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This paper studies a scenario - one of the six problems with Austrian Business Cycle theory raised by Hummel (1979) - that the ABCT literature has paid little attention. Will a constant rate of credit expansion necessarily lead to a boom-bust cycle? We conclude that this scenario has two...
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In a recent contribution to this journal Severino Fratini (2019) offers a critique of our work on Austrian Capital Theory on the grounds that our conception of capital and “roundaboutness”. In this comment we explain why we think this criticism is wrong
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This paper analyses the renewed scholarly interest in the Mises-Hayek, or “Austrian,” theory of the business cycle since the 2008 financial crisis. Understandably, the economics profession has broadened its search for the crises's explanation beyond the standard DSGE framework. Austrian...
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In this paper we study financial foundations of Austrian business cycle theory (ABCT). By doing this we (1) clarify ambiguous and controversial concepts like roundaboutness and average period of production, (2) we show that it has strong financial foundations (consistent with its microeconomic...
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One of the most important objections to the Mises-Hayek business cycle theory is the rational expectations critique. The debate between supporters and critics of the Mises-Hayek theory has not paid sufficient attention to the problem of differences in expectations and the market share in the...
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This paper extends the Mises-Hayek business cycle theory to open economies with fiat currencies. I explore: (1) the problem of domestic versus international monetary policy with fiat currencies in an international setting. (2) How the feedback effects between central banks in the context of an...
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