Best Article in Austrian Economics

SDAE Prize for the Best Article in
Austrian Economics


The SDAE Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics was known as the Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics from 1996-2007, and then as the Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics from 2008-2015.


2023 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA

The Redistributive Politics of Monetary Policy
Louis Rouanet, Western Kentucky University
Peter Hazlett, George Mason University
Public Choice, 194 (1-2): 1-26 (2023)


2022 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
Fort Lauderdale, FL

The FDA and COVID-19: A Political Economy Perspective
Raymond J. March, North Dakota State University
Southern Economic Journal, 87(4): 1210-1228 (2021)


2021 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Marriott Marquis Houston
Houston, TX

Observed without Sympathy: Adam Smith on Inequality and Spectatorship
Kristen R. Collins, George Mason University
American Journal of Political Science
, 64(4): 1304-1046 (2020)


2020 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Announcement during the SDAE Annual Business Meeting
Virtual Meeting

Qualitative Research Methods for Institutional Analysis
David Skarbek, Brown University
Journal of Institutional Economics
, 16(4): 409-422 (2020)


2019 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Fort Lauderdale Marriott Harbor Beach Resort & Spa
Fort Lauderdale, FL

The Lightship in Economics
Rosolino A. Candela, Brown University
Vincent J. Geloso, Bates College
Public Choice
, 176(3-4): 479-506 (2018)


2018 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Marriott Marquis Washington DC
Washington, DC

Economics and Public Administration
Peter Boettke, George Mason University
Southern Economic Journal
, 84(4): 938-959 (2018)


2017 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
Tampa, FL

Degenerate Cosmopolitanism
Adam Martin, Texas Tech University
Social Philosophy and Policy
, 32(1): 74-100 (2015)


2016 SDAE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
JW Marriott Washington DC
Washington, DC

The Emergence of ‘Emergence’ in the Work of F.A. Hayek: A Historical Analysis
Paul Lewis, King’s College London
History of Political Economy
, 48(1): 111-150 (2016)


2015 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA

Friedrich Hayek and His Visits to Chile
Bruce Caldwell, Duke University
Leonidas Montes, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile)
The Review of Austrian Economics, 28(3): 261-309 (2015)


2014 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Atlanta Marriott Marquis
Atlanta, GA

Is There a Self-Enforcing Monetary Constitution?
Alexander William Salter, George Mason University
Constitutional Political Economy
, 25(3): 280-300 (2014)


2013 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Tampa Marriott Waterside Hotel & Marina
Tampa, FL

Prison Gangs, Norms, and Organizations
David Skarbek, Duke University
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 82(1): 96-109 (2012)


2012 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, LA

Hayekian Anarchism
Edward Peter Stringham, Fayetteville State University
Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University School of Law
Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, 78(3): 290-301 (2011)


2011 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentations at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Washington Marriott Wardman Park
Washington, DC

Competing Explanations of the Minsky Moment: The Financial Instability Hypothesis in Light of Austrian Theory
David L. Prychitko, Northern Michigan University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 23(3): 199-221 (2010)


2010 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Sheraton Atlanta
Atlanta, GA

Did Hayek and Robbins Deepen the Great Depression?
Lawrence H. White, George Mason University
Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, 40(4): 751-768 (2008)


2009 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Marriott San Antonio Rivercenter
San Antonio, TX

The Market as a Social Space: On the Meaningful Extraeconomic Conversations that Can Occur in Markets
Virgil Henry Storr, Mercatus Center at George Mason University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 21(2-3): 135-150 (2008)


2008 FEE Prize for The Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Grand Hyatt Hotel
Washington, DC

An-arrgh-chy: The Law and Economics of Pirate Organization
Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University
Journal of Political Economy, 115(6): 1049-1094 (2007)


2007 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
New Orleans Marriott
New Orleans, LA

State Development Planning: Did it Create an East Asian Miracle?
Benjamin Powell, San Jose State University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 18(3-4): 305-323 (2005)


2006 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Charleston Place Hotel
Charleston, SC

Industrial Symbiosis: The Case for Market Coordination
Pierre Desrochers, University of Toronto at Mississauga
Journal of Cleaner Production, 12(8-10): 1099-1110 (2004)


2003 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
San Antonio Marriott Rivercenter Hotel
San Antonio, TX

The Extralegal Development of Securities Markets in Seventeenth-Century Amsterdam
Edward Stringham, San Jose State University
The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, 43(2): 321-344 (2003)


2002 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Hyatt Regency New Orleans Hotel
New Orleans, LA

Expectations in the Austrian Business Cycle Theory: An Application of the Prisoner’s Dilemma
Anthony M. Carilli, Hampden-Sydney College
Gregory M. Dempster, Hampden-Sydney College
The Review of Austrian Economics, 14(4): 319-330 (2001)


2000 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Washington, DC

Discovery and the Deepself
Daniel B. Klein, Santa Clara University
The Review of Austrian Economics, 11(1-2): 47-76 (1999)


1999 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Fairmont Hotel
New Orleans, LA

Where Did Economics Go Wrong? Modern Economics as a Flight from Reality
Peter J. Boettke, New York University
Critical Review, 11(1): 11-64 (1997)


1998 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Omni Inner Harbor Hotel
Baltimore, MD

Hayek and Socialism
Bruce Caldwell, University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Journal of Economic Literature, 35(4): 1856-1890 (1997)


1997 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Atlanta Hilton & Towers
Atlanta, GA

Entrepreneurial Discovery and the Competitive Market Process: An Austrian Approach
Israel M. Kirzner, New York University
Journal of Economic Literature, 35(1): 60-85 (1997)


1996 Smith Center Prize for the Best Article in Austrian Economics

Award Presentation at the SDAE Annual Dinner and Business Meeting
Washington Hilton
Washington, DC

How Would the Invisible Hand Handle Money?
George A. Selgin, University of Georgia
Lawrence H. White, University of Georgia
Journal of Economic Literature, 32(4): 1718-1749 (1994)