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Dear Colleagues

I append a call for papers for a Special Session on the History & Philosophy
of Economics at the 5th annual conference of the Association for Heterodox
Economics.  Please feel free to forward this message to anyone who might be
interested.  Apologies to those who receive more than one copy of this
notice.

Andy Denis
Economics Department, City University, London
My home page: http://www.city.ac.uk/andy


CALL FOR PAPERS

Session on History & Philosophy of Economics at the

FIFTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ASSOCIATION FOR HETERODOX ECONOMICS

8-9 July 2003, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom

There will be a Special Session on the History & Philosophy of Economics at
the fifth Annual Conference of the Association for Heterodox Economics, to
be held at Nottingham Trent University, on Tuesday and Wednesday 8-9 July
2003.  If you would like to give a paper on any aspect of the History of
Economic Thought at the conference, please send me (details below) an
abstract by the end of March 2003.

The theme of the session will be resource allocation, considered very
broadly.  So papers would be welcome on the debate on calculation under
socialism, on changing modes of resource allocation in transitional
economies, on corruption and resource allocation, on planning and the
market, on the social or macro level consequences of different kinds of
resource allocation decision-making frameworks, and on the methodological
frameworks for considering these issues, such as methodological
individualism and holism.  Papers which explicitly address this theme will
be given preference.

Further information may be obtained from me, Andy Denis
(andy.denis@...).

Please send your abstract to me, Andy Denis (andy.denis@...) and copy
to Veronica Foster (veronica.foster@...) by end March 2003.  My postal
addresses is: Andy Denis, Department of Economics, School of Social
Sciences, City University, Northampton Square, London, United Kingdom, EC1V
0HB (fax: +44 (0)20-7040 8580).  Phone numbers: +44 (0)20 7040 0257 (City);
+44 (0)20 7732 7065 (home).

Further information about the AHE and the conference may be found on the AHE
web pages at http://www.hetecon.com.


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Philecon-L list members in the London area may be interested to hear about
the London History and Philosophy of Economics group.  More information
about the group can be found at
http://mlists.city.ac.uk/mailman/listinfo/econ-lhg-02.

Andy Denis
Course Director, Undergraduate Programmes
Department of Economics, City University, London
My home page: http://www.city.ac.uk/andy
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Econometrics and the Philosophy of Economics:
Theory-Data Confrontations in Economics
Bernt P. Stigum

Cloth | July 2003 | $65.00 / £45.00 | ISBN: 0-691-11300-9
856 pp. | 6 x 9 | 38 line illus. 63 tables.


As most econometricians will readily agree, the data used in applied
econometrics seldom provide accurate measurements for the pertinent
theory's variables. Here, Bernt Stigum offers the first systematic and
theoretically sound way of accounting for such inaccuracies. He and a
distinguished group of contributors bridge econometrics and the
philosophy of economics--two topics that seem worlds apart. They ask:
How is a science of economics possible? The answer is elusive.
Economic theory seems to be about abstract ideas or, it might be said,
about toys in a toy community. How can a researcher with such tools
learn anything about the social reality in which he or she lives?

This book shows that an econometrician with the proper understanding
of economic theory and the right kind of questions can gain knowledge
about characteristic features of the social world. It addresses varied
topics in both classical and Bayesian econometrics, offering ample
evidence that its answer to the fundamental question is sound.

The first book to comprehensively explore economic theory and
econometrics simultaneously, Econometrics and the Philosophy of
Economics represents an authoritative account of contemporary economic
methodology. About a third of the chapters are authored or coauthored
by Heather Anderson, Erik Biørn, Christophe Bontemps, Jeffrey A.
Dubin, Harald E. Goldstein, Clive W.J. Granger, David F. Hendry,
Herman Ruge-Jervell, Dale W. Jorgenson, Hans-Martin Krolzig, Nils Lid
Hjort, Daniel L. McFadden, Grayham E. Mizon, Tore Schweder, Geir
Storvik, and Herman K. van Dijk.

Bernt P. Stigum is Professor of Economics at the University of Oslo.
He is the author of Toward a Formal Science of Economics and coeditor
of Foundations of Utility and Risk Theory with Applications.


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Amsterdam Research Group in History and Methodology of Economics
Faculty of Economics and Econometrics
University of Amsterdam

Seminar Schedule, Spring 2003


March 6

Jochen Runde, University of Cambridge

"Information, Knowledge, and Economic Agency"


March 10

Ron Giere, NIAS and University of Minnesota

"The Role of Computation in Scientific Cognition"


March 11

Malcolm Rutherford, University of Victoria

"Institutional and Chicago Economics: Interrelations and Oppositions"


13:30
E1-7.10
Faculty of Economics & Econometrics
University of Amsterdam
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Philecon-L list members may be interested to hear about the nep-hpe list.
The nep-hpe mailing list provides subscribers with a list of new accessions
to the NEP (New Economic Papers) archive in the areas of the history and
philosophy of economics.  For further info and joining instructions go to
http://lists.repec.org/mailman/listinfo/nep-hpe.  It's edited by me.  (This
list is not for discussion and won't accept posts except from the list
owners.  For discussion, please use the HES [History of Economics Society]
list run by Ross Emmett - for joining instructions, send the message "info
HES" to lists@..., and/or Philecon-L, to which you are already
subscribed, as appropriate.)

Best wishes

Andy Denis
Course Director, Undergraduate Programmes
Department of Economics, City University, London
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Dear Philecon-L members,

The following discussion may be interesting for those who are
concerned with the fate of Game Theory:

[1]
Colman, A. M. (in press). Cooperation, psychological game theory, and
limitations of rationality in social interaction. The Behavioral and
Brain Sciences.
http://www.le.ac.uk/psychology/amc/cooperation-bbs.html

[2]
invited comment on Colman:

Carpenter, J. P.& P.H. Matthews (in press) Beliefs, Intentions and
Emotions: Old versus New Psychological Game Theory. The Behavioral and
Brain Sciences.
http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mdl:mdlpap:0301&r=exp


[ABSTRACTS]

[1]
Colman,  A. M. (in press). Cooperation, psychological game theory, and
limitations  of  rationality in social interaction. The Behavioral and
Brain Sciences.
http://www.le.ac.uk/psychology/amc/cooperation-bbs.html

Rational  choice  theory enjoys unprecedented popularity and influence
in  the  behavioral  and social sciences, but it generates intractable
problems when applied to socially interactive decisions. In individual
decisions,  instrumental  rationality  is defined in terms of expected
utility   maximization.   This   becomes  problematic  in  interactive
decisions,  when  individuals  have  only  partial  control  over  the
outcomes,  because  expected  utility maximization is undefined in the
absence  of  assumptions about how the other participants will behave.
Game  theory  therefore  incorporates  not  only  rationality but also
common  knowledge  assumptions,  enabling  players to anticipate their
co-players’  strategies.  Under these assumptions, disparate anomalies
emerge. Instrumental rationality, conventionally interpreted, fails to
explain  intuitively  obvious  features  of  human interaction, yields
predictions starkly at variance with experimental findings, and breaks
down completely in certain cases. In particular, focal point selection
in  pure  coordination  games  is  inexplicable,  though  it is easily
achieved  in  practice;  the  intuitively  compelling payoff-dominance
principle lacks rational justification; rationality in social dilemmas
is  self-defeating;  a  key solution concept for cooperative coalition
games  is  frequently  inapplicable;  and  rational  choice in certain
sequential  games  generates  contradictions.  In  experiments,  human
players  behave  more  cooperatively  and  receive higher payoffs than
strict  rationality  would permit. Orthodox conceptions of rationality
are evidently internally deficient and inadequate for explaining human
interaction.   Psychological   game   theory,   based  on  nonstandard
assumptions, is required to solve these problems, and some suggestions
along these lines have already been put forward



[2]
Carpenter,  J.  P.&  P.H.  Matthews (in press) Beliefs, Intentions and
Emotions: Old versus New Psychological Game Theory. The Behavioral and
Brain Sciences. http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:mdl:mdlpap:0301&r=exp

We  compare  Colman's  proposed  "psychological  game theory" with the
existing  literature  on  psychological games (Geanakoplos, Pearce and
Stachetti  1989),  in  which beliefs and intentions assume a prominent
role.  We also discuss the experimental evidence on intentions, with a
particular  emphasis  on  reciprocal  behavior, as well as some recent
efforts   to  show  that  such  behavior  is  consistent  with  social
evolutions.


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*********** PLEASE FORWARD **********

European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) 2003 Conference
7-10 November 2003
Maastricht, the Netherlands


Institutional History of Economics Research Area

CALL FOR PAPERS


EAEPE's Institutional History of Economics Research Area invites
paper proposals that contribute to one of its following seven
theoretical perspectives:

(1) The approach to analysis is based on an evaluation of relevant
tendencies and linkages in actual economics - instead of a
methodology that sanctifies fictions and diverts attention from the
difficult task of analyzing the practice and culture of economics.

(2) The analysis is open-ended and interdisciplinary in that it draws
upon relevant material in psychology, anthropology, politics, and
history - instead of a definition of history of economics in terms of
a rigid
method that is applied indiscriminately to a wide variety of economic
approaches.

(3) The conception of economics is of a cumulative and evolutionary
process unfolding in historical time in which economists are faced
with chronic information problems and radical uncertainty about the
future - instead of approaches to theorizing that focus exclusively
on the product of this process.

(4) The concern is to address and encompass the interactive, social
process through which economics is formed and changed - instead of a
theoretical framework that takes economists and their interests as
given.

(5) It is appropriate to regard economics itself as a social
institution, necessarily supported by a network of other social
institutions - instead of an orientation that takes economics itself
as an ideal or natural order and as a mere aggregation of individual
economists.

(6) It is evaluated how the socio-economic system is embedded in a
complex ecological and environmental system - instead of a widespread
tendency to ignore ecological and environmental considerations or
consequences in the history of economics.

(7) The inquiry seeks to contribute not only to history of economics
but also to economics - instead of an orthodox outlook that ignores
the possibility of such cross-fertilization.

Preference will be given to original accounts, based on detailed
archival or other research, aimed at yielding rich, sophisticated,
understandings. Hence, papers that "do it" instead of those that
"talk about doing it" are favored.

To participate, please submit a proposal containing 600-1000 words
and indicating clearly the sense in which the paper contributes to
one of the theoretical perspectives of the research area.

The deadline for the submission of paper proposals is 28 MARCH 2003.
Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent on or before 30 APRIL
2003. Completed papers are due on 31 AUGUST 2003, in order for the
papers to be included in the proceedings, published on CD-Rom.

All proposals and requests for information should be sent to:

Esther-Mirjam Sent
NIAS
Meijboomlaan 1
2242 PR Wassenaar
The Netherlands

Tel: +31-70-512 2700
Fax: +31-70-511 7162

E-mail: sent.2@...
Web-site: http://www.nd.edu/~esent

Further information about the EAEPE 2003 conference can be found at:
http://www.eaepe.infonomics.nl

Further information about EAEPE can be found at: http://www.eaepe.org/

Dear all,

Please note the time change for the following seminar:


11 December at 4.30,
Kevin Hoover, University of California at Davis

“Nonstationary Time Series, Cointegration, and the Principle of the
Common Cause.”


Address and Route description of University of Amsterdam
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10:30 Room: E1-7.10 / Faculty of Economics & Econometrics
University of Amsterdam / Roetersstraat 11 / 1018 WB Amsterdam
Tel. 020 525 5220 / 5387

How to go:
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From Amsterdam Centraal Station:
Take the metro to Weesperplein.
Stop at station Weesperplein.
Take the exit to Roetersstraat
Go to the right as you come out this exit
Walk strait (to the point you can not walk anymore)
Go to the left over the bridge
You will see "Roeterseiland 11" on your right hand side
Near the Cafe Krater you will see the main entrance of the building.

From Amsterdam Amstel:
Take the metro to Amsterdam centraal Station (all lines).
Stop at station Weesperplein.
Take the exit to Roetersstraat
Go to the right as you come out this exit
Walk strait (to the point you can not walk anymore)
Go to the left over the bridge
You will see "Roeterseiland 11" on your right hand side
Near the Cafe Krater you will see the main entrance of the building.


With tram:
Tram line 6 and 20: Stop Roetersstraat
Tram line 7. Stop Weesperplein
Tram line 9 and 14: Stop Plantage Kerklaan/Artis.

Ph.D.   student   “Models,   measurement,  and  economic  policy”

The Universiteit van Amsterdam Faculty of Economics and Econometrics /
Departmentof Economics

Description: Models in economics are instruments of investigation that
that assist theory development and facilitate empirical research. They
also  determine  the  ways in which economic policy can be formulated,
and  affect  which social values are the subject of policy discussion.
How  do  particular  economic  models  generate or preclude particular
policy  agendas?  More  specifically,  how  do  models  that  employ a
commodity-based approach differ in this regard from models that employ
a  capabilities-based  approach?  Further,  how  do these two kinds of
models  differ in terms of the ways in which they are operationalized,
both  in  connection  with  the  question  of what they measure and in
connection  with  the  question  of  how  they are part of an existing
policy  discourse?  This  project  combines  philosophy and history of
economics  research  with a case study approach. Contact: Prof. Dr. J.
B. Davis, email John.davis@...

The  Faculty  of  Economics and Econometrics (FEE) of the Universiteit
van   Amsterdam   (UvA)   has   over   3,000  students  in  Economics,
Econometrics,  Fiscal  Economics,  Operations Research and Management,
Actuarial  Sciences  and in Graduate and Master’s Programmes. Research
is  conducted  in  a wide range of areas. A large part of the research
takes  place  within  the Tinbergen Institute-UvA. The Faculty employs
approximately  350 people. Group: Methodology and History of Economics
(Department  of  Economics  [AE])

Members of Philecon-L maybe interested in submitting papers to the
Section "C.6 Philosophy of the social sciences" of the following
Congress:

12th. International Congress of Logic Methodology and Philosophy of Science
Oviedo (Spain), August 7-13, 2003
http://www.uniovi.es/Congresos/2003/DLMPS/Welcome.html

[more information below]

The  International  Congress  of  Logic  Methodology and Philosophy of
Science is the main international conference organised by the Division
of  Logic,  Methodology  and  Philosophy  of  Science  (DLMPS)  of the
International  Union  of History and Philosophy of Science (IUHPS) and
it  is  held  every four years. The 12th Congress will be organised in
August 7-13, 2003 in Oviedo (Spain).


Any   registered  individual  has  a  right  to  submit  a  paper  for
presentation  as a contributed paper, but its acceptance is subject to
the  decision of the Programme Committee. Contributed papers should be
short  research  reports,  and the presentation of such a paper should
not  take  more  than  10-20  minutes,  with 5-10 minutes reserved for
comments and discussion. Deadline for abstracts of contributed papers,
February 1st., 2003.

Guidelines for the submission of Abstracts
of Contributed papers

Send  3  copies of your abstract plus an electronic version in a disk,
to  the  Organizing  Committee  (not by e-mail). The abstract must not
exceed  one  page  A4  format.  Start the Abstract with the number and
title  of  the relevant section (see bellow), the title of your paper,
and  your  name  and  address  -all of this preferably centered in the
middle. Example:

Section  C.3  Philosophy of the biological sciences
TITLE OF THE PAPER
Author's Name
University/Institution, Address/City/Country

Make  sure your abstract is clearly typed or printed (margins at least
2.5  cm  or  1  inch,  no  page  number,  no boxes around the text, no
corrections,  no  colours  others  than  black. A large enough font is
need, since abstracts will be reduced in size for printing.

Abstracts must be sent to:

LMPS03
Prof. Luis M. Valdés
Departamento de Filosofía
Universidad de Oviedo
E-33071 Oviedo, Spain.

Remember: Deadline for submissions is February 1st. 2003


General Program Committee

Petr Hajek (chair) (Czech Rep.)
Peter Clark (UK)
Maria Luisa Dalla Chiara (Italy)
Toshio Ishigaki (Japan)
Moshe Vardi (USA)
Vladimir Vasyukov (Russia)
Luis Valdes (OC representative) (Spain)
Dag Westerstahl (EC representative) (Sweden).

1. Sections of the Congress and Section Program Committees

The work of the Congress is divided into several sections which represent
different areas of logic, methodology and philosophy of science. The 12th
Congress (2003) will comprise the following sections:

A LOGIC

A.1 Mathematical Logic (proof theory, recursion theory, model theory, set
theory)
Committee: Jan Krajicek (Czech Rep.), Boris Zilber (UK), Stevo Todorcevic
(Canada), Rod.Downey (NZ).

A.2 Philosophical logic (non-classical logics, logic and language, foundations
of logic).
Committee: Johan van Benthem (Netherlands), Larry Moss (USA), Daniele Mundici
(Italy), Hans Rott (Germany).


A.3 Logic and computation (knowledge representation and AI, verification,
semantics of programs, interactive proofs, computational linguistics.)
Committee: Joerg Flum (Germany), Dexter Kozen (USA), Per Martin-Loef (Sweden),
Mogens Niellsen (Denmark)



B GENERAL PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

B.1 Methodology: Explanation, causality, and laws; Models, experiment,
and theory
Committee: Ron Giere (USA), Mary S. Morgan (UK), Mauricio Suárez (UK)


B.2 Induction, probability and statistics Induction, statistical
inference, learning theory, decision theory.
Committee: Theo Kuipers (Netherlands), Donald.Gillies (UK), Deborah Mayo (USA)

C PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES OF PARTICULAR SCIENCES

C.1 Philosophy of mathematics
Committee: Stuart Shapiro (USA) , Mark Steiner (Israel), Penelope
Maddy (USA)

C.2 Philosophy of the physical sciences
Committee: Andreas Kamlah (Germany), Roberto Torretti (Chile), John
Earman (USA)

C.3 Philosophy of the biological sciences
Committee: Jean Gayon (France), Alex Rosenberg (USA), Osamu Kanamori (Japan)

C.4 Philosophy of the cognitive science and artificial intelligence
(including computational perspectives in psychology)
Committee: Richard Grandy (USA), Stella Vosniadou (Greece),
Daniel.Kayser (France)

C.5 Philosophy of linguistics
Committee: Jeff Pelletier (Canada), Uwe Reyle (Germany),Tom Wasow (USA)

C.6 Philosophy of the social sciences (including non-computational psychoogy)
Committee: Uskali Maki (Netherlands), Don Ross (South Africa), Felix
Ovejero (Spain).

D ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES ON PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

D.1 History of logic, methodology, and philosophy of science
History of the topics covered by the Programme of the Congress.
Committee: Jan Wolenski (Poland), Volker Peckhaus (Germany), Valentin
Bazhanov (Russia)

D.2 Ethics of science and technology
Ethical problems of scientific research, applied science, and technology.
Committee: Wlodek Rabinowich (Sweden), John Broome (UK), Isaac Levi (USA)

D.3 Philosophical questions raised by the history and sociology of science
Committee: James Robert Brown (Canada), Oswaldo Pessoa (Brasil),
Catherine Chevalley (France)


2. Invited Lectures, Symposia, and Contributed Papers

The programme of the Congress contains two kinds of papers,

(i) invited lectures, and
(ii) contributed papers.

There is at least one plenary lecture, viz. the Opening Address of the
Congress in connection with the opening ceremonies. Other invited
lectures are also possible.

Contributed papers should be short research reports, and the
presentation of such a paper should not take more than 10-20 minutes,
with 5-10 minutes reserved for comments and discussion.

(Detailed programme to be announced)

Organizing Committee
(Members)

Prof. Luis M. Valdés (Chair)
Prof. Alfonso García-Suárez
Prof. Julián Velarde
Dr. José Antonio López-Cerezo
Dr. Jorge Rodríguez-Marqueze
Dra. Carmen González-del Tejo
Dr. Roger Bosch
Dr. Cipriano Barrio
Prof. Javier Echeverría (CSIC)
Prof. Eulalia Pérez Sedeño (Sociedad de Lógica, Metodología y
Filosofía de la Ciencia en España).


Congress Secretariat

Universidad de Oviedo
Facultad de Filosofía
C/ Tte. Alfonso Martínez s/n, E-33080, Oviedo (Spain)
Phone: 34985104688 / Fax: 34985104698
e-mail:frege@...

Faculty of Philosophy of The Erasmus University Rotterdam presents:

[Place: Faculty of Philosophy, EUR: http://www.eur.nl/fw/adres.html ]

25 October 2002
THOUGHT EXPERIMENTS

         15:00-16:15
         Jeanne Peijnenburg (RUG)
         "When are Thought Experiments Poor Ones?"

         16:30-17:45
         James McAllister
         "Thought Experiments and the Belief in Phenomena"

4 December 2002
MORAL EPISTEMOLOGY

       Speakers: Sabine Roeser (TUD)
                 Jonathan Dancy (U.of Reading)
                 Theo van Willigenburg (EUR)
       Time: 19:00-22:00
       Titles: TBA

31 January 2003
REALISM
        Speakers: Ronald Giere (U.of Minnesota)
                  Theo Kuipers (RUG)
                  Henk de Regt (VU)
                  Uskali Mäki (EUR)
                  Igor Douven (EUR)
        Time: 12:00-19:00
        Titles: TBA

7 March 2003
CONTEXTUALIST EPISTEMOLOGY

         Speakers: Martijn Blaauw (VU)
                   René van Woudenburg (VU)
                   Jonathan Dancy (U.of Reading)
                   Igor Douven (EUR)
         Time: 11:00
         Titles: TBA

25 April 2003
CAUSALITY AND EXPLANATION
         Speakers: Henk de Regt (VU)
                   Jos Uffink (UU)
                   Uskali Mäki (EUR)
         Time: 14:00-18:15
         Titles: TBA

13 June 2003
RELIGIOUS EPISTOMOLOGY
         Speakers: Nicholas Wolterstroff (Yale)
                   René van Woudenburg (VU)
         Time: 15:00-17:45
         Titles: TBA

[Program of this conference is below:]

PLURALISM AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN ECONOMICS

A   conference  on  how  to  teach  economics  in  a  pluralistic  and
interdisciplinary way

Conference of the Association of Institutional and Political Economics
(AIPE), de Vereniging van Institutionele en Politieke Economie (VIPE).

Date: Friday 29 November 2002

location: Erasmus University Rotterdam


Pluralism in Economics

Within   economics  issues  are  analysed  from  several  perspectives
resulting  into different views of the world. The schools in economics
(like    neoclassical    economics,   new   institutional   economics,
evolutionary economics, etc.) structure the economic world differently
with  different  variables  to  be explained and different explanatory
variables.  The  justification  being  that  different  questions  are
raised,  which  call  for  differently  structured theories; questions
concerning  for  instance equilibrium demand a different approach then
questions   about  the  evolution  of  economic  phenomena.  Different
theories  do also exist because of the different conditions considered
relevant:  theories  which  assume  competitive markets are of another
nature  then  theories  which  assume  publicly  organised markets. In
short:  different  approaches  exist  within one discipline because of
different questions asked and different conditions assumed.

The   central  theme  of  the  conference  is  about  these  different
theoretical  approaches  living  together  under  the  umbrella of one
discipline;  how should such pluralism in economics be evaluated, what
are  the methodological implications and what are the consequences for
the undergraduate and graduate programmes?

Large  part  of the conference will be devoted to the question whether
and how the different approaches in economics can be incorporated into
one  curriculum;  this is of special interest with the introduction of
the bachelor/master structure in Europe.


Interdisciplinarity; Economics and Beyond

The  boundaries  of  economics  are  strongly  felt  when dealing with
management  issues  or  questions of public policy. Strategic decision
making  in  the  public  as well as in the private sector, has to deal
with  the complexity of real economic phenomena and can not be limited
to  a  partial  analysis of one discipline. This challenges the higher
education  system  preparing  economic  graduates for all day decision
making in public and private organisations.

Next  to  the question of pluralism within economics attention will be
paid  to  combining  economics with other disciplinary approaches like
law, informatics, or physics; the issue of 'economics and beyond'.

Programme

The  opening  key note lecture will be given by Sheila Dow followed by
two round table discussions:

1. Pluralism within economics

The  first  round  table is on the curriculum of economics; how should
the   idea   of   pluralism  be  translated  into  the  programmes  of
undergraduate and graduate studies. Which schools of thought should be
taught  in an economics curriculum? What is required from a management
and  policy  point  of  view? What makes a programme academic and what
type of competences ought to be trained? How should the methodological
and philosophical aspects be incorporated?

2. Economics and interdisciplinarity

The  second  round  table will be on the question how economics can be
combined with other disciplines like law, sociology, informatics, etc.
What  are  the specific problems in combining two or more disciplines,
how can these be solved in the curriculum?

Both  round  tables  will  be  introduced  by  an expert in the field.
Participants will present statements. After the round table discussion
the  audience  will  have  ample  opportunity  to  participate  in the
discussion.

Participants  in  the  round  table  discussion are among others: Mark
Blaug  (EUR),  Marc  de  Clercq  (University of Gent), Harry van Dalen
(EUR),   Sheila   Dow   (UK,   Stirling  University),  Wolfram  Elsner
(University  of  Bremen),  Jérome  Gautie  (University  of Reims/Ecole
Normale  Supérieur  de  Paris),  Henk de Jager (Amsterdam University),
Albert  Jolink  (EUR),  Arjo  Klamer  (EUR),  Uskali  Mäki (EUR), Bart
Nooteboom (EUR), Roberto Simonetti (Open University UK), Ronald Speklé
(EUR), Jack Vromen (EUR).

The  contributions  will be published by Edward Elgar in the series of
the association Association of Institutional and Political Economics.


Organisation: John Groenewegen
Information: Dorieke Looije (looije@...)
                       and www.vipe-economie.nl

  This conference is co-sponsored by
  EAEPE

[posted/forwarded by iara@...]

[posted/forwarded by Aykut Kibritcioglu]

=======================================
XV IMGTA (Italian Meeting on Game Theory and Applications)
Urbino (Italy) 9-12 July 2003
========================================
Call for Papers & Participation
===============================
Please, VISIT the web page:
http://www.econ.uniurb.it/imgta

E-mail for info:
XVimgta@...

The meeting is organized by CITG (Centro Interuniversitario Teoria dei
Giochi) and the Faculty of Economics, University of Urbino.
It is included in a series of alternate Italian and Spanish conferences
on
Game Theory.

Conference language will be English

Papers presented at the meeting can be submitted for a special issue of
International Game Theory Review (IGTR)
http://ejournals.wspc.com.sg/igtr/igtr.html
the instructions for submission will be indicated during the meeting.

The scientific Committee is:

Pierpaolo Battigalli, Università Bocconi, Milano, Italy
Andrea Battinelli, Università di Siena, Italy
Jesus Mario Bilbao, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Gian-Italo Bischi, Università di Urbino, Italy
Marco Dardi, Università di Firenze, Italy
Gianfranco Gambarelli, Università di Bergamo, Italy
Ignacio Garcia-Jurado, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Jacqueline Morgan, Università "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
Fioravante Patrone, Università di Genova, Italy
Carles Rafels, Universidad de Barcelona, Spain
Amparo Urbano, Universidad de Valencia, Spain
Federico Valenciano, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
Stefano Vannucci, Università di Siena, Italy

and the local organizing Committee:

Gian Italo Bischi (chairperson)
Laerte Sorini (webmaster)
Anna Agliari
Giorgio Calcagnini
Laura Gardini
Marco Marini
Lucia Sbragia

Plenary lectures will be given by:

Ken Binmore, University College London, United Kingdom
Ignacio Garcia-Jurado, Santiago de Compostela University, Spain
Joseph Y. Halpern, Cornell University, USA
Sergiu Hart, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
Josef Hofbauer, University of Vienna, Austria
Leon A. Petrosjan, St. Petersburg State University, Russia
Federico Valenciano, Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain
Guillermo Owen, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, USA

In the framework of the meeting, a special session, devoted to the work
of
Guillermo Owen (in occasion of his 65th birthday), is organized by
Gianfranco Gambarelli.

A special session on "Game practice and transportation" will be
organized
by Vito Fragnelli.

Details on these (and other) special sessions will be found in the
meeting
web page.

DEADLINES:

Abstract Submission: 15.03.2003
Registration: 30.04.2003

The abstracts of max 1 page (included references) written in plain text
must
be submitted through the web page:
http://www.econ.uniurb.it/imgta

starting from 1st of November 2002.

The author can give a link from which an extended paper can be
downloaded as
a PDF or a WORD file.

The inclusion of a speaker in the conference program is only possible
if the
following two requirements have been fulfilled:
- The abstract has been accepted
- The speaker has paid the registration fee.

220 euro before 30.04.03
280 euro after 30.04.03

Reduced fee for students:
120 euro before 30.04.03
150 euro after 30.04.03

The regular fee includes:
Participation to the conference works, conference kit, the book of
abstracts, the four lunches from 9 to 12 of July ,
the coffee-breaks, a concert on Thursday 10 evening and other social
events.
Moreover, except for students, the conference fee also includes a
special
social dinner on Friday 11 evening.

The fee must be paid by one of the following ways:

- a bank transfer to:
Banca delle Marche SpA-Filiale di Urbino ABI 06055 CAB 68700
Conto Tesoreria Universita', n. 201.30
For payments from outside Italy: International SWIFT code: BAMAIT3A290
Indicate clearly (causale):
COD. 8861 - name and surname- XV-IMGTA Facoltà di Economia

- By sending a cheque, payable to Università di Urbino
to the following address:
Mary Braga
Facolta' di Economia
via Saffi n.42
I- 61029 URBINO (Italy)
with attached letter clearly indicating clearly:
fee of ... (name and surname) for XV-IMGTA COD. 8861

- Post transfer to
c/c postale N. 170613
of Banca delle Marche SpA-Filiale di Urbino
Conto Tesoreria dell'Universita'
Indicate clearly (causale):
COD. 8861 - name and surname- XV-IMGTA Facoltà di Economia


''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
Gian-Italo Bischi <bischi@...>
Istituto di Scienze Economiche, University of Urbino
via Saffi n.42,  I-61029 Urbino  (Italy)
http://www.econ.uniurb.it/bischi/bischiweb.htm
tel. (+39) 0722 305510 (secretary) (+39) 0722 305553 (direct)
fax.(+39) 0722 305550
home: via Gorizia, 12 - 61033 Fermignano (PU),  tel. (+39) 0722 330434
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
LOOK AT THE WEB PAGES OF OUR MEETINGS
http://www.econ.uniurb.it/bischi/MDEF2002.htm
http://www.econ.uniurb.it/imgta/

[posted/forwarded by Altug Yalcintas]

Announcement
       IACR Conference
       AME, UvA, Amsterdam
       The Netherlands
       (14) 15-17 August 2003



'Developments in Critical Realism, Local/Global
Transformations and Disciplinary renewal'


The International Association for Critical Realism (IACR) is
holding its seventh annual conference at the University of
Amsterdam, hosted by the AME, 15-17 August 2003 at the Royal
Tropical Institute. The Conference will provide an
opportunity to discuss and debate a variety of themes in this
philosophy of science, crossing various disciplines.
Following on from the Bradford's success, a pre conference
workshop will also be held, over one and half days14-15
August for all those who wish to learn more or brush up on
key concepts in CR. The format of the conference will include
guest speakers in debate, discussion forums on hot topics in
CR, a meet the authors panel, 'hot house' sessions for
research in progress, as well as the usual opportunities for
long paper presentations.


Key dates for the diary are:


Pre-conference workshop 14 -15 August 2003
Conference date: 15-17 August 2003
Email submission of abstracts: 1 April
Email submission of final papers: 1 July
Early bird registration: 1 May
Latecomers' registration: 1 August

A PhD workshop will precede the main conference on the 14-15
August. The workshop will be held for a maximum of 40
participants preceding the conference on a first come first
on the list basis - so register soon and come to Amsterdam!

More details about the conference theme and the workshop and
conference registration form is provided on the IACR
conference website or via the Amsterdam organising team
(Julie Lawson, Ewald Engelen, Pieter Terhorst, Prof. Robert
Kloosterman) via j.lawson@..., +31 020 525 4581.

http://gp.fmg.uva.nl/ame/news

Check this site regularly for updates.

[posted/forwarded by Altug Yalcintas]

We herewith would like to draw your attention to the
below conference co-sponsored by EAEPE.
PLURALISM AND INTERDISCIPLINARITY IN ECONOMICS

A conference on how to teach economics in a
pluralistic and interdisciplinary way

Conference of the Association of Institutional and
Political Economics (AIPE), de Vereniging van Institutionele en
Politieke Economie (VIPE).

Date: Friday 29 November 2002

location: Erasmus University Rotterdam

Organisation: John Groenewegen
Information: Dorieke Looije (looije@...)
                        and www.vipe-economie.nl


For further details see attachment.
Kind regards,
Annette Bartels
EAEPE Administrator

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[Contents]
           1. Amsterdam Research Group in
              History and Methodology of Economics
              Seminar Schedule, Fall 2002
           2. Address and Route description of
              University of Amsterdam
--------------------------------------------------

[1]          Amsterdam Research Group in
              History and Methodology of Economics
              Seminar Schedule, Fall 2002

November 4
  Philip Mirowski, University of Notre Dame
  On the Ultimate Incoherence of the 'Economics of Information'
November 11
  Jack Vromen, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  An evolutionary perspective on collective intentionality
November 25
  Esther-Mirjam Sent, NIAS and University of Notre Dame
  Pluralisms in Economics
December 3
  Philippe Fontaine, Ecole normale superieure
  Incorporating Altruism in Economics: 1974-1961 Before Becker
11 December
  Kevin Hoover, University of California at Davis
  Nonstationary Time Series, Cointegration, and the Principle of the
  Common Cause.
17 December
  Matthias Klaes, University of Keele
  Conceptual Bridges in the Historiography of Semantic Fields
------------------------------------------------------------

[2]          Address and Route description of
              University of Amsterdam

13:30 Room: E1-7.10 / Faculty of Economics & Econometrics
University of Amsterdam / Roetersstraat 11 / 1018 WB Amsterdam
Tel. 020 525 5220 / 5387

How to go:
----------
From Amsterdam Centraal Station:
      Take the metro to Weesperplein.
      Stop at station Weesperplein.
      Take the exit to Roetersstraat
      Go to the right as you come out this exit
      Walk strait (to the point you can not walk anymore)
      Go to the left over the bridge
      You will see "Roeterseiland 11" on your right hand side
      Near the Cafe Krater you will see the main entrance of the building.

From Amsterdam Amstel:
      Take the metro to Amsterdam centraal Station (all lines).
      Stop at station Weesperplein.
      Take the exit to Roetersstraat
      Go to the right as you come out this exit
      Walk strait (to the point you can not walk anymore)
      Go to the left over the bridge
      You will see "Roeterseiland 11" on your right hand side
      Near the Cafe Krater you will see the main entrance of the building.


With tram:
      Tram line 6 and 20: Stop Roetersstraat
      Tram line 7. Stop Weesperplein
      Tram line 9 and 14: Stop Plantage Kerklaan/Artis.

Attached to this e-mail you will find the

Call for Papers for the
Zeuthen Workshop Behavioural Economics
December 7th and 8th 2002
http://www.econ.ku.dk/Zeuthenws/

Call for papers

Zeuthen Workshop - December 7th and 8th 2002

Behavioural Economics

In connection with the Zeuthen lectures by Professor Ernst Fehr, University of Zurich the Institute of Economics will organize a workshop on Behavioral Economics. The workshop should cover experimental, theoretical, and empirical research on how psychological principles can be used to complement or even replace standard economic assumptions of rationality and selfishness to improve the explanatory and predictive power of economic models.

We hereby invite researchers to submit papers for presentation at the workshop. Papers are invited from all fields of behavioral economics, including:

• the nature of social preferences,

• the patterns of boundedly rational behavior,

• the role of emotions in economic decision-making, and

• the role of social preferences and bounded rationality for the functioning of markets, organizations and incentives.

Submissions from graduate students, post.docs, and other young researchers are particularly welcome.

For more information please contact Birgitte Sloth or Peter Norman Sørensen.

To be considered papers should be sent in duplicate to Tine Greir, Institute of Economics, Studiestræde 6, DK 1455-Copenhagen K, Denmark, or by e-mail (preferably as pdf-files) to Tine.Greir@... no later than September 30th 2002. Please include your e-mail address with your submission.

Decisions on the final programme will be made shortly after this deadline, and before October 31st.

Call for papers in pdf-format - please print and post!

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The Handbook of Game Theory with Economic Applications Volume 3
NORTH-HOLLAND

Edited by
R.J. Aumann
S. Hart, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel

2002 / Hardbound / ISBN: 0-444-89428-4 / 832 pages / EUR 134

Description

This  is the third and last volume of the Handbook of Game Theory with
Economic  Applications.  Since  the  publication  of  multi-Volume 1 a
decade  ago,  game  theory has continued to develop at a furious pace,
and  today  it  is  the  dominant  tool  in economic theory. The three
volumes  together  cover  the  fundamental theoretical aspects, a wide
range  of  applications to economics, several chapters on applications
to  political  science  and  individual  chapters  on  applications to
disciplines as diverse as evolutionary biology, computer science, law,
psychology  and ethics. The authors are the most eminent practitioners
in the field, including three Nobel Prize winners.

The  topics  covered  in the present volume include strategic ("Nash")
equilibrium;  incomplete  information;  two-person non-zero-sum games;
noncooperative  games  with  a continuum of players; stochastic games;
industrial organization; bargaining, inspection; economic history; the
Shapley value and its applications to perfectly competitive economies,
to  taxation,  to public goods and to fixed prices; political science;
law mechanism design; and game experimentation.

Contents

Preface  (R.J. Aumann, S. Hart).
Strategic equilibrium (E. van Damme).
Foundations   of  strategic  equilibrium  (J.  Hillas,  E.  Kohlberg).
Incomplete   information   (R.J.  Aumann,  A.  Heifetz).
Non-zero-sum two-person   games   (T.E.S.   Raghavan).
Computing  equilibria  for two-person  games  (B.  von  Stengel).
Non-cooperative games with many players  (M.  Ali  Khan,  Y.  Sun).
Stochastic  games (J-F. Mertens).
Stochastic  games:  recent  results  (N.  Vieille).
Game  theory  and industrial  organization  (K.  Bagwell,  A. Wolinsky).
Bargaining with incomplete  information  (L.M.  Ausubel,  P. Cramton, R.J.
Deneckere).
Inspection  Games  (R.  Avenhaus,  B.V.  Stengel,  S. Zamir).
Economic history  and  game  theory  (A. Greif).
The shapley value (E. Winter).
Variations  on  the  shapley  value (D. Monderer, D. Samet).
Values of non-transferable  utility  games  (R.  McLean).
Values  of games with infinitely  many  players (A. Neyman).
Values of perfectly competitive economies  (S.  Hart).
Some  other economic applications of the value (J-F.  Mertens).
Strategic  aspects  of political systems (J. Banks).
Game-theoretic  analysis of legal rules and institutions (J-P. Benoit,
L.A.  Kornhauser).
Implementation Theory (T. Palfrey).
Game Theory and experimental Gaming (M. Shubik).

3rd European Meeting of Applied Evolutionary Economics (EMAEE)
in Augsburg, Germany
http://www.emaee.net
The Knowledge-Based Economies
New Challenges in Methodology, Theory and Policy
Department of Economics,
University of Augsburg,

Augsburg, Germany
from April 10 - 12,  2003.

--------------------------------

Outline

The   conference   focuses   on   the   most   important   aspects  of
knowledge-based  economies  and their analysis within the framework of
evolutionary economics. The conference covers topics, such as:

Knowledge  and  Learning  Competence  approaches  routines,  heuristic
learning,    learning-by-doing,    tacit   and   codified   knowledge,
appropriability and patenting, spillovers, evolution of organisations.

Dynamics  of  Technological  and  Qualitative Change Lock-in, variety,
product   life-cycles,   industry   evolution,   product  and  process
innovation,    competence    destroying   and   competence   enhancing
technological progress. ·

Industrial   Organisation  in  a  Knowledge-based  Economy  Innovation
networks  and  strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions, formal and
informal  networks,  technology-oriented  start-ups,  SME's,  finance,
corporate governance and innovation, increasing returns.

Evolution   of   Institutions  Long  term  development,  co-evolution,
sustainable development.

Financial Markets in Knowledge-based Economies Venture capital, access
to complementary assets, IPO'S. ·

Evolution of Demand Emergence of new preferences, satiation, knowledge
and learning on the demand side, network externalities.

Policy in a Knowledge-based Economy Regional development, national and
regional   systems   of   innovation,   university-industry-government
relations,  employment and technology, technology transfer, industrial
districts, entrepreneurship, science and education.

--------------------------------

Call for Papers


Conference Aims

Within  the last 20 years the importance of knowledge and competencies
as  an  input  for as well as an output of many economic processes has
increased  sharply.  To  capture this qualitative change in industrial
organisation   and   production   notions   like   'new   economy'  or
'knowledge-based economy' were developed. Of course, these qualitative
developments   are   responsible   for  new  challenges  economics  is
confronted with today.

Evolutionary   economics  has  become  a  comprehensive  framework  to
understand  modern  knowledge-based economies. Issues of technological
development,  industrial  dynamics,  networking and firm behaviour are
increasingly  analysed  as  evolutionary  processes. At the same time,
evolutionary  economics  provide  us  with  new  models  promoting for
example regional development, innovation policies etc.

The objective of the 3rd EMAEE conference "The Knowledge-based Economy
-  New  Challenges  in  Methodology,  Theory  and  Policy" is to bring
together  young researchers and senior researchers with an interest in
the  empirical  application  of  evolutionary  economics.  By means of
intensive  discussion,  we  aim  at  a fruitful exchange of the latest
methods and theories in evolutionary approaches to economic change.

Conference Themes

The   conference   focuses   on   the   most   important   aspects  of
knowledge-based  economies  and their analysis within the framework of
evolutionary economics. The conference covers topics, such as:

Knowledge  and  Learning  Competence  approaches  routines,  heuristic
learning,    learning-by-doing,    tacit   and   codified   knowledge,
appropriability and patenting, spillovers, evolution of organisations.

Dynamics  of  Technological  and  Qualitative Change Lock-in, variety,
product   life-cycles,   industry   evolution,   product  and  process
innovation,    competence    destroying   and   competence   enhancing
technological progress. ·

Industrial   Organisation  in  a  Knowledge-based  Economy  Innovation
networks  and  strategic alliances, mergers & acquisitions, formal and
informal  networks,  technology-oriented  start-ups,  SME's,  finance,
corporate governance and innovation, increasing returns.

Evolution   of   Institutions  Long  term  development,  co-evolution,
sustainable development.

Financial Markets in Knowledge-based Economies Venture capital, access
to complementary assets, IPO'S. ·

Evolution of Demand Emergence of new preferences, satiation, knowledge
and learning on the demand side, network externalities.

Policy in a Knowledge-based Economy Regional development, national and
regional   systems   of   innovation,   university-industry-government
relations,  employment and technology, technology transfer, industrial
districts, entrepreneurship, science and education.

The  meeting  aims  to  address these topics through a wide variety of
methodologies.  Among  these  are econometrics, calibrated simulation,
artificial   economies,   laboratory   experiments  and  case  studies
research.  Submissions  developing  and  using  promising new tools of
empirical analysis are given priority.

Submission of abstracts and papers

Proposals  for  papers  to  be  presented in the parallel sessions are
invited  in the form of an abstract of 800 to 1000 words and should be
submitted by October 18, 2002 to the conference secretariat by email.

Abstracts must be received before 18 October 2002.

Authors  will  be  informed  about  the decision of the review process
before 20 December 2002. Accepted papers will be made available on the
Internet  on  the  Conference  homepage  and are expected to arrive in
Augsburg  a  month  before  the  conference.  We  try  to cover travel
expenses,   at   least   partially.   Assistance  in  reserving  hotel
accommodation (at various prices) will also be offered. The conference
is  also  open  for  participants  not  presenting  a paper. The is no
conference fee.

Alike  previous  European  meetings on applied evolutionary economics,
the  scientific  committee considers to edit selected papers as a book
and/or as a journal's special issue.

Proposals for papers can be emailed to the following address:

EMAEE 2003 Conference Committee
Andreas Pyka
University of Augsburg
Economics Department
Universitaetsstr. 16
D-86159 Augsburg
E-mail: andreas.pyka@...

--------------------------------

Conference Calendar

18 October 2002
Extended abstracts due

20  December  2002
Authors notified of the acceptance or rejection of
their papers 28

February 2003
Full Papers due

10-12 April 2003
Conference in Augsburg.

--------------------------------

Scientific Committee
Head of Organising Committee: Andreas Pyka (University of Augsburg)
Bernd Ebersberger (University of Augsburg)
Koen Frenken (University of Utrecht)
Werner Hölzl (University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna)
Vanessa Oltra (Université Montesquieu, Bordeaux)
Paul Windrum (Metropolitan University, Manchester)

Local Organizers
Markus Balzat
Bernd Ebersberger
Thomas Grebel
Andreas Pyka

--------------------------------

An Initiative of Young Scientists supported by the
International Joseph A. Schumpeter Society
ISS: http://www.wiso.uni-augsburg.de/vwl/hanusch/iss/index.html

--------------------------------

On methodology in macroeconomics-with application to the demand
for unskilled labour
Edmond Malinvaud
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:jku:econwp:2001_13

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It is provided as is without any express or implied warranty.
It may be freely redistributed in whole or in part for any purpose.
If distributed in part, it must include this copyright notice.
It may not be sold, or placed in something else for sale.
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[Apologies for any cross-posting]

7th Annual Conference of the
European Society for the History of Economic Thought

"The Economic Agent: Theory and History"

Paris
Carré des Sciences- 1, rue Descartes
30th January - 1st February 2003

CALL FOR PAPERS

The  7th  Annual Conference of the European Society for the History of
Economic  Thought  (ESHET)  will be held at the Carré des Sciences and
the  Université  of  Paris-I, in Paris, during the period 30 January-1
February 2003.

Starting  with  a  lecture  in the evening of Thursday January 30, the
Conference will end after the Annual General Meeting to be held on the
afternoon  of Saturday February 1. The Conference has sessions devoted
to  its  main topic as well as open sessions - however, the scientific
committee  intends to give priority to the propositions related to the
main topic.

As  announced in the previous ESHET Newsletter, the chosen subject is:
the  Economic  Agent.  As  a  matter  of fact, the economic agent is a
central  feature  in  economics: Capitalists, Landlords, Labourers and
Legislators  in Classical and Marxian economics; Consumers, Producers,
Firms,  and  Representative  Agents  in  Marginalist  and Neoclassical
economics.  Some more specific lines of enquiry might be suggested. In
particular:

a.  The  emergence  of  the concept of economic agent
b.  The  way  it  is  related  to  various  forms of rationality
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NEP report on History and Philosophy of Economics
            Edited by Andy Denis (andy.denis@...)

This document is in the public domain, please circulate to any.

In this issue:

*( 1 )   Pluralism, Scientific Progress and the Structure of
          Organization Studies.
          Christian Knudsen
*( 2 )   The essential tension in the social sciences:   Between the
          "unification" and "fragmentation" trap*
          Christian Knudsen
*( 3 )   The Rhetorical Dimensions of Bounded Rationality:   Herbert A.
          Simon and Organizational Economics
          Nicolai J. Foss
*( 4 )   A Foundation Model for Marxian Breakdown Theories Based on a New
          Falling Rate of Profit Mechanism.
          Howard Petith
*( 5 )   Maximising Happiness?
          Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer
*( 6 )   "On Paradigms, Theories and Models"
          Haider Ali Khan
*( 7 )   L'altruismo: atteggiamento irrazionale, strategia vincente o
          amore   per il prossimo?
          Ottone, Stefania

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*(1)

  Pluralism, Scientific Progress and the Structure of
    Organization Studies.


    Christian Knudsen


Abstract: Should organization studies aspire to be a mono-paradigmatic
   science   as argued by Pfeffer or should we pursue a strategy of
   unconditional pluralism   by "letting thousands flower grow"? A new
   framework is presented that suggests   that scientific progress in
   organization studies will best be promoted by   upholding a balance
   between the exploitation of existing research programs   and the
   exploration of new research programs. Too much pluralism can be as
   destructive for scientific progress as too little pluralism.

Downloads:
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:ivs:iivswp:02-05

  IVS/CBS Working Papers / Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy,
Copenhagen
   Business School

*(2)

  The essential tension in the social sciences:   Between the
    "unification" and "fragmentation" trap*


    Christian Knudsen


Abstract: A new framework is presented that suggests that scientific
   progress requires a balance between exploitation of existing research
   programs (normal science) and exploration of new research programs
   (revolutionary science) Too much pluralism can be as destructive for
   scientific progress as too little pluralism. In order to make
   progress   in an intellectual field one need to uphold what Thomas
   Kuhn described   as an essential tension between tradition and
   innovation. In the framework   presented here, this implies balancing
   on a knife-edge trying to avoid   falling into either a
   "fragmentation trap" or a "unification trap". The   "fragmentation
   trap" is a self-reinforcing process where the exploration   of new
   theories completely comes to dominate the exploitation of existing
   research programs, while the "unification trap" is a self-reinforcing
   process where the exploitation of an existing research program
   completely   comes to dominate the exploration of new research
   programs. A number of   strategies for avoiding both the
   "fragmentation trap" and the "unification   trap" are presented and
   discussed in relationship to management studies   and economics,
   respectively. The framework is finally used to discuss   the type of
   traps that faces different social sciences and the way they   are
   organized as discussed by Richard Whitley in his comparative analysis
   of intellectual fields.

  JEL Codes: A12 B40
Downloads:
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:ivs:iivswp:02-06

  IVS/CBS Working Papers / Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy,
Copenhagen
   Business School

*(3)

  The Rhetorical Dimensions of Bounded Rationality:   Herbert A.
    Simon and Organizational Economics


    Nicolai J. Foss


Abstract: I discuss the rhetorical dimensions of bounded rationality in
   two different, yet related, contexts, namely in the practice of
   organizational   economists and in Herbert Simon's key attempts to
   persuade economists to   take bounded rationality seriously, his Ely
   lecture and his Nobel Prize lecture.   I discuss various reasons why
   Simon failed to convince his contemporaries,   among other things,
   the absence of clear definitions of bounded rationality   and
   heuristics for incorporating it into economic models.  Simon's
   failures   in these respects help explaining the very modest, and
   mainly "rhetorical,"   use of bounded rationality in the works of
   organizational economists.

  JEL Codes: B41 D23 M1
  Keywords: Herbert Simon, bounded rationality, organizational economics,
   rhetoric.

Downloads:
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:ivs:iivswp:02-07

  IVS/CBS Working Papers / Department of Industrial Economics and Strategy,
Copenhagen
   Business School

*(4)

  A Foundation Model for Marxian Breakdown Theories Based on a New
    Falling Rate of Profit Mechanism.


    Howard Petith


Abstract: Abstract:  The paper presents a foundation model for Marxian
   theories of the breakdown of capitalism based on a new falling rate
   of profit mechanism. All of these theories are based on one or more
   of ?the historical tendencies?: a rising capital-wage bill ratio, a
   rising capitalist share and a falling rate of profit. The model is a
   foundation in the sense that it generates these tendencies in the
   context of a model with a constant subsistence wage. The newly
   discovered generating mechanism is based on neo-classical reasoning
   for a model with land. It is non-Ricardian in that land augmenting
   technical progress can be unboundedly rapid. Finally, since the model
   has no steady state, it is necessary to use a new technique,
   Chaplygin?s method, to prove the result.

  JEL Codes: B24 E11 O41
  Keywords: Marx, Breakdown, Falling Rate of Profit

Downloads:
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:aub:autbar:516.02

  UFAE and IAE Working Papers / Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica
(UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC)

*(5)

  Maximising Happiness?


    Bruno S. Frey and Alois Stutzer


Abstract: The measurement of individual happiness challenges the notion
   that revealed preferences   only reliably and empirically reflect
   individual utility. Reported subjective well-being is a broader
   concept than traditional decision utility; it also includes concepts
   like experience and procedural   utility. Micro- and macroeconometric
   happiness functions offer new insights on determinants of   life
   satisfaction. However, one should not leap to the conclusion that
   happiness should be   maximised, as was suggested for social welfare
   function maximisation. In contrast, happiness   research strengthens
   the validity of an institutional approach, such as reflected in the
   theory of   democratic economic policy.

  JEL Codes: D60 D71 I31
  Keywords: constitutional economics; happiness; institutions; social welfare
function

Downloads:
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:zur:iewwpx:022

  IEW - Working Papers / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics - IEW

*(6)

  "On Paradigms, Theories and Models"


    Haider Ali Khan (GSIS, University of Denver and CIRJE,
      Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo)


Abstract: The purpose of this brief note is to alert the reader to the
   existing confusing state of affairs in the social sciences regarding
   the terms paradigm, theories and models, trace a few of the causes,
   and offer some tentative distinctions that may make our discourses a
   bit clearer. Since the word paradigm is used in so many different
   ways, it is suggested that we avoid using this term unless necessary
   in a particular context. For most ordinary scientific discourse and
   debate,the terms theories and models are sufficient. As shown in this
   paper, they are terms that can be defined clearly, and used to raise
   relevant questions about choice among different theories and models.
   From this perspective, paradigm seems to be an example of the traps
   that beset a careless user of ordinary language. Wittgenstein was the
   most important modern philosopher to point this out in general. To
   use a somewhat Wittgensteinian language, paradigm is an example of a
   language game that has somewhere gone awry. But we still have the
   language games of models and theories that are eminently serviceable
   for the social science discourses.

Downloads:
http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:tky:fseres:2002cf156

  CIRJE F-Series / CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo

*(7)

  L'altruismo: atteggiamento irrazionale, strategia vincente o
    amore   per il prossimo?


    Ottone, Stefania


Abstract: La teoria dell'Homo Oeconomicus ha fornito una visione
   formalizzata dell'uomo   che, dominato da una natura tendenzialmente
   egoista, agisce principalmente nel   suo interesse. Questa immagine
   dell'uomo non è però sempre in linea con l'evidenza   empirica. Il
   contributo proveniente da studi condotti nel campo della
   sociobiologia   e della psicologia ha permesso di superare in parte i
   limiti della teoria economica   classica permettendo di delineare un
   modello di uomo meno rigoroso, ma al tempo stesso   più completo. La
   conclusione è che la natura dell'uomo non è univoca, come allo stesso
   modo non lo sono le conseguenze delle sue azioni. L'obiettivo di
   questo lavoro è proprio   quello di ripercorrere le principali tappe
   che hanno visto modificarsi l'immagine che   l'economia ha dell'uomo
   e della sua natura, a partire dall'Homo Oeconomicus fino ad
   arrivare al più moderno Homo Oeconomicus Maturus il cui comportamento
   è determinato   non solo dalle leggi di mercato, ma anche dai propri
   impulsi emotivi.

  JEL Codes: A12 A13 C70
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http://netec.wustl.edu/adnetec-cgi-bin/nep?urn=RePEc:uca:ucapdv:19

  P.O.L.I.S. department's Working Papers / Department of Public Policy and
Public Choice - POLIS

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Darwinism in economics: from analogy to ontology
J Evol Econ 12 (2002) 3, 259-281; DOI 10.1007/s00191-002-0118-8

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Dear all,

Current issue of the Review of Social Economy [60 (1) 2002] contains
the following interesting articles. Subscribers may view the articles
by clicking on the hyper-links:

Thoughts Stimulated by Reading Geoffrey Hodgson's Economics and
Utopia, p. 109
Richard R. Nelson
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=UF0BH0D6HL96H877

Impurities all around? Some thoughts on Geoffrey M. Hodgson, Economics
& Utopia: Why the Learning Economy is not the End of History, p. 115
Jack J. Vromen
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=HE378ENQJCF19YLJ

Visions of Mainstream Economics: A Response to Richard Nelson and Jack
Vromen, p. 125
Geoffrey M. Hodgson
http://taylorandfrancis.metapress.com/link.asp?id=PWDKHAG60A6UN45Y

Best wishes,
N. Emrah Aydinonat

A Perspective on Psychology and Economics
Matthew Rabin (University of California, Berkeley)

Abstract:    This essay provides a perspective on the trend towards
integrating   psychology into economics. Some topics are discussed,
and arguments are   provided for why movement towards greater
psychological realism in   economics will improve mainstream
economics.

  Keywords: behavioral economics, psychology,

Downloads:
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  Department of Economics, Working Paper Series / University of
California
Digital Repository
  (RePEc:cdl:econwp:e02-313)


From Imperialism to Inspiration: A Survey of Economics and Psychology
Bruno S. Frey and Matthias Benz

Abstract: Economics and psychology are both sciences of human
behaviour. This paper gives a  survey of their interaction. First, the changing
relationship between
the two sciences is discussed: while economics was once imperialistic, it has
become a science inspired by
psychological insights. In order to illustrate this, recent developments and
evidence for three
major areas are presented: bounded rationality, non-selfish behaviour, and the
economics of

  JEL Codes: A10 A12 D
  Keywords: economics and psychology, behavioral economics, social
science paradigm

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  IEW - Working Papers / Institute for Empirical Research in Economics -
IEW

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