The Austrian school developed a specific kind of economic analysis. Mises′ place in this school of thought and his praxeological point of view is discussed. His philosophical stance and its methodological implications are then considered.

The different types of estimators of rational expectations models are surveyed. A key feature is that the model′s solution has to be taken into account when it is estimated. The two ways of doing this, the substitution and errors‐in‐variables methods, give rise to different estimators. In...

Friedrich Althoff (1839‐1908), who created the “Althoff system”, has had a singularly important influence on shaping academic institutions in Germany for almost a generation. As a close collaborator of leading German scholars his influence lasted almost throughout the second empire...

Argues that the autonomy of the Althoff administration was based on the “personal regime” of Friedrich Althoff. The public choice approach of bureaucratic behaviour reveals the basis for this autonomy: professionalism and continuity. Manageable span of control and entrepreneurship...

Surveys, from an American perspective, the existing literature on economic explanations of the behaviour of universities and scholars. The modern literature is put in historical perspective introduced by a brief discussion of the positions of two of the earliest and most distinguished...

According to a widely accepted view, the Methodenstreit between the historical and Austrian school was the result of misunderstandings. Argues that it was rather the outcome of different solutions to genuine philosophical and methodological problems, in particular to a demarcation problem....

Sets out to examine Roscher′s cognitive and social model. Provides a presentation of Roscher′s work, based on a reconstructive argument. Aims to constitute a point of application for a positive discussion about Roscher′s practical relevance.

Outlines the difference between the attitude of Menger and that of Böhm‐Bawerk to Roscher′s economic system. Argues that this difference symbolizes the difference in their theoretical contributions in the field of interest theory. Contrasts Menger′s use of theoretic assumption with...

Considers the question of how the works of Roscher were regarded in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Although Roscher′s works were either received nor accepted in the GDR, nevertheless, people there did occupy themselves with his ideas. Deals with three questions: what was the result of...

Roscher believed that human existence is rooted in organic nature. In his view, a national society can be regarded as an organism in which households function as mutually dependent organs. Examines the nature of Roscher′s organicism, which to a certain extent is characteristic of the...