The following session program is also available at the HES WWW
site:
http://cs.muohio.edu/~HisEcSoc/Conferences/ASSA97_program.shtml
As you can see, several slots are still available for
discussants. You can volunteer to discuss by contacting Bette
Polkinghorn, who organized the sessions. Her email is:
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History of Economics Society
Session Program -- 1997 ASSA Meetings
4-6 January 1996, New Orleans
SESSION: Turning Points in Economics
(4 January 1995, 10:15 - 12:15 am)
Chair: Bette Polkinghorn (California State
University--Sacramento
The Long Cycle, Long Long Before Kondratieff, Judy Klein
(Mary Baldwin College)
"La Sapienza": Joan Robinson and the Cambridge Revolutions,
Maria Cristina Marcuzzo (Universita Degli Studi di Roma)
A Perspective on E.A.G. Robinson's The Structure of
Competitive Industry, Chaitram J. Talele (Columbia State
College)
David Ricardo and the Theory of Capital, Michael Perelman
(California State University--Chico)
Discussants: TBA
SESSION: Outside Variables as Determinants of Methodology
(4 January 1995, 2:30 - 4:30 pm)
Chair: Erwin L. Kelley (California State
University--Sacramento)
Empirical Reversals in Economics: Dilemmas for the
Economist-as-Audience, Robert S. Goldfarb (George
Washington University)
On the Use and Nonuse of Survey Methods in Economics, Bryan
L. Boulier and Robert S. Goldfarb (George Washington
University)
Ideology vs. Theory in the Macroeconomics of Robert E.
Lucas, Sherryl Davis Kasper (Maryville College)
The State and the Market, Their Functions and Their Failures
in the History of Economic Development Thought, Hamid
Hosseini (Kings College)
Discussants: TBA
SESSION: Irving Fisher in Prospect and Retrospect
( 5 January 1995, 10:15 - 12:15 am)
Chair: Michael Gottzeit (University of Memphis)
Fisher, the Classics, and Modern Macroeconomics, J.
Ahiakpor (California State University--Hayward)
Fisher and Veblen: Two Paths for American Economics, Robert
Dimand (Brock University)
The Influence of John Rae on Irving Fisher's Theory of
Interest, Michael Gottzeit (University of Memphis)
Was Fisher a Practicing Quantity Theorist?, Frank Steindl
(Oklahoma State University)
Discussants: TBA
SESSION: Game Theory in Historical Retrospect
(5 January 1995, 2:30 - 4:30 pm)
Chair: Robert Dimand (Brock University)
Evolution of Methods for Finding Good Strategies, and the
Value of a Two-Player Game, John P. Mayberry (Brock
University)
Adam Smith's Rhetorical Routines, Andreas Ortmann (Bowdoin
College and Max Planck Institute)
Fortune and Misfortunes of Mixed Strategy in Game Theory: A
Puzzling Story, Christian Schmidt (Universite de Paris
IX--Dauphine)
Thinking about Solutions to Games: Some Changes in Game
Theory, 1944-1960, Mary Ann Dimand (Albion College) and
Robert Dimand (Brock University)
Discussants: Robert Leonard (Universite de Quebec a
Montreal), Judy Klein (Mary Baldwin College), and Martin
Shubik (Yale University)
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