Per Bylund

Working papers

1. “Coase and Williamson Dehomogenized: Specialization and the Transaction Cost Theories of the Firm”
2. “The Firm as an Island of Specialization”
3. “The Role of the Firm in Strategic Factor Markets”

In Progress

• “Simulating the role of specialization at the firm/market boundary”
• “Causes of Integration and Outsourcing: a Case Study of Organizational Structure in Software Development Firms”
• “The Morality of the Firm in the Market: A Market-Based Analysis of CSR”  (with A. Borodin)
• “Freedom, Capital, and Growth: A Statistical Investigation into the Determinants of Growth in the World’s Poorest Countries” (with K. Zahringer)
• “Economic Freedom of the World vs. the World System: A statistical analysis”
• “The Use of Statistics in Austrian Economics”
• “The Case for Mathematical Analysis in Austrian Economics”

Other Ongoing Projects

• “The Second Edition of Menger’s Grundsätze,” by Knut Wicksell (translating from Swedish)

Published

In Refereed Journals

• Bylund, Per L., “Division of Labor and the Firm: An Austrian Attempt at Explaining the Firm in the Market” (2011), Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 14, 2, pp. 188-215
• Bylund, Per L., “Piracy, Inc.: On the Bearing of the Firm Analogy to Pirate Organization” (2010), Review of Austrian Economics 23, 3, pp. 299-305
• Bylund, Per L., “Unblocking a Free Market Perspective in Labor Economics,” (2008) Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics Vol. X, No. 2, pp. 236-247

Book Chapters

• Foss, Nicolai J., Peter G. Klein, and Per L. Bylund, “Entrepreneurship and the Economics of the Firm” (2011), in Handbook of Organisational Entrepreneurship, ed. D. Hjorth. Forthcoming.
• Bylund, Per L., Christopher M. Holbrook, and Peter G. Klein, “‘They Have the Internet on Computers Now?’ Entrepreneurship and Economics in The Simpsons” (2011), in Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics, ed. J. Hall. Forthcoming.
• Bylund, Per L., “The Modern Welfare State: Leading the Way on the Road to Serfdom” (2010), in Back on the Road to Serfdom, ed. T. Woods, Wilmington: ISI Books, pp. 35-53.

Book Reviews

• Bylund, Per L., Review of Peter T. Leeson, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, reviewed in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Vol. 80, No. 1 (2011), pp. 260-262.
• Bylund, Per L., and Mario P. Mondelli, Review of Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, reviewed in Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development Vol. 1, No. 3 (2009), pp. 125-127.

Other

• Wicksell, Knut, “Carl Menger,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 471-473. (Translator, from Swedish.)

Working papers"Coase and Williamson Dehomogenized: Specialization and the Transaction Cost Theories of the Firm" "The Firm as an Island of Specialization" "The Role of the Firm in Strategic Factor Markets"In Progress"Simulating the role of specialization at the firm/market boundary" "Causes of Integration and Outsourcing: a Case Study of Organizational Structure in Software Development Firms" "The Morality of the Firm in the Market: A Market-Based Analysis of CSR"  (with A. Borodin) "Freedom, Capital, and Growth: A Statistical Investigation into the Determinants of Growth in the World’s Poorest Countries" (with K. Zahringer) "Economic Freedom of the World vs. the World System: A statistical analysis" "The Use of Statistics in Austrian Economics" "The Case for Mathematical Analysis in Austrian Economics"Other Ongoing Projects"The Second Edition of Menger’s Grundsätze," by Knut Wicksell (translating from Swedish)Published In Refereed JournalsBylund, Per L., “Division of Labor and the Firm: An Austrian Attempt at Explaining the Firm in the Market” (2011), Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 14, 2, pp. 188-215 Bylund, Per L., “Piracy, Inc.: On the Bearing of the Firm Analogy to Pirate Organization” (2010), Review of Austrian Economics 23, 3, pp. 299-305 Bylund, Per L., “Unblocking a Free Market Perspective in Labor Economics,” (2008) Etica & Politica / Ethics & Politics Vol. X, No. 2, pp. 236-247Book ChaptersFoss, Nicolai J., Peter G. Klein, and Per L. Bylund, “Entrepreneurship and the Economics of the Firm” (2011), in Handbook of Organisational Entrepreneurship, ed. D. Hjorth. Forthcoming. Bylund, Per L., Christopher M. Holbrook, and Peter G. Klein, “‘They Have the Internet on Computers Now?’ Entrepreneurship and Economics in The Simpsons” (2011), in Homer Economicus: The Simpsons and Economics, ed. J. Hall. Forthcoming. Bylund, Per L., “The Modern Welfare State: Leading the Way on the Road to Serfdom” (2010), in Back on the Road to Serfdom, ed. T. Woods, Wilmington: ISI Books, pp. 35-53.Book ReviewsBylund, Per L., Review of Peter T. Leeson, The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates, reviewed in Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization Vol. 80, No. 1 (2011), pp. 260-262. Bylund, Per L., and Mario P. Mondelli, Review of Muhammad Yunus , Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism, reviewed in Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development Vol. 1, No. 3 (2009), pp. 125-127.OtherWicksell, Knut, “Carl Menger,” Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Vol. 14, No. 4, pp. 471-473. (Translator, from Swedish.)