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Entrepreneurial Error Does Not Equal Market Failure

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  • Philipp Bagus

    (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

  • David Howden

    (Saint Louis University – Madrid Campus)

  • Jesús Huerta de Soto Ballester

    (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos)

Abstract

Barnett and Block (2015) claim that Bagus and Howden (2012b) support indirectly the concept of market failure. In this paper, we show that maturity mismatching in an unhampered market may imply entrepreneurial error but cannot be considered a market failure. We demonstrate why fractional-reserve banking leads to business cycles even if there is no central bank and why maturity mismatching does not per se lead to clusters of errors in a free market. Finally, in contrast to the examples provided by Barnett and Block, we assure that maturity mismatching does not imply the creation of two incompatible contracts due to the fungible nature of money.

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  • Philipp Bagus & David Howden & Jesús Huerta de Soto Ballester, 2018. "Entrepreneurial Error Does Not Equal Market Failure," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 149(2), pages 433-441, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:jbuset:v:149:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s10551-016-3123-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10551-016-3123-9
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    Keywords

    Compatible contracts; Maturity mismatching; Fractional-reserve banking; Austrian business cycle; Banking ethics;
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    • E2 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Consumption, Saving, Production, Employment, and Investment
    • E59 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Monetary Policy, Central Banking, and the Supply of Money and Credit - - - Other
    • P16 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - Capitalist Institutions; Welfare State

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