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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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