EH.N: CfP: "Markets as Institutions; History and Theory"

[Ioanna Minoglou]

CALL FOR PAPERS
THIRD SYMPOSIUM OF THE EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF EVOLUTIONARY POLITICAL ECONOMY

In collaboration with
Economic Policy Laboratory, Department of 
Economics, Athens University of Economics and 
Business

on

MARKETS AS INSTITUTIONS: HISTORY AND THEORY
Date: 5-6 September 2008
Place: Athens University of Economics and Business, Athens Greece.

Program: key note lectures and parallel sessions.

Deadline abstracts (500 words): 15 December 2007.

A final version of accepted papers is requested by 15 June, 2008.

Submissions to: Ioanna Minoglou

email: iminoglou at aueb.gr

Fee: 100 ¤ . Participants will cover their air 
travel and hotel costs. However, we will secure 
for them preferential rates at a hotel near the 
venue. We will also provide hard copies of the 
papers; a welcome reception on the 4th of 
September; tea, lunch, dinner (5th and 6th of 
September) and an organised tour of the National 
Archaeological Museum.

Theme:

The purpose of this symposium is to explore new 
directions in historical and theoretical research 
on the institutional properties of markets. In 
world history markets have taken a plurality of 
shapes in terms of their routines, pricing 
procedures and other features. Among the key 
themes of interest are:

How have specific markets emerged?

What role have (national) institution building, 
codified legal systems, property rights and 
commercial/business culture played in the 
formation of markets?

How do institutional specificities influence the 
allocation of resources and the determination of 
prices?

In what ways do markets play a decisive part in 
determining alternative political economies?

Organizing Committee: John Groenewegen, Geoff 
Hodgson, Panagiotis Korliras, Pascal Petit, 
Ioanna Minoglou.