History of Altruism Research Group Workshop

5^th ANR Workshop:
The self-interest model and seemingly unselfish behavior in
postwar social science

Friday, 13 November 2009
École normale supérieure de Cachan
Bâtiment Cournot, salle 518

13 November 2009
École normale supérieure de Cachan
Cournot Building, Room #518

9:45-10:00am
Coffee, tea, viennoisierie

10:00-10:55am
Romain Huret (University of Lyon 2)
Hurricane Katrina: Poverty, Solidarity and Conflicts in a Time of Crisis

11:05-12:00am
Philippe Fontaine (ENS Cachan)
Beyond Altruism? Economics and the Minimization of Unselfish Behavior, 1976-1993

Lunch

1:30-2:25pm
Alain Marciano (University of Reims)
Altruism and Institutions: Buchanan on Externalities

2:35-3:30pm
Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham and Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Free riding, Competition and Altruism: Some Connections?

Workshop end

All requests for information should be sent to :
Philippe Fontaine : philippe.fontaine<at>ens-cachan.fr (replace <at> with @)

All requests for information should be sent to :
Philippe Fontaine : philippe.fontaine<at>ens-cachan.fr (replace <at> with @)