European Association for Evolutionary and Political Economy

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European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy
Logo EAEPE
Established: 1988
Director: Pascal Petit
Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Website: www.eaepe.org

The European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE) is a pluralist forum of social scientists that brings together the theorists and theoretical traditions to develop a more realistic and adequate approach to theory and policy.

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[edit] Foundation

EAEPE was established in London, on 29 June 1988. However, the formal founding meeting was only held in September 1989 at the association's first annual conference in Keswick, Cumbria, UK. At this occasion, the EAEPE Constitution was adopted and a Steering Committee was elected, changed later into the EAEPE Council.

In 1991, the association adopted a Scientific Development Plan in which several Research Areas were designated for coordination to the relevant scholars.

[edit] Aims and objectives

Breaking away from the formalist orthodox economics theorising, the association promotes heterodox evolutionary, dynamic and realistic approaches to economic theory and policy.

[edit] Theoretical traditions

There is strong emphasis towards a wider research traditions of a range of scholars such as John Commons, Nicholas Kaldor, Michael Kalecki, William Kapp, John Maynard Keynes, Alfred Marshall, Karl Marx, Gunnar Myrdal, Edith Penrose, François Perroux, Karl Polanyi, Joan Robinson, Joseph Schumpeter, Herbert Simon, Adam Smith, Thorstein Veblen and Max Weber to institutionalist and evolutionary thought.

[edit] Publications

The association regularly publishes a series of conference volumes as well as volumes on specific topics. Additionally:

  • A biennial newsletter is published (since 1989)
  • A periodic Journal of Institutional Economics (JOIE) is devoted to the study of the nature, role and evolution of institutions in the economy

[edit] Awards

The association runs three prizes:

  • The Kapp Prize with the cooperation of the Kapp Foundation
  • The Myrdal Prize
  • The Herbert Simon Young Scholar Prize

[edit] See also

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