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Dear Colleagues,
Neri Salvadori kindly asked me to circulate the following call for
papers for a Conference on "Old and New Growth Theories: An
Assessment". The call for papers is also available at
http://growthconf.ec.unipi.it
Best wishes,
Giuseppe
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Since the mid 1980s growth economics has again become a
central topic in economic theorizing. Interest in the study of
economic growth has experienced remarkable ups and downs in
the history of economics: It was in the centre of the concerns of
the Classical political economists from Adam Smith to David
Ricardo, and then of Karl Marx, but moved to the periphery during
the so-called 'marginal revolution'. John von Neumann's growth
model and Roy Harrod's attempt to generalize Keynes's principle of
effective demand to the long run re-ignited interest in growth theory.
Following the publication of papers by Robert Solow and Nicholas
Kaldor in the mid 1950s, growth theory became one of the central
topics of the economics profession until the early 1970s. The
recent endogenous growth theory has revitalized the field from a
decade of dormancy in the late 1980.
The goal of this Conference is to analyze the recent developments
in growth theory also in the light of the historical roots of the field.
Attention is also given to the analysis of growth theories developed
in the past.
Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Key elements necessary to generate growth models and how
they differ across time
* Mechanisms of endogeneity of growth and technical change
* The relations between the "new" and "old" growth theories
* The role of aggregate demand in new and old growth theories
* The functional distribution of income in new and old growth
theories
* Aspects of growth theory developed in the past, possibly with
reference to modern approaches
* Main assumptions in growth models, and their relevance to
sustained growth
* Special topics in a methodological perspective: long period
or intertemporal analyses; continuous or discrete approaches,
evolutionary aspects.
* New directions of the new growth theories on topics such as
Inequality, Convergence, Technology, Malthusian growth and
others.
* Related topics such as the role of competition, forms of
competition, social conflict, the role of institutions.
A combination of invited and submitted papers will be chosen for
the final program, which will also include panel discussions.
Submissions of whole sessions are welcome. The submissions will
be reviewed by a Scientific Committee consisting of:
? Giuseppe Bertola (European University Institute and University
of Turin, Italy)
? Theo Eicher (University of Washington, USA)
? Duncan K. Foley (New School for Social Research, USA)
? Heinz D. Kurz (University of Graz, Austria)
? Neri Salvadori (University of Pisa, Italy)
It is planned to publish selections of papers in special issues of
Metroeconomica and in the European Journal of the History of
Economic Thought and a larger selection in a volume with a major
publisher. All papers will be made available on the Internet until the
end of the Conference.
Submission of a 1-2 page abstract should be sent by email to
<nerisal@xxxxxxxxxxx>, in pdf or in word format, within June 30,
2001. Authors will receive notification of acceptance within July 30,
2001. The whole papers are to be sent by email within August 30,
2001.
The Conference will be held in Pisa at the Hotel Santa Croce in
Fossabanda (www.fossabanda.it). The Conference fee of ECU 200
will cover all meals (two dinners, two lunches, four coffee-breaks)
and printed material.
Further information: Neri Salvadori (<nerisal@xxxxxxxxxxx>),
Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche, Universita' di Pisa
Via Ridolfi, 10, I-56124 PISA, Italy
phone: ++39-050-945215 (945466)
fax: ++39-050-598040
http://growthconf.ec.unipi.it
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