CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT 
 
                       John Rea: 1796-1872 
Bicentenary Conference, University of Aberdeen, 27-29 March, 1996 
 
 
                      Provisional Programme 
 
1) Hamouda, O.F. (York) On Rae's methodology of economics 
2) Hollander, S. (Toronto) John Rae and Adam Smith 
3) Howitt, P. (Western Ontario) Rae and endogenous technical 
      change 
4) Rhymes, T. (Carleton) Rae and capital theory 
5) Ahmad, S. (McMaster) Rae and the demand for and supply of 
      capital 
6) Vicas, A. (McGill) Rae and policy 
7) Wakatabe, M. (Toronto) Rae and monetary economics 
8) Price, B.B. (M.l.T.) Rae and the history of technology 
9) Dimand, R. (Brock) Rae and international trade 
10) Dow, S. C. (Stirling) Rae and the Scottish tradition in 
      political economy 
11) Edgell, S. (Salford) Rae, Veblen and conspicuous consumption 
12) Brewer, A. (Bristol) Rae, Schumpeter and technical change 
13) Lee, C. and S. Drakopolous (Aberdeen) Rae and Menger 
 
 
Conference organizers: 
 
Professor O. Hamouda 
Department of Economics 
York University 
Glendon College 
2275, Bayview Avenue 
Toronto, 
Ontario M4N 3M6 
Tel: (416) 487-6712 
Fax: (416) 487 6728 
 
Professors C. Lee 
Department of Economics, University of Aberdeen 
Edward Wright Building 
Dunbar Street 
Old Aberdeen AB9 2TY 
Tel: 0224 272198 
Fax: 0224 272181 
 
D. Mair 
Department of Economics 
Heriot-Watt University 
Riccarton 
Edinburgh EH14 4AT 
Tel: 0131 451 3491 
Fax: 0131 451 3498 
 
Ross B. Emmett, Augustana University College, Camrose, Alberta 
CANADA   T4V 2R3   voice: (403) 679-1517   fax: (403) 679-1129 
e-mail: [log in to unmask]  or  [log in to unmask] 
 
 
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