----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- [Posted on behalf of Warren Young <[log in to unmask]>. --RBE] Call For Papers Flexible Exchange Rates, the Balance of Payments, International Adjustment, and Capital Mobility The Development of the Open Economy Macromodel in Comparative and Historical Perspective An International Conference to be held in 2001. (Locations in both the USA and Israel are being considered. Decisions about location and dates will be made in October 1999 and announced on the HES list) Objectives The conference has a number of objectives. The first is to bring together those economists who were instrumental in developing the Open Economy Macromodel and younger economists interested in writing the detailed history of its development. The second is to bring to the attention of the economics profession in general, and specifically to economists interested in the history of economics and economic history the importance of the Open Economy Macromodel in all its variants to the development of international economic theory and policymaking. Conference Organizers and Participants The conference co-organizers are Warren Young, Bar Ilan University, William Darity, UNC at Chapel Hill, and George Tavlas of the IMF. Among those who have already indicated their willingness to participate, give papers, and act as discussants are: Robert Mundell, Edwin Phelps, Ronald McKinnon, Max Corden, William Branson, Jacques Polak, Jim Boughton, Tom Willett, David Laidler, John Chipman, Peter Kenen, Richard Cooper, Peter Bernholz, Andrea Maneschi, Adam Klug, Bob Dimand Themes of Papers for Presentation Historians of Economic Thought are invited to submit proposals for papers in the following areas to Warren Young at: [log in to unmask] Comparative and Historical Perspective - the 1950s "Flexible Rates Group": a history - the Machlup "Bellagio Group" and its influence - US vs British Keynesians on exchange rates and adjustment - International and National experiences with Flexible Rates: case studies and their impact on theory and policy - Flexible rates vs Bretton Woods: Panacea or Pyrrhic victory? - the "Monetary Approach" to the Balance of Payments vs the "Keynesian Approach": separate or interrelated histories? - Adjustment Policies "beyond" the exchange rate: are Flexible Rates enough? - the development of the Closed and "Internationalized" IS-LM model in Comparative perspective" "Cross-Fertilization" or "Independent Discovery"? Individual Contributions in Perspective (partial and provisional lists) - Meade 1951: whom did he actually influence? - Metzler's contributions in perspective - Sohmen's contributions to Theory and Policymaking - Mundell's theoretical breakthroughs: Comparative Statics and Dynamics ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]