================= HES POSTING ================= 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. e-mail: [log in to unmask] 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. e-mail: [log in to unmask] 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). ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]