerno, editors. The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System. New York: Springer.
Guido Hülsmann “Fiat Money and the Distribution of Incomes and Wealth,” in Joseph Salerno and David Howden, eds., The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System. New York: Springer.
Nicolai Foss and Peter Klein “Why Managers Still Matter.” Sloan Management Review. September: 73-80.
Peter Klein, Donald Siegel, Nick Wilson, and Mike Wright “The Effects of Alternative Investments on Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Growth.” Managerial and Decision Economics. 35 (2): 67-72.
Mario Mondelli and Peter Klein “Private Equity and Asset Characteristics: The Case of Agricultural Production.” Managerial and Decision Economics. 35 (2): 145–60.
Matthew McCaffrey “On the Theory of Entrepreneurial Incentives and Alertness.” Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. 38 (4): 891-911.
Matthew McCaffrey “The Political Economy of the Art of War.” Comparative Strategy. 33 (4): 354-371.
Joseph Salerno and Matthew McCaffrey “Böhm-Bawerk’s Approach to Entrepreneurship.” Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 36 (4): 435-454.
Mark Thornton “The Federal Reserve’s Housing Bubble and the Skyscraper Curse,” in Joseph Salerno and David Howden, eds., The Fed at One Hundred: A Critical View on the Federal Reserve System. New York: Springer.
Christopher Westley and Falynn Turley “Binge Drinking in the United States: Do Religion and Region Matter?” Journal of Business Inquiry. 13 (1): 3-11.
