Call for papers

European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
EAEPE 2010 Conference, Bordeaux, 28-30 October 2010
The economic crisis and the renewal of the European model(s)
Revisiting the debate on varieties of capitalism
Call for papers
During the 1990s (the « new economy » era) and the beginning of the 2000s, liberal market economies (LMEs) were usually presented as performing better than coordinated market economies (CMEs) regarding their economic performances (growth rates, productivity, employment, finance, etc.), and this due to their flexibilities despite their negative impacts (income inequalities). In-depth studies of socioeconomic performances contested such a view and highlighted instead the successes of some European countries as well as the limited performances of some LMEs, including the US. Nevertheless, the dominant political view continued to stress the superior efficiency of market-based mechanisms of coordination and, due to the globalization process, concluded that CMEs would have no other choice than to introduce more flexibility in their markets (product, labour, finance, etc.). The 2008 financial crisis challenges such a view as CMEs – including emerging countries – have tended to show greater powers of adaptation to the crisis, in particular by limiting its negative impact on their financial structures and employment. Indeed, an unexpected flexibility has often been revealed and the virtues of regulation have been rediscovered.
Given such a general context, theoretical debates on varieties of capitalism now clearly need to deepen analysis of the diversity of socioeconomic models, especially through confronting the following challenges:
• By developing a dynamic approach to institutional changes
• Understanding adaptations to the economic crisis
• Analysing the diversity of European forms of capitalism and its future
• Taking into account interaction between scales of regulation (EU, national governments, regions)
• Articulating micro/meso/macro approaches to institutional diversity
• Integrating into analysis financialisation, growth and inequalities
• Developing varieties of capitalism approaches within new areas of research: environmental issues, emerging economies, etc.
Keynote speakers: David Soskice (Oxford University) and Takahiro Fujimoto (Hosei University, Tokyo, to be confirmed)
Keywords: institutional change, comparative analysis of capitalism, European model
Submission of abstracts:
Upload a 600-700 word abstract through the EAEPE website http://eaepe.org/ by May 31, 2010 (new deadline)
The abstract should clearly mention:
- title of the paper
- name of the author(s) and full address of the corresponding author (postal address, phone, fax and email)
- the aim of the study and methodology
- (expected) results and/or conclusion
- up to 5 keywords
- whether you submit an abstract for the conference theme, a research area or the PhD session (for new members, the EAEPE research areas’ list is available on the website: http://eaepe.org/).
The submitted abstracts will be refereed by the scientific committee and the coordinators of research areas.
Important deadlines:
New Deadline for abstract submission: May 31, 2010
Notification for abstract acceptance: June 30, 2010
Deadline for paper submission: September 15, 2010
In order to be included in the final program, the paper has to be submitted before the above stated date and at least one of the authors has to be registered, has paid the conference fee and be a paid EAEPE member. Please note that you have to be an EAEPE member in order to attend the conference.
Scientific committee :
Claude Dupuy, Jackie Krafft, Yannick Lung, Eva Niesten, Vanessa Oltra, Pasquale Tridico and Andy Smith
Local organizer: GREThA UMR CNRS 5113 – Université de Bordeaux
With the support of :
• European Union (FP7, ICaTSEM and FINNOV projects)
• Conseil Régional d’Aquitaine
• Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV, PRES Université de Bordeaux

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