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Adam Smith's System of Natural Liberty : Competition, Contestability and Market Process
Bradley, Michael E. - 2009
;libertyquot; and resource mobility in the classical theory of value. It then analyzes the relationship between Smithian quot … between Smithian quot;liberty,quot; contestable market theory and market processes. Smith's simple concept of quot …;perfect libertyquot; is an essential component of perfect competition, contestable market theory, Austrian market processes, and indeed …
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Driving the Market Process : 'Alertness' Versus Innovation and 'Creative Destruction'
Bostaph, Samuel H - 2014
presented in their major scholarly contributions to economic analysis. It is argued that Kirzner's theory of entrepreneurial … contrast, it is argued that Schumpeter's theory that entrepreneurship is the agent of "creative destruction" of an ongoing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014037631
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Does Morality Hamper the Market Process? A Reappraisal of the Mises Thesis
Beaulier, Scott Alex; Prychitko, David L - 2006
Ludwig von Mises pioneered the praxeological critique of economic interventionism. He argued that the state's manipulation of market processes through wage and price controls, taxes and subsidies, central bank credit manipulation, and other regulatory policies would create unintended and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014056650
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Corridors, Coordination, and the Entrepreneurial Theory of the Market Process
Boettke, Peter J.; D'Amico, Daniel Joseph - 2010
economy. In doing so, we also explain the theoretical context surrounding Kirzner’s theory of the entrepreneurial market … over market theory and the price system that Kirzner was engaging in order to understand the reasons behind his methods and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195555
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Performativity Rationalized
Guala, Francesco - 2015
Economic sociologists have been criticized for using the term “performativity” in a way that seems unfaithful to Austin’s notion. In this paper I defend this usage against Uskali Mäki’s challenge, in particular his claim that economic theories cannot constitute illocutionary acts. To...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014135192
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The 'Invisible Hand'
Zaman, Asad - 2012
Economic theory suggests that combined actions of selfish agents lead to best outcomes for society. We find no …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108130
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Trading in Crowded Markets
Obizhaeva, Anna A. - 2019
We study crowded markets using a symmetric model of trading among strategic informed traders. Traders may have incorrect beliefs about markets' crowdedness; this distorts traders' strategies and market prices. When traders overestimate the crowdedness, they believe markets to be less liquid and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012899668
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Models, realism and market process
Borella, Agustina - 2021
). In this context the theory of market process might be understood as the model of the Austrian School of Economics … learning, then the market tends towards coordination” (Zanotti & Borella, 2015). The theory of market process might take part …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013218017
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Failures of the 'Invisible Hand'
Amir-ud-Din, Rafi - 2016
The introduction of an economics textbook by Manikiw quotes Adam Smith regarding the invisible hand and deduces the following claims:1. Participants in market economies are motivated by self-interest. (SI)2. Decentralized market economies work very well, and maximize the welfare of society as a...
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