FIRST ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON THE HISTORY OF RECENT ECONOMICS (HISRECO 2007)

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First Annual Conference on the
History of Recent Economics (HISRECO)

21-23 June 2007
University of Paris X - Nanterre, 'K' Building

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21-23 June 2007
University of Paris X - Nanterre, 'K' Building

2:00-3:00pm	Opening Lecture: Why is the public sector so large in market societies? The perspective of myopic choice Avner Offer, University of Oxford
3:00-3:45pm	Economic drama: Leonard S. Silk at Business Week Tiago Mata, ISEG - Technical University of Lisbon Discussant: Avner Offer, University of Oxford
3:45pm	Coffee/tea break
4:15-5:00pm	The suspicious consistency of Milton Friedman's science and politics, 1933-1963 Béatrice Cherrier, EconomiX - Cachan Discussant: Tiago Mata, ISEG – Technical University of Lisbon
5:00-5:45pm	Chicago price theory and Chicago Law and Economics: A tale of two transitions Steven Medema, University of Colorado at Denver Discussant: Alain Marciano, EconomiX - Cachan and University of Reims
8:00 pm	Conference dinner: Restaurant "Escale à Saïgon"

10:00-10:45am	Jacob Mincer and the centrality of human capital for contemporary labour economics Pedro Teixeira, CEMPRE – University of Porto and CIPES Discussant: Eve Caroli, EconomiX and University of Nanterre
10:45-11:00am	The state at the bedside of “medical economics”: The contribution of CREDOC Daniel Benamouzig, CNRS - CERMES Discussant: Hélène Huber, EconomiX
11:30am	Coffee/tea break
12:00-12:45pm	Tobin's Keynesianism Robert Dimand, Brock University Discussant: Roger Backhouse, University of Birmingham
12:45pm	Lunch
2:15-3:00pm	Early development of experimental economics at the interdisciplinary crossroads Kyu Sang Lee, Ajou University Discussant: Jean-Louis Rullière, University of Lyon 2
3:00-3:45pm	Economics, psychology, and the history of consumer choice theory D. Wade Hands, University of Puget Sound Discussant: Nicola Giocoli, University of Pisa
8:30pm	Conference dinner : Café d'Enfer

10:00-10:45am	Cold War, dynamic programming, and the science of economizing: Bellman strikes gold in policy space Judy L. Klein, Mary Baldwin College Discussant: Wade Hands, University of Puget Sound
10:45-11:30am	Competition vs. property rights: American antitrust law, the Freiburg School and the early years of European competition policy Nicola Giocoli, University of Pisa Discussant: Albert Jolink (University of Amsterdam and Erasmus University Rotterdam)
11:30am	Coffee/tea break
12:00-12:45pm	The turn in and return of orthodoxy in recent economics John B. Davis, Marquette University and University of Amsterdam Discussant: Carlo Zappia, University of Siena
12:45pm	Lunch