The conference  
  
Cycles, Markets and Networks  
The Quantitative Approach to Business Cycle Analysis in the 1930s and 1940s  
  
will be held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium, on 15-16 September 2005.  
  
The provisional programme and all practical information with regard to the conference can
be found at the conference website:
  
http://www.ua.ac.be/cycles   
  
The Invited Lecture will be given by:  
  
Edmond MALINVAUD (Centre de Recherche en Economie et Statistique, INSEE): About the role,
in older days, of econometrics in quantitative economics
  
Other papers that will be presented at the conference:  
  
Robert W. DIMAND and William A. VELOCE (Brock University): Charles F. Roos, Harold T.
Davis, and the quantitative approach to business cycle analysis and economic dynamics at
the Cowles Commission in the 1930s and early 1940s
  
Olav BJERKHOLT (University of Oslo): Ragnar Frisch's approach to business cycle analysis  
  
Mauro BOIANOVSKY (Universidade de Brasilia) and Hans-Michael TRAUTWEIN (Oldenburg
University): Ragnar Frisch vs. Johan �kerman on quantitative business cycle analysis
  
Gilbert ABRAHAM-FROIS (Universit� de Paris X * Nanterre) and Emeric LENDJEL
(Universit� de Paris I * Panth�on-Sorbonne): "Father" Potron's early contributions to
quantitative and dynamic analysis
  
Chikako NAKAYAMA (Tokyo University of Foreign Studies): Interpretations of probability as
a foundation of business cycle theory: The contribution of Oskar Morgenstern of his
Viennese period
  
Michel ARMATTE (Universit� Paris Dauphine): Fran�ois Divisia and econometrics  
  
Marianne FISCHMAN and Emeric LENDJEL (Universit� de Paris I * Panth�on-Sorbonne): The
quantitative approach to business cycles in the "X-Crise" group in the 1930s
  
Guido ERREYGERS (University of Antwerp) and Albert JOLINK (Erasmus University Rotterdam):
Perturbations, networks and business cycles: Bernard Chait's pioneering work on
econometrics
  
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For further information please contact Guido Erreygers ([log in to unmask]) or
Kristel Van Hilst ([log in to unmask]).
  
Guido Erreygers