With very few exceptions, if any, ways of measurement are to some extent arbitrary and it is part of the scientific process to agree on which ways to use and how to use them when measuring. Measurement in Economics and in particular, measurement of individual and organizational basic aspects of society is therefore a topic that lies crucially between philosophy and economics, an area in which the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation has annually organized a Summer School.
Our proposal aims to discuss theoretical works regarding how to measure important concepts for the economic analysis (Inequality/Poverty/Welfare, Segregation/Discrimination/Homophily, Rationality/Consistency, Riskiness/Uncertainty/Information, Diversity/Conflict/Bizarreness or Intellectual Influence/Network Centrality among others). The course is structured around such central topics on which general talks and specific contributions will be discussed.
PhD students from all over the world will be admitted and may contribute through poster presentations.
Aims and scope
The 15th edition of the Urrutia Elejalde Summer School focuses on the broad theme of Measurement in Economics. In particular, the school aims to discuss topics such as Inequality, Poverty, Welfare, Segregation, Rationality, Diversity, or Intellectual Influence
Program
July 18
10:00h. Opening Remarks
10:30h. Measurement of Social Welfare in the context of Risk by Marc Fleurbaey Princeton University)
11:30h. Coffee Break
12:00h Measurement of Income Inequality by Conchita D’Ambrosio (Universitá de Milano-Bicocca)
13:00h Lunch
14:30h. Measurement of Human Development by Carmen Herrero (Universidad
de Alicante, IVIE and IAE)
15:30h. Measurement of Population Health by Juan D. Moreno-Ternero
(Universidad Pablo de Olavide and CORE, Université catholique de Louvain)
July 19
9:30h. A characterization of the Atkinson index of Segregation by Oscar Volij (Ben Gurion University)
10:30h. Random-Walk Segregation Measures by Marc Vorsatz (UNED)
11:30h. Coffee Break
12:00h. Measurement of Group Fitness by John Weymark (Vanderbilt University)
13:00h. Lunch
14:30h. General Revealed Preference Theory by Federico Echenique (California Institute of Technology)
15:30h. Measurement of Rationality and Welfare by Miguel A. Ballester (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and MOVE)
16:30h. Poster Session
July 20
10:30h. Measurement of Diversity by Shlomo Webber (Southern Methodist University)
11:30h. Coffee Break
12:00h. Measurement of Decisiveness by Walter Bossert (Université de Montreal)
13:00h. Lunch
14:30h. Measurement of Scientific Quality and Influence by Javier Ruiz Castillo
(Universidad Carlos III, Madrid)
15:30h. Measurement of Intellectual Influence by Ignacio Palacios-Huerta (London School of Economics and Ikerbasque Foundation)
21:00h. Farewell dinner for all participants
Venue and information
- Venue: Miramar Palace (San Sebastian)
- Contact (University of Basque Country) and more information
This prize is directed to the enhancement of diversity in quality research by economists working on a variety of fields. The first recipient of the prize was Alan Kirman in 2010. The second was Fernando Vega in 2011.
Nominations can be made on behalf of any researcher who now or in the past has worked in some of the institutions affiliated with ASSET. Nominations should include the list of publications of the candidate, with a clear indication of the date and journal when and where they appeared indicating, in the case of Economics, the JEL field or fields each publication belongs to. They may (but need not) include a nomination statement referring to the variety and the quality of the candidate’s work in Economics and other fields. Nominations can be made by any researcher or group of researchers working in an institution belonging to ASSET, and by the candidates themselves, if they wish. Last year nominees will be taken into account unless they express their will not to be considered.
Submissions have to reach the Foundation (FUE, Fortuny 37, sotabanco dcha. 28010, Madrid, Spain or be sent through our contact form before June 15, 2012.
The method to classify candidates according to the diversity will take into account both the h index and the number of areas in which the candidate has published as indicated by the web of science. In both cases proper weights will be assigned to the number of papers of quality as reflected by the h index and to the number of areas in which the researcher has made significant contributions.
The FUE will appoint an ad-hoc Committee of four members chaired by the President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation and three other members. Aurelia Modrego, from Universidad Carlos III, will act as Secretary of the Committee. This Committee will choose a unique prize winner among those candidates pre-selected by the President and the Secretary. The decision, not subject to appeal, will be announced by the end of september 2012.
The prize will consist of a sculpture and a substantial direct financial aid for the organization, in connection with the 2013 ASSET meeting, of a special workshop conducted by the winner of the 2012 prize, on subjects reflecting the variety and scope of his or her research interests. The winner, by accepting the prize, will also commit to help organize the meeting. He will be presented the prize during the 2012 ASSET meetings, where the general subject of the special workshop will be announced.
The jury of the Urrutia Elejalde Diversity Prize, composed of Juan Urrutia (Chair), Claude d’Asprémont, Alan Kirman and Salvador Barberà, has unanimously agreed to propose Fernando Vega Redondo as the winner of the prize’s second edition, for the year 2011.
Fernando has worked in a diversity of fields, notably in public economics, evolutionary game theory, learning, experimental economics and the theory of networks. He has used a variety of tools some of them adopted from other sciences to treat these diverse topics. He has cooperated with scientists from other scientific fields in particular biologists and physicists and has also, himself, made contributions to those fields. Indeed he has published not only in the leading economics journals, but also in salient journals such as Physical Review, the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, and Science.
This prize is in recognition of the quality of his work and also of his capacity to go beyond the limits of the economics profession, and to connect with a diversity of scientific fields.
Aims and scope
Since 1998 the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation has annually organized a Summer School on frontier topics between philosophy and economics and other social sciences, bringing together scholars from all these fields to explore them. The aim of this year Summer School is to explore the potential avenues for collaboration between the growing disciplines of experimental economics and experimental philosophy. Experimental economics has evolved into a thriving subfield, as attested by the number of experimental papers published in leading general economics journals. This growing enthusiasm for experiments in economics has coincided with the revival of philosophical and methodological analyses of causality, which view the controlled experiment as the privileged gate to causal inference. But more importantly, in the last years, a new field known as experimental philosophy has set out to complement or even substitute for pre-theoretical intuitions regarding philosophical themes such as moral dilemmas or rationality. At a moment in which experimental economics is already well-established and experimental philosophy is emerging, this meeting compares their main themes and results.
Preliminary schedule [PDF]
Plenary lectures
- Nicholas BARDSLEY (University of Reading), Experimental economics, models and the world
- Cristina BICCHIERI (UPenn), Experimental philosophy meets experimental economics
- Giorgio CORICELLI (CNRS, Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon), Emotion, cognition and the brain: the neural correlates of counterfactual emotions
- Jason DANA (UPenn), Nosy preferences
- Francesco GUALA (Univ. di Milano), Experimental versus conceptual analysis in economics and philosophy
- Nagore IRIBERRI (U. Pompeu Fabra) Elicited beliefs and social information in modified dictator games: what do dictators believe other dictators do?
- Joshua KNOBE (Yale University), Intention, cause, blame
- Shaun Nichols (U. Arizona), Brute retributivism
- Daniel ZIZZO (University of East Anglia), Objectives and confounds in economic experiments
Contributed papers
- Andrighetto, Giulia (European University Institute), The Normative Power of Punishment
- Brañas-Garza, Pablo (Universidad de Granada), Solidarity and information
- Fernandez-Dols, Jose. (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Self-Interest and Normative Conflict: A New Look at Moral Hypocrisy
- Cettolin, Elena (Maastricht University), Fairness and Uncertainty
- Civai, Claudia (International School for Advanced Studies – Trieste), Self involvement and fairness concerns in the Ultimatum Game
- Gallotti, Mattia (University of Exeter), Collective Intentionality in the Lab
- Grieco, Daniela (Bocconi University), Ethnic heterogeneity, cooperation, and anti-social punishment
- Gold, Natalie (University of Edinburgh), Judgments in Trolley Problems
- Kurschilgen, Michael (Max Planck Institute), The Jurisdiction Of The Man Within: Intrinsic Norms in a Public Goods Experiment
- Lopez, Raul (Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), Why do People Tell the Truth? Experimental Evidence for Pure Lie-Aversion
- Miller, Luis (Oxford University), Inequality, distributive justice and the individual
- Nagatsu, Michiru (University of Tartu), Experimental Philosophy of Economics
- Olivola, Christopher (University College London), The Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) Dilemma: Medical Martyrdom Appeals To Moral Intuitions More Than Normative Cost- Benefit Analyses
- Vallois, N. (Université Paris 1- Pantheon Sorbonne), Neuroeconomics Beyond Reductionism: Vernon Smith and the Social Brain topos
- Zhou, Yan. (Kyoto Sangyo University), The Knobe Effect in Experimental Economics
Registration
Due to constraints of space, we will accept a limited number of attendants. Depending on the number, the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation may cover some costs. Applicants should register directly with the University of the Basque Country, visiting their website. Deadline: May 31st
Further information
Academic inquiries (not about registration) should be addressed to philandecon@gmail.com
This prize is directed to the enhancement of diversity in quality research by economists working on a variety of fields. The first recipient of the prize was Alan Kirman in 2010. Nominations can be made on behalf of any researcher who now or in the past has worked in some of the institutions affiliated with ASSET. Nominations should include the list of publications of the candidate, with a clear indication of the date and journal when and where they appeared indicating, in the case of Economics, the JEL field or fields each publication belongs to. They may (but need not) include a nomination statement referring to the variety and the quality of the candidate’s work in Economics and other fields. Nominations can be made by any researcher or group of researchers working in an institution belonging to ASSET, and by the candidates themselves, if they wish. Last year nominees will be taken into account unless they express their will not to be considered and provided they update their C.V. to include the abovementioned JEL fields.
Submissions have to reach the Foundation (FUE, Fortuny 37, sotabanco dcha. 28010, Madrid, Spain or juelejalde [at] gmail.com) before June 15, 2011.
The method to classify candidates according to the diversity will take into account both the h index and the number of areas in which the candidate has published as indicated by the web of science. In both cases proper weights will be assigned to the number of papers of quality as reflected by the h index and to the number of areas in which the researcher has made significant contributions.
The FUE will appoint an ad-hoc Committee of four members chaired by the President of the Board of Directors of the Foundation and three other members. Aurelia Modrego, from Universidad Carlos III, will act as Secretary of the Committee. This Committee will choose a unique prize winner among those candidates pre-selected by the President and the Secretary. The decision, not subject to appeal, will be announced by the end of september 2011.
The prize will consist of a sculpture and a substantial direct financial aid for the organization, in connection with the 2012 ASSET meeting, of a special workshop conducted by the winner of the 2011 prize, on subjects reflecting the variety and scope of his of her research interests. The winner, by accepting the prize, will also commit to help organize the meeting. He will be presented the prize during the 2011 ASSET meetings, where the general subject of the special workshop will be announced.
The FUE-Diversity Prize Committee is happy to announce its decision to award the 1rst Diversity Prize to Professor Alan Kirman.
This is to acknowledge the wide range of interests, the broad views and the quality of Professor Kirman’s research, as well as the variety of his pioneering contributions. His work covers many fields, from mathematical economics and microeconomics to macroeconomics and international trade. He has written at the highest theoretical level, while also pioneering in the detailed empirical analysis of specific markets. He has been a contributor to the hottest lines of research, while at the same time also opening new and yet largely unexplored avenues.
To elaborate on the richness and variety of Professor Kirman’s work, let us mention that: -
- He has cultivated normative economics, contributing to the theories of fairness and social choice;
- His work on the representative consumer and on the core place him among the most sophisticated contributors to the Golden Age of General equilibrium theory;
- His early work on trade and his recent one on volatility and bubbles mark his continued concern to address the world’s most pressing issues and to shed light on them from a creative angle;
- He has been active in the discussion of scientific policies in Europe and their impact on economic research;
- Finally, he has been pioneer in the incorporation to economic research of new ideas, at early times in their development: this includes his early work on learning, on networks and on the study of markets.
For all of this, we are proud to announce the concession of this diversity prize to Alan Kirman. As an addendum to the decision, we also want to say that there were other highly qualified candidates. We thank them, and the colleagues who presented their applications. Their participation made our task more difficult, but it holds the promise that this prize can continue to be awarded to high level economists for years to come. The jury recommends that all researchers who were already presented as candidates be retained as such for the next edition, in addition, of course, to any others who might be proposed. Since the decision was backed by an in-depth bibliometric study, we had a rich discussion about the objectives of the prize, the different possible meanings of diversity, the variety of methods to quantify it in terms that also give weight to quality. The Foundation intends to keep improving the methodology used to build a diversity index and hope to get inputs from the ASSET community regarding this issue. (Suggestions and comments can be emailed here)
Salvador Barberà, Claude D’Aspremont & Juan Urrutia
Aims and scope
The 13th edition of the Urrutia Elejalde Summer School focuses on the debate about the main failures behind the current big recession, as well as on the lessons that could be drawn to design potential solutions which improve the working of market economies in the future. In particular, the school aims to discuss failures and new directions related to the working of financial markets, coordination, regulation, mechanism design, pay incentives, public policies, response of policy makers to the crisis, and the state of macroeconomics (with specific reference to equilibrium/disequilibrium, flexible/ rigid adjustment and individualistic/ holistic behaviour). The regular course is structured around central topics each one presented in one or two general talks, followed by specific research papers on subjects related to the topic and by a lively debate.
Preliminary program [PDF]
Preliminary list of speakers
- Michele Boldrin (University Washington in Saint Louis)
- Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (U. Pennsylvania)
- Alan Kirman (GREQAM, U. Marseille)
- Joseph M. Ostroy (UCLA)
- John Roemer (Yale University)
- Juan F. Rubio-Ramirez (Duke University)
- Gilles Saint-Paul (Toulouse)
- Rafael Repullo (CEMFI)
Registration and grants
The organization offers a number of grants to cover registration fees and/or accommodation expenses. Applications should include a short C.V. and, in the case of graduate students, a letter of recommendation by at least one professor.
Download and fill the registration form [Word] and the application form [Word] and send them before June 15 to alumnos@sc.ehu.es
Structure of the Meeting
The aim of the workshop is to analyze the basic results and theories on Judgement Aggregation. The meeting constitutes an opportunity to discuss in detail the origins, the main contributions and the potential of this topic for economists. The meeting is structured around general overviews on central topics in the Judgement Aggregation literature. As a whole, the meeting can be thought as a course on Judgement Aggregation for Social Choice researchers or Ph.D. students interested in close topics. Departing from a traditional meeting, talks will allow the speakers to present in detail the formal tools required for the exposition of their results, and also, a neat discussion of the key aspects within the proof of such results.
Preliminary Program [PDF]
Sponsors
The aims of the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation are the promotion, advancement, and development of Economic Science, as well as of its philosophical foundations and implications. The foundation has organized, since 1999, this Winter Workshop. MOVE (Markets, Organizations and Votes in Economics) is the brand new Economics research institute in the Barcelona area, engaged in high quality economic analysis research. Promoted by Professor Salvador Barberà, MOVE’s Director, its objectives are to push the frontiers of its
three areas of expertise, to attract the best junior and senior researchers, and to promote scientific collaboration and exchange through successful events such as this Workshop. The Urrutia Elejalde Foundation and MOVE have recently signed a broad agreement of collaboration to develop common research projects and programmes, joint scientific meetings and dissemination activities to encourage the advancement of Economics research and the public awareness of its results.
Speakers
- Salvador Barberà
- Franz Dietrich
- Ron Holzman
- Christian List
- Bernard Monjardet
- Philippe Mongin
- Hervé Moulin
- Klaus Nehring
- Clemens Puppe
Contributed papers
The last day of the meeting, one tutorial will be devoted to short communications by four researchers working on Judgement Aggregation topics. A limited call for papers is opened. If you are interested in submitting a paper, please forward an extended abstract or paper, as an e-mail attachment before October 31st.
Registration
The organization will accept 25 applicants as audience of the meeting, covering their fee, coffee-breaks and lunches, and the welcome dinner with the speakers. Applications can be sent via e-mail before October 31st to miguelangel.ballester [at] uab.es
Aims and scope
The aim of the 12th edition of the school includes the debate of current trends in Welfare Economics. In particular, the school aims to discuss novel critiques and new proposals regarding individual and collective choice. The regular course is structured around central topics each one presented in one or two general talks, followed by specific research papers on subjects related to the topic and by a debate.
The schedule [PDF]
Speakers
General talks
- Walter Bossert
- Luis Corchón
- François Maniquet
- Paola Manzini
- Prasanta Pattanaik
- Ariel Rubinstein
- Ran Spiegler
- Jean Tirole
Contributed papers
- Miguel A. Ballester
- Jon X Egia, Michael Mandler
- Marco Mariotti
- Yusufcan Masatlioglu
- Andrea Mattozzi
- Kareen Rozen
- Yuval Salant
- Yves Sprumont
Keynote Speaker: Roger Backhouse (University of Birmingham)
Final Program [PDF] | Registration form [Doc][PDF] | Book of abstracts [PDF]
Plenary panel sessions
- Neuroeconomics, coordinated by Don Ross (U. of Alabama at Birmingham & U. of Cape Town), with the participation of Mark Dean (New York University) & Jack Vromen (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- Neoliberalism as Philosophy and Politics, coordinated by Philip Mirowski (University of Notre Dame), with the participation of John O’Neill (U. Manchester) & Dieter Plehwe (Social Science Research Center Berlin). Discussant: Matthias Klaes (Keele U.)
Scientific Committee
- Uskali Maki (Academy of Finland, Chair)
- Roger Backhouse (U. Birmingham)
- D. Wade Hands (U. Puget Sound)
- Esther-Mirjam Sent (U. Nijmegen)
- Bruce Caldwell (U. N. Carolina Greensboro)
- Matthias Klaes (Keele U.)
- Jesus Zamora-Bonilla (UNED)
Organizing Committee
- J. Francisco Alvarez (UNED)
- Miranda del Corral (UNED)
- Juan Carlos Garcia-Bermejo (UAM, Chair)
- Maria Jimenez Buedo (UNED)
- Julian Reiss (EIPE)
- David Teira (UNED)
- Juan Urrutia (UEF)
- Jesus Zamora-Bonilla (UNED, INEM representative)
INEM 2008 is immediately preceded by the VIII Winter Workshop on Economics and Philosophy: Ethics, Justice, and Gender (speakers: Diana Strassmann, co-ordinator; Alison Jaggar, Fabienne Peter, Ingrid Robeyns and Stephanie Seguino) on Sept. 11 and the morning of Sept. 12, also hosted by the Urrutia Elejalde Foundation.
The Iberoamerican Society for Economic Methodology will hold their bi-annual session in Madrid on September 9-10.
Conference Venue
Escuelas Pias
Calle Tribulete 14
The conference will take place in the Escuelas Pias, a former religious school and orphanage dating from the XVIII century, later destroyed in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s. The building has been recently reconstructed and is now used by the Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia for tutoring part of their students in Madrid. UNED, the Spanish Open University, is the biggest university in the country with about 180.000 students, many of them abroad.
Lunches and the conference dinner will be served at the very trendy cafe inside Escuelas Pias: Gaudeamus
How to get there
The easiest way is to take the metro to Lavapies (Line 3) and walk to Calle Tribulete (a 100 meters away)
Escuelas Pias is in walking distance from Sol (15 minutes) or Atocha (20 min). It’s in the very centric and multicultural district of Lavapies.
This is the approximate situation of the venue in a general map of the city:
The VI INEM conference is supported by
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