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Dear all,
we want let you know that
the call for paper for the
"5th Workshop on Economics and Heterogeneous Interacting Agents"
is available on our web site: 
http://www.econ.unian.it/ospiti/siec/

The workshop will be in Marseille, June 15-17th 
and the deadline is January 20th.

Please, forward this message to the
interested mailing lists.

Best Regards and hope to see you in Marseille

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                                               WEHIA 2000
                                     MARSEILLE June 15-17th
             5th Workshop on Economics and Heterogeneous Interacting  Agents
                                       CALL FOR PAPERS

The 5th Workshop on Economics with Heterogeneous Interacting Agents will 
be hosted by GREQAM, Marseille. Previous
workshops were hosted by the University of Ancona in 1996, 1997 and 1998 
and the University of Genoa in 1999. 

OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP 

Recently there has been a growing interest in finding alternative 
microfoundations for aggregate behaviour. The standard use of
representative agent models as a basis for macroeconomics has been 
increasingly criticised. Despite the fact that it provides a
vehicle for elegant technical analysis and uses a widely accepted model of 
individual behaviour it is not theoretically justified nor
does it stand up to tests on empirical data. 

Therefore, the need to go beyond the representative agent model has generated 
a considerable literature. Efforts are being
made to create models that are both mathematically tractable and empirically 
satisfactory. In such models, the link between
individual and aggregate behaviour is much more complicated than is 
traditionally the case in macroeconomic theory. But, it is
precisely this that makes such models interesting and important. 

The 5th Workshop on Economics and Heterogeneous Interacting Agents offers 
an opportunity to present the latest research on
various aspects of the economy as a complex system made up of multiple 
heterogeneous interacting agents. Research from
various related domains – statistical mechanics, thermodynamics, learning, the 
theory of self-organising systems can all be
helpful in developing more satisfactory approaches to macroeconometrics and 
macroeconomic theory. 

Workshop topics will cover research in all areas related to models of interacting 
agents. These include: 

     Interacting Agents: General Considerations 
     Aggregation of heterogeneous agents 
     The Stability of Cooperation 
     Bounded Rationality 
     Interacting Particle Systems and Economics 
     Percolation Theory and Economics 
     Learning in Economics 
     Evolutionary Game Theory 
     Computational Methods in Economics 
     Market Structure and its Emergence 
     Economic Graphs and Networks 

Papers presenting analysis of empirical data are particularly welcome. 

  

Submitting a paper 

The Programme Committee invites persons interested in making a contribution 
to send a long abstract of about 800 words in
PostScript or in Microsoft Word electronic format: 

Submission Deadline: January 20th, 2000 

Notification of acceptance: March 20th 

Final version of the accepted papers required by April 30th , to be put on a CD 
and on the web page of the conference. 

Presenting authors will have to register for the conference by May 15st. 

Attendance and Fees 

Attendance at the Workshop is limited, with preference given to authors of 
accepted papers. There is no registration fee. 

All participants will be required to provide for their own expenses; details on 
accomodation opportunities will be provided. 

Information Request 

For further information please contact 

by e-mail to: Jean-Benoit Zimmermann [log in to unmask] 

or fax: + 33 4 91 90 02 27 

  


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