Volume 53 November 2002 Number 4 METROECONOMICA INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS ARTICLES All That I Have to Say Has Already Crossed Your Mind Roger Koppl and J. Barkley Rosser Jr 339 Public Policy for Efficient Education Walter H. Fisher and Christian Keuschnigg 361 Critical Realism and Econometrics: Constructive Dialogue with Post Keynesian Economics Paul Downward and Andrew Mearman 391 Duality Theory and Long-period Price Systems Arrigo Opocher 416 Strategic Interactions in a Growth Model with Infrastructure Capital Akihisa Shibata 434 Announcement Annual Index 463
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Metroeconomica 53:4 (2002) 461 462 CALL FOR PAPERS Symposium dedicated to the work of Josef Steindl Metroeconomica in collaboration with the Austrian Institute of Economic Research, Vienna, is organizing a symposium dedicated to Josef Steindl s work and the developments it triggered. The symposium is planned to take place in Vienna, Austria, in the first week of September 2003 (ten years after Josef Steindl passed away). The symposium will deal with the following themes which played a major role in Steindl s work: d Maturity and stagnation d Imperfect competition d The birth, growth and survival of firms as a stochastic process d Stagnation theory and stagnation policy d The economics of technical change d Steindl and Kalecki From the papers submitted to the conference, and after their proper refereeing, it is planned to publish a selection in a special issue of Metroeconomica. Scholars who would like to attend and present a paper are asked to send a proposal, an abstract of not more than 500 words and full details of their affiliation. These should be sent by 30 November 2002, preferably using e-mail, to the secretary of Metroeconomica: Manuela.Haas@kfunigraz.ac.at The postal address for submission is: Metroeconomica, Professor Heinz # Blackwell Publishers Ltd 2002, 108 Cowley Road, Oxford OX4 1JF, UK and 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148, USA.
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