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Call for Papers 
"Old and New Growth Theories: An Assessment" 
Pisa (Italy), 5-7 October 2001 
 
http://growthconf.ec.unipi.it 
 
Since the mid 1980s growth economics has again become a central topic  
in economic theorizing. Interest in the study of economic growth has  
experienced remarkable ups and downs in the history of economics: It  
was in the centre of the concerns of the Classical political  
economists from Adam Smith to David Ricardo, and then of Karl Marx,  
but moved to the periphery during the so-called 'marginal  
revolution'. John von Neumann's growth model and Roy Harrod's attempt  
to generalize Keynes's principle of effective demand to the long run  
re-ignited interest in growth theory. Following the publication of  
papers by Robert Solow and Nicholas Kaldor in the mid 1950s, growth  
theory became one of the central topics of the economics profession  
until the early 1970s. The recent endogenous growth theory has  
revitalized the field from a decade of dormancy in the late 1980. 
 
The goal of this Conference is to analyze the recent developments in  
growth theory also in the light of the historical roots of the field.  
Attention is also given to the analysis of growth theories developed  
in the past. 
 
Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to: 
 
*       Key elements necessary to generate growth models and how they  
differ across time 
*       Mechanisms of endogeneity of growth and technical change 
*       The relations between the "new" and "old" growth theories 
*       The role of aggregate demand in new and old growth theories 
*       The functional distribution of income in new and old growth 
theories 
*       Aspects of growth theory developed in the past, possibly with  
reference to modern approaches 
*       Main assumptions in growth models, and their relevance to  
sustained growth 
*       Special topics in a methodological perspective: long period  
or intertemporal analyses; continuous or discrete approaches,  
evolutionary aspects. 
*       New directions of the new growth theories on topics such as  
Inequality, Convergence, Technology, Malthusian growth and others. 
*       Related topics such as the role of competition, forms of  
competition, social conflict, the role of institutions. 
 
A combination of invited and submitted papers will be chosen for the final 
program, which will also include panel discussions. Submissions of whole 
sessions are welcome. The submissions will be reviewed by a Scientific 
Committee consisting of:  
 
Giuseppe Bertola (European University Institute and University of Turin, 
Italy) 
 
Theo Eicher (University of Washington, USA) 
 
Duncan K. Foley (New School for Social Research, USA) 
 
Heinz D. Kurz (University of Graz, Austria) 
 
Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa, Italy) 
 
It is planned to publish selections of papers in special issues of 
Metroeconomica and in the European Journal of the History of Economic 
Thought and a larger selection in a volume with a major publisher. All 
papers will be made available on the Internet until the end of the 
Conference. 
 
Submission of a 1-2 page abstract should be sent by email to Neri Salvadori 
<[log in to unmask]>, in pdf or in word format, within June 30, 2001. 
Authors will receive notification of acceptance within July 30, 2001. The 
whole papers are to be sent by email within August 30, 2001. 
 
The Conference will be held in Pisa at the Hotel Santa Croce in Fossabanda. 
The Conference fee of ECU 200 will cover all meals (two dinners, two 
lunches, four coffee-breaks) and printed material. 
 
 
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