The Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics (QJAE) is a refereed journal that promotes the development and extension of Austrian economics and the analysis of contemporary issues in the mainstream of economics from an Austrian perspective..
Bitcoin, the Regression Theorem, and the Emergence of a New Medium of Exchange
What is the direct-use value of bitcoin? And does it have any?
Review of Patent Trolls: Predatory Litigation and the Smothering of Innovation by William J. Watkins, Jr.
Watkins paints a very strong case against trolls, while pointing out some of their supposed benefits.
Review of Austrian Theory and Economic Organization: Reaching Beyond Free Market Boundaries edited by Guinevere Liberty Nell
Nell says that Austrians are too often motivated—and constrained—by the search for free-market conclusions, leading them to neglect both the problems of unregulated markets and the promise of alternative forms of organization.
Praxeology of Coercion: Catallactics vs. Cratics
In this paper, a “praxeology of coercion,” or, more precisely, an analysis of interpersonal actions involving threats, is developed. This is an attempt to further the analysis of human action as defined by Mises.
Publication Activity in Austrian Journals 2001–2010
Journal publications are used to rank institutions by research productivity in Austrian economics. An incidental byproduct is a ranking of scholars in the Austrian school.
Disaggregating the Credit Expansion: The Role of Changes in Banks’ Asset Structure in the Business Cycle
The aim of the article is to refine the Austrian business cycle theory by discussing the effect of changes in banks’ asset structure on the business cycle.
The Interest Rate and the Length of Production: An Attempt at Reformulation
This paper argues that it may be misleading to search for a direct causal effect of interest rates on the length of production because another, related factor affects it more directly. We name this factor intertemporal labor intensity...
