Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought

The Purpose of this paper is a comparison among the Neoclassical, Institutional, and Austrian Schools of Thought on market mechanism. Searching through  the major published works  of distinguished representatives of these schools, we find that there are increasingly converging tendencies between Ins...

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Main Author: Mohammadgholi Yousefi
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2013-06-01
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Online Access:https://ijer.atu.ac.ir/article_2515_0362024f6498535bbb0c13d0454a157f.pdf
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description The Purpose of this paper is a comparison among the Neoclassical, Institutional, and Austrian Schools of Thought on market mechanism. Searching through  the major published works  of distinguished representatives of these schools, we find that there are increasingly converging tendencies between Institutional and Austrian economics on market process. However, their positions in this regards are increasingly diverging from their neoclassical counterparts. Their differences with neoclassical are not only in terms of concepts and methods but also in their basic principles. The three schools of thought share ideas  such as  rejection of stationary equilibrium and emphasizing on the process of change. The passive and purposeless agent of neoclassical theory is replaced by acting, purposeful, and future-oriented social man following formal and informal institutions. Creating profitable opportunities and avoiding  losses are concepts that have no meaning in neo classical economics of perfect competition, in which every market participants possess perfect or sufficient knowledge of all relevant circumstances. However, Institutional and Austrian scholars are of the view that these characteristics of the  free market give rise to the importance of entrepreneur as a critical agent of change. In short, our study shows that institutional and Austrian schools of thoughts provide a much better and more realistic picture of market.
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spelling doaj.art-7828ef9e3b11436fb81f914d3333a2c42024-01-02T10:29:04ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressفصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران1726-07282476-64452013-06-01185547912515Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of ThoughtMohammadgholi Yousefi0Associate Professor, Economic Faculty, Allameh Tabataba΄i University, Tehran, IranThe Purpose of this paper is a comparison among the Neoclassical, Institutional, and Austrian Schools of Thought on market mechanism. Searching through  the major published works  of distinguished representatives of these schools, we find that there are increasingly converging tendencies between Institutional and Austrian economics on market process. However, their positions in this regards are increasingly diverging from their neoclassical counterparts. Their differences with neoclassical are not only in terms of concepts and methods but also in their basic principles. The three schools of thought share ideas  such as  rejection of stationary equilibrium and emphasizing on the process of change. The passive and purposeless agent of neoclassical theory is replaced by acting, purposeful, and future-oriented social man following formal and informal institutions. Creating profitable opportunities and avoiding  losses are concepts that have no meaning in neo classical economics of perfect competition, in which every market participants possess perfect or sufficient knowledge of all relevant circumstances. However, Institutional and Austrian scholars are of the view that these characteristics of the  free market give rise to the importance of entrepreneur as a critical agent of change. In short, our study shows that institutional and Austrian schools of thoughts provide a much better and more realistic picture of market.https://ijer.atu.ac.ir/article_2515_0362024f6498535bbb0c13d0454a157f.pdfaustrian schoolneo classical schoolinstitutional schoolmarket mechanism
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Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought
فصلنامه پژوهش‌های اقتصادی ایران
austrian school
neo classical school
institutional school
market mechanism
title Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought
title_full Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought
title_fullStr Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought
title_full_unstemmed Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought
title_short Market Mechanism: An Appraisal of Neoclassical, Institutional and Austrian Schools of Thought
title_sort market mechanism an appraisal of neoclassical institutional and austrian schools of thought
topic austrian school
neo classical school
institutional school
market mechanism
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