Entrepreneurship: Catallactic and constitutional perspectives

Diana Thomas () and Michael Thomas ()

The Review of Austrian Economics, 2014, vol. 27, issue 1, 22 pages

Abstract: The most important distinction between Virginia political economy (VPE) and the other branches of public choice scholarship is a close affinity of the former to Austrian economics. Contributions in both the Virginia and the Vienna (Austrian) traditions have emphasized this connection and highlighted the analytical and ideological interdependencies of the two schools. This paper argues that an application of the Austrian theory of political entrepreneurship to the VPE framework can provide important insights regarding the direction of political change. Kirzner’s theory of entrepreneurship explains that coordination of individual action is possible where price signals provide information. When price signals are absent the entrepreneurial process breaks down. There is common ground between Kirznerian entrepreneurship and Buchanan’s creative action. Scholars at the intersection of the Virginia and the Vienna traditions can use this common ground to make pattern predictions regarding the direction of political change. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Constitutional political economy; Austrian political economy; Public choice; B25; B41; B53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/s11138-013-0208-x

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