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UNIVERSITA' DI MACERATA
Workshop on evolutionary change in an open system
Macerata, 2-5 september 1997
Programma
Relazioni
Informazioni generali
Scheda di partecipazione
Tuesday 2 | 10.30 |
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| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.30 | John GROENEWEGEN (Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) "How to understand the firm in a changing environment; a neo-institutional perspective" |
Wednesday 3 | 9.30 | Brian LOASBY (University of Stirling, Scotland) "The Generation of Variety" |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.30 | Antonio G. CALAFATI (Università di Ancona, Italy) "Local Economic Systems and the Paradigm of Self-Organization" |
Thursday 4 | 9.30 | John FOSTER (University of Queensland, Australia) "Competitive selection: is it the central mechanism or only a boundary phenomenon in economic evolution?" |
| 13.00 | Lunch |
| 14.30 | Jan KREGEL (Università di Bologna, Italy) "The Development of Institutions and Regulations in Financial Markets: Economic Competition or Damage Limitation?" |
| 19.30 | Seminar dinner |
Friday 5 | 9.30 | Alessandro VERCELLI (Università di Siena, Italy) "Learning, Uncertainty, Liquidity" |
| 13.00 | Farewell |
All lectures will be held at the Facolty of Political Science, Piazza Strambi 1.
Antonio Calafati: "Local Economic Systems and the Paradigm of Self-Organization"
Suggested readings:
"The Italian Fiscal Crisis": An Institutionalist Perspective", Dipartimento di economia di Ancona, Working Papers, n. 100, 1997.
"A. O. Hirschman and the Complexity of Economic Systems",1997, mimeo.
"Labour Supply and Unemployment", in J. Michie and A. Reati (eds.) Employment, Technology, and Economic Needs - Theory, Evidence, and Public Policy, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar (forthcoming).
John Foster: "Competitive selection: is it the central mechanism or only a boundary phenomenon in economic evolution?"
Suggested readings:
"Economic evolution and the science of synergetics" (in collaboration with Phillip Wild), Journal of Evolutionary Economics, 6, 1996;
"Economics and the Diffusion of Communication and Information Technologies: Joseph Schumpeter and the Self-Organisation Approach", Prometheus, 1, 1997;
"Abstraction in Economics: Incorporating the Time Dimension", forthcoming in the International Journal of Social Economics, 1997;
"The Self-Organisational Perspective on Economic Processes: A Unifying Paradigm?", forthcoming in K. Dopfer (ed.) The Evolutionary Foundations of Economics, Cambridge University Press, 1997
John Groenewegen: "How to understand the firm in a changing environment; a neo-institutional perspective"
Suggested readings:
"The Theory of the Firm Revisited" in: Path dependency and Evolution , Lars Magnusson and Jan Ottoson (eds.), Edward Elgar, 1997 (co-author Jack Vromen)
"Institutions of Capitalism", Journal of Economic Issues, June 1997
"A Case for Theoretical Pluralism" (co-author Jack Vromen) in: Transaction Cost Economics and Beyond, John Groenewegen (ed), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston/Dordrecht, 1996.
Jan Kregel: "The Development of Institutions and Regulations in Financial Markets: Economic Competition or Damage Limitation?"
Suggested readings:
"Some Considerations on the Causes of Structural Change In Financial Markets", Journal of Economic Issues, September, 1992, pp. 733-47.
"Neoclassical Price Theory, Institutions and the Evolution of Securities Market Organisation", Economic Journal, March, 1995, pp.459-70.
Brian Loasby: "The Generation of Variety"
Suggested readings:
"The Organization of Industry", in Nicolai J. Foss and Christian Knudsen (eds), Towards a Competence Theory of the Firm, London: Routledge, 1996.
"The Imagined, Deemed Possible", in Ernst Helmstddter and Mark Perlman (eds), Behavioral Norms, Technological Progress, and Economic Dynamics, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
"The Division of Labour" in History of Economic Ideas, IV, 1-2, 1996.
Alessandro Vercelli: "Learning, Uncertainty, Liquidity"
Suggested readings:
"Uncertainty, rationality and learning: a Keynesian perspective", mimeo, 1996;
"Liquidity preference and option values", mimeo, 1997;
"Environmental Option Values, Uncertainty Aversion and Learning" (in collaboration with Marcello Basili), mimeo, 1996.
[Programma] [Relazioni] [Informazioni] [Scheda di partecipazione]
Il seminario nasce dall'esperienza di dialogo e collaborazione fra un gruppo di studiosi di varie provenienze universitarie (italiane ed estere) e si propone in primo luogo come un momento di riflessione e discussione. Riteniamo peraltro auspicabile un piu' generale scambio di informazioni e conoscenze per cui suggeriamo che ognuno porti qualche suo scritto, onde permettere ai partecipanti di prenderne visione.
Nel caso si sia interessati a partecipare al seminario, e' possibile farlo sapere agli organizzatori spedendo per fax la scheda di adesione in fondo a questa pagina, oppure mandando un messaggio di posta elettronica a:
I partecipanti potranno essere ospitati alla Casa dello Studente; in questo caso dovranno versare al momento dell'arrivo la quota di 160.000 lire. Tale cifra comprende le spese per il pernottamento, per i pranzi da lunedi a venerdi, e per il materiale fotocopiato. Inoltre i partecipanti dovrebbero prevedere una spesa di 150.000 lire per le cene, o 190.000 lire per chi pensasse di fermarsi in albergo la notte di venerdi. Per ogni esigenza non contemplata qui, si prega di rivolgersi in maniera specifica all'indirizzo sopra riportato.
I posti disponibili sono 30 per cui invitiamo a comunicare le adesioni quanto prima.
lunedi: Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie,
via Crescimbeni 14 (tel.0733/258235)
martedi: Facolta' di Scienze Politiche: Piazza Strambi
1
Entrambe le sedi sono in centro. Dalla stazione ci si arriva a piedi in 10 minuti. In alternativa esistono autobus o taxi.
E' auspicabile che si dia comunicazione se si prevede di arrivare dopo le 19, inviando un fax (0733-258205) oppure telefonando al dipartimento (lunedi' 1) al 0733-258235.
The seminar stems from previous experience of discussion and collaboration among a group of scholars from different universities worldwide. It represents a further occasion to spread knowledge and foster discussion. Partecipants are therefore encouraged to bring with them papers or articles on which they want comments and confrontation. Who is interested to join the workshop is requested to send the application form below, or to contact (by fax or e-mail):
Stay in Macerata may be up to attendants; however, unexpensive rooms are available at the "Casa dello studente", in which case partecipants are requested to pay 160.000 lire on arrival. This sum covers accomodation, lunches (from monday to friday) and photocopies. Partecipants are also invited to consider further expenses for dinners, and possibly friday night accomodation in hotels, for an extimated amount of 150.000 to 200.000 lire. Any other specific request should be handed in to the persons and address shown above.
Since partecipation is limited to a number of 30, please notify your interest as soon as possible.
monday: Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie,
via Crescimbeni 14 (tel.0733/258235)
tuesday: Facolta' di Scienze Politiche: Piazza Strambi
1
Both places are located in the center, and may be reached in ten minutes by foot from the railway station; else you can rely on buses and taxis.
Partecipants who plan to arrive after 7 pm on monday are kindly invited to inform the organizers either by fax (0733-258205), or calling (september, 1st) this number: 0733-258235.
