National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER: call for papers for 2002 ASSA meetings in Atlanta

Subject: call for papers for 2002 ASSA meetings in Atlanta
From: price fishback (pfishback@bpa.arizona.edu)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 07:40:43 EDT


Call for Papers
2002 ASSA Meetings
January 4-6, 2002

The Cliometrics Society will sponsor three sessions and the Economic
History Association will sponsor two sessions at the ASSA meetings in
Atlanta, January 4-6, 2001. The Selection Committee for the two sets of
sessions will be co-chaired by the ASSA Coordinator for the Cliometrics
Society, Kyle Kauffman (Wellesley College) and by ASSA Selection Chair for
the Economic History Association, Price Fishback (University of Arizona).

Authors interested in presenting papers should send a one to two page
proposal including a description of the paper and all contact information
by May 22, 2001. Authors are strongly encouraged to submit their proposals
via e-mail. Please send documents as attachments, in either Word or
WordPerfect format, to the following email account set up solely to receive
proposals:

Econhist@wellesley.edu

Hard copies may be sent to:

Professor Kyle Kauffman
Department of Economics
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA 02481
USA
Fax: +1-781-283-2177

We want to allow scholars to read summaries of the papers in advance of the
ASSA meetings. Authors submitting proposals for the both types of sessions
must be prepared to send a 3,000-word summary to the Society office by
September 1, 2001 for publication as an insert in the October Newsletter of
the Cliometrics Society as well as on the Cliometrics Society webpage.

Special rule for the Cliometrics sessions:
At least one author must be a member of The Cliometrics Society to be on
the Cliometrics Sessions.

Relevant Dates:

Proposals due May 22, 2001
Authors notified of acceptance of paper July 1, 2001
Paper summaries due at The Cliometrics Society office September 1, 2001
ASSA Meetings in Atlanta January 4-6, 2002

Please email any questions to Kyle Kauffman at: kkauffman@wellesley.edu

Price Fishback
Frank and Clara Kramer Professor of Economics
Economics Department
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
phone: 520-621-4421
fax: 520-621-8450
email pfishback@bpa.arizona.edu