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Under the High Patronage of the President of the Italian Republic
International Conference
Sraffa's Production of Commodities by Means of Commodities 1960-2010.
2nd-4th December 2010, Roma Tre University, Faculty of Economics


CALL FOR PAPERS




The organization of the Conference includes plenary sessions, reserved to invited papers focussing on the key themes of the Conference, and parallel sessions, concerning specific issues relating to those themes. Though most papers in the parallel sessions will also be invited, the Conference intends to host a small number of submitted papers.

The themes of the Conference are:

  • The critique of the neoclassical theories of distribution and relative prices
  • The revival of the Classical surplus theory: distribution, relative prices, aggregate demand and growth
  • The Classical approach and its implications for economic policy and applied analysis
  • Issues on Sraffa's manuscripts
  • The Classical revival in the present situation of economic thought and in different social and political contexts

Scholars wishing to present a contribution on any of the Conference themes mentioned above are invited to submit an abstract (Microsoft Word or PDF format) of no more than 1200 words by May 15th, 2010. The abstract should be in English and include author information (full name, affiliation, research interests, e-mail address and/or telephone and fax number). Submissions should be addressed to sraffaconference2010@uniroma3.it in a message having as object 'abstract submission'.
Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Scientific Committee and authors will receive notification of acceptance by June 20th. Accepted papers (no more than 8.000 words) in their complete form must be sent by e-mail to sraffaconference2010@uniroma3.it within October 10th.
All papers presented at the Conference will be made available on the Conference website, subject to authors' permission.


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