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Fall 2010
ISSN 0890-913X
Volume 26, Number 1

Encouraging a Productive Research Agenda: Peter Boettke and the Devil's Test

Diana Weinert Thomas, Utah State University
Michael Thomas, Utah State University
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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,103-115EncouragingaProductiveResearchAgenda:PeterBoettkeandtheDevilsTestDianaWeinertThomasUtahStateUniversityMichaelDavidThomasUtahStateUniversityAbstractPeterBoettkeisthesinglemosteffectivegraduatementorintheAustrianeconomicstraditiontoday.OneofthemanyteachingtoolsBoettkeusesisthedevilstest.Thetestisaneffectiveteachingtoolbecauseitclarifieswhatthegoalsofthepoliticaleconomistascriticcanbe.Boettketeacheshisstudentsthatmuchcanbedonetoclarifythelogicofincentives,whichinturnclarifiesthedebateinpoliticaladvocacy.WearguethatthedevilstestisagoodexampleofhowBoettkeenablesstudentstobecomenotonlyeffectiveteachersbutalsoproductivescholars.Theanalyticalframeworkoftheheuristicenablesstudentstoanalyzecomplexpolicyquestionsinarigorousway.ManyofBoettkesstudentshavesuccessfullyusedthedistinctionbetweenmotivationalassumptionsandcausalprocesses,whichisimplicitinthedevilstest,intheirresearch.JELCodes:A20,B25,D63Keywords:Teachingeconomics;Austrian;Normative;WelfareeconomicsI.IntroductionAcademicsareoftenmeasuredbytheirabilitytoproduceacademicoffspringintheformofstudentsthatgoontobecomesuccessfulteachersandresearchers.Tobesuccessfulinthisregard,graduateadvisorshavetodeveloptheabilitytoturnstudents,whoaremainlyconsumersofknowledge,intoactivecontributorstotheacademicliterature(BeaulierandHall,2009,p.15).GraduateadvisinginpoliticaleconomicsfurthermorerequirestheabilitytoconveyaTheauthorsthankEdStringhamforhelpfulcommentsonpreviousdraftsofthispaper.WewouldalsoliketothankPeterJ.Boettkeforbeinganamazingteacherandmentor.103
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