I would like to remind everyone on this list of the CFP of the 
conference on *Cycles, Markets and Networks. The Quantitative Approach 
to Business Cycle Analysis in the 1930s and 1940s* (Antwerp, 15-16 
September 2005). The deadline for submission of proposals is 31 January 
2005. 
 
Edmond Malinvaud will be invited speaker at the conference. He will 
give a lecture on "Debates in the 1940s about the role of econometrics 
in quantitative economics". 
 
More details on the purpose of the conference can be found below. 
Please feel free to circulate this information to anyone who might be 
interested. 
 
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CALL FOR PAPERS 
 
Cycles, Markets and Networks 
The Quantitative Approach to Business Cycle Analysis in the 1930s and 
1940s 
 
Conference to be held at the University of Antwerp, Belgium 
15-16 September 2005 
 
Many of the pioneers of the econometric movement in the 1930s made 
important contributions to the mathematical and statistical analysis of 
business cycles. The works of Jan Tinbergen, Ragnar Frisch and Michal 
Kalecki are well-known examples of the econometric approach to business 
cycle analysis. But this type of research was by no means limited to a 
few frontrunners. Throughout the 1930s economists, engineers, 
mathematicians and others were constructing models and applying 
quantitative techniques in order to explain and to understand the 
cyclical movements of the economy. This led, for instance, to the 
interdisciplinary research of the X-Crise group at the Ecole 
Polytechnique in Paris, or to the solitary work of the engineer Bernard 
Chait on networks of markets. In the 1940s further developments were 
made by the dynamic interpretations of input-output and activity 
analysis models. 
 
The purpose of the conference is to focus on the history of these early 
attempts to use quantitative techniques in the analysis of the business 
cycle. The subject can be tackled from a wide variety of perspectives, 
including amongst others: the assessment of individual contributions; 
the analysis and evaluation of the impact of learned societies (e.g. the 
Econometric Society), of research centres (e.g. the Cowles Commission), 
of journals (e.g. Econometrica), or of conferences (e.g. the meetings of 
the Econometric Society); the significance of the introduction of new 
mathematical techniques; their influence on economic policy, etc. The 
conference is by no means limited to the European or American 
traditions, or to the 'econometric' method per se. We welcome 
proposals dealing with contributions which came from other parts of the 
world or that were critical of the econometric approach. We especially 
encourage the submission of papers based on archival research and of 
papers rich in detail and yielding original insights. 
 
Paper proposals must provide information about the author (name, 
address, institutional affiliation) and the title of the contribution, 
and contain an abstract of about 500 words. Proposals should be 
submitted electronically, either in Word or PDF format. 
 
The deadline for submissions is 31 January 2005. Authors will be 
notified of acceptance or rejection by 1 March 2005. The final papers 
are due on 1 August 2005. 
 
Submissions and requests for information should be addressed to: 
 
Guido Erreygers 
Department of Economics, University of Antwerp 
Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium 
Tel. +32-3-220 40 52, Fax +32-3-220 45 85 
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Additional information will be made available at the conference 
website: 
http://www.ua.ac.be/cycles  
 
The scientific committee consists of Mauro Boianovsky (University of 
Brasilia), Guido Erreygers (University of Antwerp), Albert Jolink 
(Erasmus University Rotterdam) and Wilfried Parys (University of 
Antwerp). 
 
 
Guido Erreygers