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project Series Contemporary Philosophy of Economics: A reading group

Epistemology of Economics: Kirman (1992) Representative Individual

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Next session we will discuss a paper by Alan Kirman (1992). The author analyses the epistemological shortcomings of representative agents for macroeconomic analysis. Kirman (1992) argues that *" well-behaved individuals need not produce a well-behaved representative agent; that the reaction of a representative agent to change need not reflect how the individuals of the economy …

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project Series YSI @ Keynesian Economics Debate Group (KEDG)

KEDG 2nd Meeting

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The Keynesian Economics Debate Group (KEDG) is continuing its activities! The second meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 13th at 6 pm ET. In this second meeting, we will discuss Luiz Tornaghi's paper, "The golden age and development economics". As in the first meeting, we are proposing a short presentation (15min) followed by discussion. We …

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project Series Conversations Around Pandemics in Africa in the Wake of COVID-19

Fiscal and Monetary Implications of COVID-19 in Africa and Beyond

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Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, the role, nature and efficiency of the African state has become subject of debate. Like the 2008 global financial crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic will change the structure of economies as we know them today. It is, therefore, an opportune moment to discuss the evolving …

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Plenary discussion

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We need to decide some issues as type of sessions, type of presentation, how many hours per day, which topics for the call for papers and so on

project Series Blurred frontiers b/w states and markets for pharmaceutical technologies

Asymmetric power in the transnational innovation networks of Big Pharma

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This article theoretically and empirically analyzes leader corporations’ innovation processes in contemporary capitalism. We highlight three characteristics: their transnational scope, the primacy of power or asymmetric relations exercised by leaders over the participants of their innovation circuits or networks, and the relevance of what we called technological competition and technological cooperation between leaders. Focusing on …

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Theoretical Foundations of Economic Development: a Classical Reappraisal

Institute of Economics of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro Avenida Pasteur, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Theoretical Foundations of Economic Development: towards a reappraisal of the Classical approach in Latin America The year 2020 involves by coincidence a set of celebrations about great critically oriented economists: 60 years of Sraffa's book, 100 years since the birth of the late Celso Furtado, and Maria da Conceição Tavares 90th birthday. Critically oriented …

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project Series Climate change and inequality paradigm- the developing world context

3rd Webinar on Climate Change and Inequality with Dr. Shouvik Chakraborty

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The third reading session on climate change will be chaired by senior research scholar Dr. Shouvik Chakraborty, who will talk about his experience in undertaking climate change research studies focused on India. Dr. Chakraborty is currently associated with Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at University of Massachusetts. Shouvik’s current research focuses on the generation of …

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Attribution Bias by Gender: Evidence from a Laboratory Experiment

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It is well understood that achieving gender parity matters for economic development. However, despite substantial progress in recent decades, gender inequality in the areas of well-being, rights, opportunities, and economic and political empowerment persists in many developing countries. A vast literature shows that discrimination leads to differences in men and women’s labour market outcomes at …

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project Series YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinars

YSI – Economic History Graduate Webinar: Homer Wagenaar

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Homer Wagenaar, PhD student at the Queen's university, Belfast, will present his joint work with Christopher L. Colvin: Patently Peculiar: Understanding the Impact of the Patent System of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1815-1830 If you wish to attend, please register for the entire series here: https://forms.gle/LtqDgzoDtAojZg1S8 Attendees will receive by email on Wednesday …

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