Kirzner and Rothbard on an Austrian theory of entrepreneurship: the heirs of both Menger and Mises discuss action and the role of institutions

Gilles Campagnolo () and Christel Vivel ()
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Christel Vivel: Esdes Business School of the Catholic University of Lyon, France.

No 2103, AMSE Working Papers from Aix-Marseille School of Economics, France

Abstract: This paper is the last part of a trilogy on the theory and history of entrepreneurship in Austrian school of economics. The triptych ends with contemporary members by comparing Israel Kirzner and Murray Rothbard. The migration of the Austrian school induced a new assessment of Austrian traits in a new setting. While we do not focus on the history of the Austrian school in America as such, we will stress how Kirzner focused his view of entrepreneurship on the concepts of alertness, discovery by opportunity and the equilibrating action of the entrepreneur – while Rothbard’s contribution was more ideologically engaged.

Keywords: Austrian School of Economics; entrepreneurship; institutions; Kirzner (Israel); methodology; Rothbard (Murray) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 16 pages
Date: 2021-01
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