Dr Brendan Markey-Towler
Research Fellow
School of Business
Book
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2018). An architecture of the mind: a psychological foundation for the science of everyday life. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor and Francis. doi: 10.4324/9781351002301
Journal Articles
Allen, Darcy W. E., Berg, Chris, Markey-Towler, Brendan, Novak, Mikayla and Potts, Jason (2020). Blockchain and the evolution of institutional technologies: implications for innovation policy. Research Policy, 49 (1) 103865, 103865. doi: 10.1016/j.respol.2019.103865
Murray, Cameron K. and Markey-Towler, Brendan (2019). A theory of return-seeking firms. Australian Economic Papers, 58 (3), 247-258. doi: 10.1111/1467-8454.12152
Allen, Darcy W.E., Berg, Alastair, Berg, Chris, Markey-Towler, Brendan and Potts, Jason (2019). Some economic consequences of the GDPR. Economics Bulletin, 39 (2), 785-797.
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2019). The new microeconomics: a psychological, institutional, and evolutionary paradigm with neoclassical economics as a special case. American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 78 (1), 95-135. doi: 10.1111/ajes.12260
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2018). Rules, perception and emotion: when do institutions determine behaviour?. Journal of Institutional Economics, 15 (3), 1-16. doi: 10.1017/s1744137418000267
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2018). A formal psychological theory for evolutionary economics. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 28 (4), 1-35. doi: 10.1007/s00191-018-0566-4
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2018). Antifragility, the Black Swan and psychology: a psychological theory of adaptability in evolutionary economies. Evolutionary and Institutional Economics Review, 15 (2), 367-384. doi: 10.1007/s40844-018-0097-6
Markley-Towler, Brendan (2018). The competition and evolution of ideas in the public sphere: a new foundation for institutional theory. Journal of Institutional Economics, 15 (1), 1-22. doi: 10.1017/s1744137418000061
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2017). I, Roboticus Oeconomicus: the philosophy of mind in economics, and why it matters. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 41 (1), 203-237. doi: 10.1093/cje/bew014
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2016). On the problem of constructing rational preferences. Economic Record, 92 (S1), 68-82. doi: 10.1111/1475-4932.12275
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2016). Law of the jungle: firm survival and price dynamics in evolutionary markets. Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 26 (3), 655-696. doi: 10.1007/s00191-016-0446-8
Theses
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2017). Foundations for Economic Analysis: The Architecture of Socioeconomic Complexity. PhD Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2017.91
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2012). The theory of income distribution : an exploration of the theory of allocation with a new proposal based on systems science. Honours Thesis, School of Economics, The University of Queensland.
Working Papers
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2014). Why do I keep going in circles? On the impossibility of constructing rational preferences. School of Economics Discussion Paper Series. 507. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Markey-Towler, Brendan (2014). The Impossibility of Rational Consumer Choice: A Clarifying Note. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 506. School of Economics, University of Queensland.
Markey-Towler, Brendan and Murray, Cameron K. (2014). A Theory of Return-Seeking Firms. School of Economics Discussion Paper. 497. School of Economics, University of Queensland.