Contemporary methods and Austrian economics

• Other Authors: D'Amico, Daniel J. (Editor), Martin, Adam G. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2022.
• Series: Advances in Austrian economics ; vol. 26.
• Subjects: Austrian school of economics > Methodology.; Business & Economics > Economics > Theory.; Economic theory & philosophy.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781802622898
• DOI: 10.1108/S1529-2134202226
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 167 pages)

Austrian economics is known for extensive--and many economists would say excessive--ruminations on methodology. Attempting to steer a middle course between radical forms of historicism (there are no economic laws) and scientism (economic laws are as precise as physical laws), this approach often app...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. Austrian economics and the new paternalism / Daniel M. Hausman
• Chapter 2. Austrian critiques of behavioral economics: Common misconceptions and low hanging fruit / Jason A. Aimone
• Chapter 3. Rules, perception and the intelligibility of laboratory experiments on social interaction in economics / Erik O. Kimbrough
• Chapter 4. Laboratory experiments and austrian economics / Shaun P. Hargreaves Heap
• Chapter 5. The binding force of economics / Colin Harris, Andrew Myers, Christienne Briol, and Sam Carlen
• Chapter 6. Causal inference and austrian economics / Kevin Grier
• Chapter 7. Information and markets: Toward a critical sociological appreciation of f.a. Hayek / Bruce G. Carruthers
• Chapter 8. The elusive empirics of austrian capital theory / Nicolás Cachanosky
• Chapter 9. How cognitive institutions and interpretative rationality enable markets with infinite variety / Erwin Dekker.