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Discovery processes, science, and ‘knowledge–how:’ Competition as a discovery procedure in the laboratory

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These edited remarks explore the relationship of the thought of F.A. Hayek to the development of experimental economics and related programs in economic design. Particularly emphasized are the insights of Hayek with respect to competition and their importance to the theoretical justification for, and empirical results derived from, the experimental study of market behavior. These remarks include some personal commentary on experimental methods, from the early double auctions of the 1960s through more recent work exploring the nature of business cycles. Finally, the intellectual history of the market structures examined in Vernon Smith’s work is discussed, comparing the exploration of the double auction to the horse market of Bohm-Bawerk, as well as the general insight of Adam Smith that causality stems from the propensity to truck, barter, and exchange to the discovery of specialization. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2015

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  • Vernon Smith, 2015. "Discovery processes, science, and ‘knowledge–how:’ Competition as a discovery procedure in the laboratory," The Review of Austrian Economics, Springer;Society for the Development of Austrian Economics, vol. 28(3), pages 237-245, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:revaec:v:28:y:2015:i:3:p:237-245
    DOI: 10.1007/s11138-015-0309-9
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    Keywords

    Vernon Smith; F. A. Hayek; Experimental economics; Business cycles; History of thought; Nobel prize; A14; B21; B25; B53; D47; G21;
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    JEL classification:

    • A14 - General Economics and Teaching - - General Economics - - - Sociology of Economics
    • B21 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Microeconomics
    • B25 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought since 1925 - - - Historical; Institutional; Evolutionary; Austrian; Stockholm School
    • B53 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Current Heterodox Approaches - - - Austrian
    • D47 - Microeconomics - - Market Structure, Pricing, and Design - - - Market Design
    • G21 - Financial Economics - - Financial Institutions and Services - - - Banks; Other Depository Institutions; Micro Finance Institutions; Mortgages

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