Concorrenza senza equilibrio. La "scoperta imprenditoriale" nella Teoria Economica Austriaca

Marco, Passarella and Hervé, Baron (2010): Concorrenza senza equilibrio. La "scoperta imprenditoriale" nella Teoria Economica Austriaca. Published in: Storia e Politica , Vol. 2, No. 2 (2010): pp. 416-442.

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to supply both a description and an interpretation-key of the recent developments in the Austrian Economics, with particular attention for the role played by the concept of «entrepreneurial discovery». Without knowing exactly «what» he is looking for and without using a particular research method, the Austrian entre-preneur, like a modern buccaneer, peers at the horizon, waiting for new money profit opportunities.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• English Title: Competition without equilibrium. The 'entrepreneurial discovery' in Austrian Economic Theory
• Language: Italian
• Keywords: Austrian Economics; Entrepreneurial Discovery Approach; Methodological Individualism
• Subjects: D - Microeconomics > D2 - Production and Organizations > D21 - Firm Behavior: Theory; D - Microeconomics > D8 - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty > D81 - Criteria for Decision-Making under Risk and Uncertainty; D - Microeconomics > D4 - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design > D41 - Perfect Competition; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B5 - Current Heterodox Approaches > B53 - Austrian; B - History of Economic Thought, Methodology, and Heterodox Approaches > B2 - History of Economic Thought since 1925 > B25 - Historical ; Institutional ; Evolutionary ; Austrian

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