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Spring 2009

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 24, Number 2

Categories: Economics | Spring 2009

The Production and Proliferation of Economists: The Austrian and Virginia Schools as Academic Enterprises

Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University

Scott A. Beaulier, Troy University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise24(2),2009,137-156TheProductionandProliferationofEconomists:TheAustrianandVirginiaSchoolsasAcademicEnterprisesScottA.BeaulierMercerUniversityJoshuaC.Hall*BeloitCollegeAbstractThispaperisonelookattheevolutionofthemodernAustrianandVirginiaschoolsofeconomicthoughtandtheirprospectsforfuturedevelopment.UsingBuchananandKirznerasstartingnodes,wenotethateachhasonlytwo“grandchildren”currentlyproducingstudentsworkingdistinctlyintheirtradition.Inthispaper,welookattheproductionofneweconomistsandthescholarlyproductivityofthesetwobranches.Boththe“Kirzner/Lavoie/BoettkeBranch”oftheAustrianSchoolandthe“Buchanan/Holcombe/SobelBranch”oftheVirginiaSchoolhavebeeneffectiveatproducingneweconomistsworkingwithintheirschool’sestablishedresearchprogram.JELCodes:A11,A23,B53Keywords:VirginiaSchool;AustrianSchool;Dissertationadvisors;PublicchoiceI.IntroductionThisessayisanexerciseinthearcheologyofcurrenteconomicthought.TheAustrianandVirginiaSchoolsofEconomicThoughthavelonghistories,andweexaminetheevolutionofthetwoschools*Theauthorswouldliketothank,withoutimplicating,PeterBoettke,BenPowell,EdStringham,DanSutter,RichardWagner,andparticipantsattheFEEConference“FromViennatoVirginia.”Wearebothgreat-grandchildrenoftwoprominentmembersofeachschool(Kirzner/Lavoie/Boettke/Beaulier;Buchanan/Holcombe/Sobel/Hall).WhetherourpositionasfamilymembersoftheVirginiaandAustrianSchoolsprovidesuswithauniqueperspectiveorabiasedone,weleaveituptothereadertodecide.137

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Title	The Production and Proliferation of Economists: The Austrian and Virginia Schools as Academic Enterprises
Authors/Creators:	Joshua C. Hall, West Virginia University Scott A. Beaulier, Troy University
Year:	2009
Volume:	24
Number:	2
Pages:	137 - 156
Publisher:	The Association for Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Economists, Austrian Economics, Public choice theory, Economic theory, Economic education, Economic research

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Hall, Joshua C.; Beaulier, Scott A. / 2009. "The Production and Proliferation of Economists: The Austrian and Virginia Schools as Academic Enterprises." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 24(2): 137-156.