Call for Papers

From the historical fact that the developing of knowledge in all the sciences has been coming from the heterodox field, we are inviting to participate in this effort, teachers, researchers, and intellectuals by submitting an essay, article, research completed or under development.

The central theme of the Third Seminar of Heterodox Microeconomics is:

MONOPOLY AND TRANSNATIONAL FIRM, THEORY AND PRACTICE

Interested researchers can develop purely theoretical issues and / or applied research, such as industry, agribusiness, mining, services, banking, and telephony.

You can also submit papers on the following areas of expertise:

• Theory of the firm
• Monopoly and monopoly’ practices
• Transnational corporations
• Fixed prices
• Inflation and growth
• Definitions and general concepts of microeconomics
• Theory and practice of supply
• Theory and practice of demand
• Cases of particular firms
• Contributions to teaching and learning of microeconomics from the perspective of heterodox microeconomics.

Any other issue of relevance in the field of microeconomics may be placed for consideration by the promoter committee.

The conference invites submissions on or before October 1st., 2010 according with the conference title. Papers selected for inclusion in a theme will be peer reviewed by the theme organizers.

A theme proposal should provide:

• An appeal for submissions to a consistent set of panels of no more than 500 words;
• A short title for the theme (no more than 10 words);
• The name of panel organizers or organizer, together with contact details;
• A brief description of the peer review process which the theme organizers will apply.

The closing date for theme submissions is October 1st. 2010, the same as that for papers.

The papers must have the following characteristics:

• A maximum of 30 double-spaced pages.
• A maximum one-page summary in English and Spanish.

Registration

Participants must apply for registration, as soon as possible via email, with any member of the organizing committee; they must be sent as well the contributions (abstract and paper) to the seminar e-mail: smh@economia.unam.mx

Seminar Dynamics

The organizing committee will designate the commentators, who read and formulate their written comments to the paper, which will be forwarded to the author for consideration and discussion during the seminar.

The papers presented to the seminar will be evaluated with a view to its possible publication in a compilation of research papers.

There will be two types of session, regular sessions and poster sessions. Regular sessions will be 60 minutes long and will usually consist of either two papers with at least one discussant, or three papers with or without a discussant. The presentation of each theme will have a maximum of 20 minutes and a replica of 10-20 minutes for one or two commentators, in order that the speaker is benefited from comments from subject specialists.

Participants who cannot provide a complete paper by the deadline will be invited to present their ideas in a poster session. Poster sessions, which encourage new and incomplete work, will allow participants to display their main ideas, distribute their work, and discuss their work with colleagues.

Participants will be expected to take part in at least two full days of the conference to be included in the final programme. Participants should also be prepared to serve as discussants and/or session chairs.