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FUNDACION URRUTIA ELEJALDE 
 
SECOND SUMMER SCHOOL 
 
'ECONOMICS AT THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM: 
PONDERING PROGRESS' 
 
PALACIO DE MIRAMAR, SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN 
22-28 JULY, 1999 
 
I. THE EVENT. 
 
The Seminar of Economic Methodology at the Universidad Autonoma de 
Madrid, on behalf of  the Fundacion Urrutia Elejalde, and in cooperation 
with the Universidad del Pais Vasco, is going to organise from July 22nd 
to 28th, 1999, in San Sebastian (Spain), the Second Urrutia Elejalde 
Summer School on Economics and Philosophy, under the title 'Economics at 
the Turn of the Millenium: Pondering Progress'. 
 
The Summer School is mainly intended for graduate students and young Ph.D. 
researchers on the foundations of economic analysis and on the philosophy 
and methodology of economics. The first Summer School took place in 
Venice (Italy) in August 1998, organised by Salvador Barbera. In this new 
edition, the general purpose of the School will be to ascertain the degree 
in which some basic fields of research in economics have experienced 
progress during the last two decades. 
 
Its aim is to promote reflection and discussion about fundamental topics, 
as well as personal contacts between first rate professors and young 
researchers. Each session is planned to include two lectures about a key 
issue in modern economics. One of the lectures will be delivered by an 
economist, and the other by an economic methodologist, followed by a 
general discussion among all the attendants. Space will be made available 
for brief communications by other participants. 
 
The following topics will be studied: General Equilibrium, Social Choice 
and Strategy-Proofness, Experimental Economics, Computational Economics 
and New Institutionalism and Austrian Economics. 
 
 
II. REGISTRATION AND COMMUNICATIONS. 
 
Information about registration and accomodation can be found in the Summer 
School's web site: 
 
http://www.bl.ehu.es/etu/urrutia.htm 
 
A limited number of communications on the topics listed above will be 
included. Their maximum extension should be of 10 double-spaced pages or 
3,000 words. A hard copy or an email attachment (Word or WordPerfect file 
for PC) is to be sent for refereeing before 31 May, to: 
 
Jesus P. Zamora Bonilla 
Departamento de Economia 
Universidad Carlos III 
28901 Getafe. Madrid. Spain. 
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The organization also offers a number of grants to cover registration fees 
or accomodation. Applications should include a short CV and, in the case 
of graduate students, a letter of recommedation by at least one professor. 
They have to be sent, together with the registration form, to: 
 
Federico Grafe 
Depto. de Fundamentos del Analisis Economico 
Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales 
Universidad del Pais Vasco. 
Avda. Lehendakari Aguirre, 83 
48015 Bilbao. Spain. 
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III. PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME 
Thursday 22 
10:00. Opening 
10:15. General Equilibrium. Profs. Joseph Ostroy (UCLA) 
and Louis Makowski (University of California, Davis) 
13:00. Lunch. 
14:00. General Equilibrium. Prof. Wade Hands (University of Puget 
Sound). 
16:30. Coffee break. 
16:45. Discussion. 
 
Friday 23 
10:30. Social Choice and Strategy Proofness. Prof. Salvador Barbera  
(Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona) 
13:00 Lunch. 
14:00. Social Choice and Strategy Proofness. Speaker to confirm. 
16:30. Coffee break. 
16:45. Discussion. 
 
Monday 26 
9:00. Communications. 
10:15. Coffee break. 
10:30. Experimental Economics. Prof. Charles Holt (University of 
Virginia). 
13:00. Lunch. 
14:00. Experimental Economics. Prof. Chris Starmer (University of 
East Anglia). 
16:30. Cofee break. 
16:45. Discussion. 
 
Tuesday 27 
9:00. Communications. 
10:15. Coffee break 
10:30. Computational Economics. Prof. Manuel Santos (Universidad 
Carlos III and University of Minnesotta). 
13:00. Lunch. 
14:00. Computational Economics. Prof. Philip Mirowski (University of 
Notre Dame). 
16:30. Coffee break. 
16:45. Discussion. 
 
Wednesday 28 
10:30. New Institutionalism and Austrian Economics. Prof. Axel 
Leijonhufvud (University of California, Los Angeles) 
13:00. Lunch. 
14:00. New Institutionalism and Austrian Economics. Prof. Uskali 
Maki (Erasmus University, Rotterdam). 
16:30. Coffee break. 
16:45. Discussion. 
17:30. Clonclusion. 
 
 
IV. ORGANIZERS. 
 
Directors: Juan Carlos Garcia-Bermejo (Universidad Autonoma de  
Madrid), Federico Grafe (Universidad del Pais Vasco)  
Secretary: Jesus P. Zamora Bonilla (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid). 
 
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