CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference Reciprocity: Theories and Facts February 22-24, 2007 University of Milan-Bicocca Milan - Italy Sponsored by Department of Economics UNIVERSITY OF MILAN-BICOCCA Department of Economics UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI Submission deadline: 31 August 2006 Reciprocity is a growing issue in economics and in other social sciences today. It is also a very controversial issue too. For many scholars reciprocity is an instance of enlightened self-interested favored by repeated encounters. For others, notably behavioral economists, reciprocity is �strong reciprocity�, a social norm that prescribes cooperation with cooperators and punishment for non-cooperators even at personal cost. Each of these perspectives seems to consider the other as a special case not particularly relevant in social matters. The aim of the conference is to gather economists from these two perspectives, as well as political scientists, anthropologists, neuroscientists and psychologists, to initiate a dialogue between the two approaches, to show, maybe, that there can be important complementarities between the different ways of understanding reciprocity. Keynote Speakers 1. James Andreoni (Economics - University of California, San Diego) (TBC) 2. Cristina Bicchieri (Philosophy - University of Pennsylvania) 3. Jon Elster (Political Science - Columbia University) 4. Armin Falk (Behavioral Economics - University of Bonn) (TBC) 5. Simon G�chter (Economic Psychology - University of Nottingham) 6. Vittorio Gallese (Human Physiology - University of Parma) 7. Herbert Gintis (Economics - University of Massachusetts) 8. Russell Hardin (Political Science - New York University) 9. Kevin A. McCabe (Neuroeconmics - George Mason University) 10. Aldo Rustichini (Economics - University of Minnesota) 11. Joel Sobel (Economics - University of California, San Diego) (TBC) 12. Robert Trivers (Anthropology - Rutgers University) (TBC) Topics of interest include: � Trust and Reciprocity � Foundational and Historical Aspects � Game-theoretical Models � Experiments � Neuroscientific basis of trust and reciprocity � Institutional Design and Policy Implications Important Dates Electronic Submission Deadline: August, 31 2006 Notification of acceptance: October, 15 2006. Paper Format and Submission Authors must submit an two-page extended abstract, in pdf format, to Luigino Bruni and Vittorio Pelligra ([log in to unmask]) ([log in to unmask]) Conference Scientific committee - Luigino Bruni (University of Milano-Bicocca) - Mario Gilli (University of Milano-Bicocca & CISEPS) - Benedetto Gui (University of Padova) - Vittorio Pelligra (University of Cagliari) - Pier Luigi Porta (University of Milano-Bicocca) - Robert Sugden (University of East -Anglia) - Stefano Zamagni (University of Bologna) Luigino Bruni