Association for Evolutionary Economics
AFEE at ASSA - January 5, 6, 7 2024
Institutions and Economics for a Just World
All AFEE Sessions and Events held at
Marriott Riverwalk, San Antonio, Texas, USA
AFEE Special Events
Thursday Jan 4: 4pm-5pm, Valero Room
JEI Editorial Board Meeting, by invitation
Thursday Jan 4: 5:30pm-10pm, Alamo Ballroom Salon A
AFEE Annual Board Meeting; open to AFEE members
Friday Jan 5: 12:30pm-2:15pm, Alamo Ballroom Salon E&F
Veblen-Commons Award Luncheon–reservation required
Dr. Charles J. Whalen, The Baldy Center for Law and Social Policy, University at Buffalo
“Telling It Like It Is: Reflections of a Maverick Economist”
Friday Jan 5: 5:30pm-7pm, Bonham Room
AFEE Annual Membership Meeting
The AFEE membership meeting is an opportunity to recognize the recipients of awards, discuss the business of AFEE and any outcomes of the AFEE board meeting, and share details about members activities and possible future projects.
- 2024 James H. Street Scholar Award, Diego Guevara
- 2024 Clarence Ayres Scholar Award, Danielle Guizzo
- 2023 AFEE Service Award, John Hall
- JEI Editor’s Prize for 2023, Selin Koksal Arac and Serap Cabuk
Saturday Jan 6: 5:00pm-6:30pm, Salon A
AFEE Presidential Address
Gary Dymski, University of Leeds
"Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity" in a planetary crisis: Institutional Economics beyond the ’t/T’ duality
Saturday Jan 6: 6:45pm-9:00pm, Riverview Room, P1 level
AFEE Cocktail Reception
AFEE at ASSA Sessions:
Session 1: Friday Jan 5, 8:00 am-10:00am, Bonham Room
Power, Finance, and Development in Africa, and Issues in Development
AFEE– ASE Joint session
Chair: Geoffrey Schneider, Bucknell University
Africa and the Global Financial System: Critical Perspectives
Howard Stein, University of Michigan
The China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) and African Development
Alicia Girón, National Autonomous University of Mexico
Corruption and African Development: A Critical Assessment
Geoffrey Schneider, Bucknell University
Supply Chain Economics: a Fresh Lens for Holistic Analysis
Larry Wigger, University of Missouri-Kansas City
Interrogating Theories of Power within Original Institutionalist Thought
Jacob Powell, Bucknell University
COVID-19 Pandemic and Cryptocurrency Volatility: An Empirical Analysis
Ben Chalbia Radhouan, Higher Institute of Transport Services of Sousse
Session 2: Friday Jan 5, 10:15-12:15pm, Bonham Room
Macro, Finance, and Inequality
Chair: Leila Davis, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Capacity Constraints, Procyclical Profits and the Income
Composition Channel of Monetary Policy
Vasudeva Ramaswamy, American University
Corporate Taxation and Market Power Wealth
Lidia Brun, American University, Ignacio González, American
University, and Juan Montecino, American University
The Myth that Shareholders are Always Investors
Lenore Palladino, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Financialization, External Constraint And Democracy: Challenges for Changes in Peripheral Economies
Diego Guevara, National University of Columbia, James H. Street Scholar for 2024
Stable Profit Rates in a Time of Rising Market Power: the Role of Financial and Intangible Assets in the U.S. Corporate Sector
Leila Davis, University of Massachusetts-Boston
Inflation in Times of Overlapping Emergencies: Systemically
Significant Prices from an Input-output Perspective
Isabella Weber, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Jesus Jauregui, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Lucas Teixeira, University of Campinas, Luiza Peres, University of São Paulo
Veblen-Commons Award Luncheon: Friday Jan 5 12.30pm-2:15pm, Alamo Ballroom Salon E&F
RSVP Required
Presiding: Gary Dymski, University of Leeds
Introduction: Susan Schroeder, University of Sydney
The Veblen-Commons Award is the highest honor given annually by AFEE, in recognition of significant contributions to evolutionary institutional economics
Dr. Charles J. Whalen, The Baldy Center for Law and Social
Policy, University at Buffalo
“Telling It Like It Is: Reflections of a Maverick Economist”
Session 3: Friday Jan 5, 2:30-4:30pm, Bonham
Issues in Sustainability: Climate Change, Food, Regulation and Growth
Chair: Susan Schroeder, University of Sydney
Greenhouse Gases and the American Clean Air Act: The Effects of the 1990 Act on Shareholder Wealth
Scott Carson, University of Texas-Permian Basin
Regulating Roof-Top Solar Generation: Defending Sustainable Projects from Utililty Proposals
Robert Loube, Rolka Loube
Preying on “Biological” Preferences: The Case of Food Industry
Rojhat Avsar, Columbia College
The Impacts of Climate Change on Industrial Configuration and the Development of Fragility
Susan Schroeder, University of Sydney
From Safety Movement to Reasonable Capitalism: John R
Commons and Safety Experts
Kota Kitagawa, Kansai University
Growth versus Degrowth: The Evolving Attitudes Towards Growth
John Watkins, Westminster University
AFEE Membership Meeting: Friday Jan 5, 5:30pm-7:00pm Bonham Room
Presiding: Gary Dymski, University of Leeds
Please join us for our annual Membership Meeting, an opportunity for all members to learn about current AFEE business, future projects, and share their ideas and achievements. Award recipients for Street Scholar, Ayres Scholar, Service Award, and JEI Editorial Prize will be recognized.
Session 4: Saturday Jan 6, 8:00am-10:00am, Valero Room
Building on the Ideas of Thorstein Veblen
Chair: Matias Vernengo, Bucknell University
Thorstein Veblen and his Underlying Philosophical Influences
John Hall, Portland State University
Rethinking Instinct Theory in a Darwinian Perspective
Luwei Zhao, Kunming University of Science and Technology
Acemoglo’s Scientific Palette
Antoon Spithoven, Utrecht University
Veblen and the American Political Economy Tradition
Matias Vernengo, Bucknell University, Willliam McColloch, Keene State College
Inequalities, Monopolies, and the Commodification of Academic Knowledge: Writing a New Chapter of The Higher Learning in America
Danielle Guizzo, University of Bristol, Clarence E. Ayres Scholar for 2024
Session 5: Saturday Jan 6, 8-10:00am, Bonham
Complex Evolutionary Challenges in the Face of Economic and Social Transition: Development, Energy, and Organizations
Chair: Lynne Chester, University of Sydney
Alternative Financing for a Sustainable Energy Transition
Beyond the Market-Led Options
Andrea Almawi, Grenoble Alpes University, Faruk Ülgen,
Grenoble Alpes University
Energy Injustices and the Energy Transition
Lynne Chester, University of Sydney
Silencing the Sirens: The Odyssey of PKI in Revitalizing Capital Accumulation in Ukraine’s Post-War Economy
Anna Klimina, University of Saskatchewan
Power and Organizational Challenges in the Face of Transition Process and AI Implementation in Industry 4.0 Firms
Orest Firsov, University of Grenoble Alpes
Financialization as a Cause of Structural Violence– The Case of EU ETS
Mateusz Raclawski, Jagiellonian University
SDGs, Change of Techniques and Welfare Impact
Massimo Cingolani, European Investment Bank
Session 6: Saturday Jan 6, 10:15-12:15, Bonham
Roundtable Discussion: Institutions in Practice; Labor Rights with a Focus on Construction and Trades
Moderator: Richard Dadzie, Department of Labor
Topic: Common’s Withholding Power
Panelist: Bob LaJeunesse, Department of Labor
Topic: Women’s Rights and the Role of the Women’s Bureau
Panelist: Delia Garcia, Department of Labor
Topic: Workers’ rights and protections, particularly in the construction space
Panelist: Allie Perez, Texas Women in Trades
Topic: Affirmative action and non-discrimination among federal contractors
Panelist: Robert Dadzie, Department of Labor
Topic: Producer protections and the crop insurance program
Panelist: Xuan Pham, Department of Agriculture
Session 7 AFEE-IAFFE Joint Session: Saturday Jan 6, 12:30-2:15pm Bonham
Development, Institutional Change, and Gender
Chair: Rodrigo Jeronimo, São Paulo State University
Ride-Hailing Platforms in Brazil: Regulatory Challenges in Times of Crisis
Rodrigo Jeronimo, São Paulo State University
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainability and Institutional Change
Brian Lin, National Chengchi University
Why Do Institutions Change? - Case Studies of Changes in the Local Government Finance System in Japan
Masato Miyazaki, Saitama University
Gendered Impacts of Real Exchange Rate Trends in Latin America; Job Market Segregation and Income Distribution
Deborah Nunes, Colorado State University, Elissa Braunstein, Colorado State University, Diksha Arora, University of Utah
Session 8 AFEE-IAFFE: Saturday Jan 6, 2:30pm-4:30pm,
Bonham Room
Globalization: Exchange Rates, Economic Policy, and Gender
Chair: Paolo Ramazzotti, University of Macerata
The Nominal Effect of Exchange Rate and Variant of Carry Trade-Lessons from Experience in the Beginning of the Abe Administration
Akra Matsumoto, Ritsumeikan University
From Complementarity to Rivalry: Shifting American Economic Strategies Towards China
Carlos Aguiar de Medeiros, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Nicholas Miller Trebat, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Women’s Informal Employment and Income in Rural Vietnam during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Minh Tam Bui, Srinakharinwirot University, Thai Quyen Bui,
Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs, Tuan Thanh
Nguyen, Institute of Labour Science and Social Affairs
Perceived Employability of LGBTQAI+ Individuals in the Turkish Labor Market
Fadime Irem Dogan, Bahcesehir University, Kara Yunus, Sinop University
Economic Policy: An Open-Systems Perspective
Paolo Ramazzotti, University of Macerata
Artificial Intelligence and the Productivity-Pay Gap in the USA: Industrial Insights and the Revival of Heterodox Ideas
Kosta Josifidis, University of Novi Sad, Novica Supic,
University of Novi Sad
Session 9 ASE-AFEE Joint Session: Saturday Jan 6, 2:30-4:30pm
Valero Room
Heterodox Interventions in Economic Theory
Chair: Rojhat Avsar, Columbia College
What Do Markets Do?
James Rosenberg, University of Wisconsin
Against Utilitarianism
Rojhat Avsar, Columbia College
Stable Belief Structures: Social Stratification and Nash Equilibrium
Roger McCain, Drexel University
AFEE Presidential Address: Saturday Jan 6
5:00pm-6:30pm, Alamo Ballroom Salon A
Please join us for the annual address from our President, Gary Dymski, University of Leeds - "Contingency, Irony, and Solidarity" in a planetary crisis: Institutional Economics beyond the ’t/T’ duality
AFEE Cocktail Reception: Saturday Jan 6
6:45pm-9:00pm, Riverview Room on the P1 level
Please join us in celebrating a successful year!
Session 10: Sunday Jan 7, 8:00am-10:00am,
Bonham Room
Engaging with the Idea of a Just World: Institutions, Economics, Ethics and Gender
Chair: Felipe Almeida, Federal University of Paraná
Evolution of the Notion of a “Just World”: Ethics and Economics in the 21st Century
Felipe Almeida, Federal University of Paraná
Realizing a Just World from Institutional Economics of John R. Commons: Through a Consideration of Authoritative Transactions in Legal Foundations of Capitalism and Rationing Transactions in Institutional Economics
Shingo Takahashi, Tokyo College of Transport Studies
An Agenda for a Democratic Economy
David Cayla, University of Angers
Transgender Stratification Economics: Empirical Evaluation of Intersectional Effects in the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey
Robert Haggar, Colorado State University
Social Security and Gender Inequality: The Role of Federal Policy for Women’s Rights
Luidmila Malyshava, Skidmore College, B. Oakley McCoy, University of New England
Role of China in the Transition of Globalization: Fostering or Preventing A More Just and Stable World?
Ricardo C.S. Siu, University of Macau
Session 11: Sunday Jan 7, 8:00am-10:00am
Valero Room
Policy and Inequality
ASE-AFEE Session
Chair: Amanda Lenhardt, King’s College London
Redirecting Economic Policy After the Pandemic
John Davis, Marquette University and University of Amsterdam
Revealing the ‘Harms’ of Energy Injustices
Lynne Chester, University of Sydney, Robert McMaster, University of Glasgow
Being Able: Capabilities and Basic Income
Edward Teather-Posadas, California State University-San Bernadino
Structural Racism and Poverty: Comparing Evidence Across 55 Countries
Amanda Lenhardt, King’s College London
Mind the Gap: Analyzing Inequality in Access to Higher
Education in India between the Poor and the Rich
Pradeep Kumar Choudhury, South Asia Institute, Harvard University
Session 12: Sunday Jan 7, 10:15am-12:15pm Bonham Room
Community Resilience, Institutionalized Inequality, and Policy Issues
Chair: Mary Wrenn, University of the West of England
Weak Sauce: Authenticity as a Force in Community Resiliency—The Skateboard Industry as a Case Study
Thomas Kemp, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and Ateneo University
Minority Depository Institutions in Los Angeles: Evolving Financial Technologies and the Challenge of Governance
Gary Dymski, University of Leeds, Melody Chiong, University of California-San Diego, Jesus Hernandez, University of California-Davis
The Evolution of Housing Inequalities and Modern-Day Redlining
Robert Scott, Monmouth University
The Evolution of Urban Rent Theory and Its Impact on Distributional Analysis
Ely Fair, Knox College
Recognizing and Resisting the Neoliberal Think Tanks in the U.S.
Mary Wrenn, University of the West of England
Institutionalizing Inequality: Field Conditions, Institutional Belonging, and the Distribution of Identities
Nadia von Jacobi, University of Trento, Alex Nicholls, University of Oxford
Session 13: Sunday Jan 7, 1:00am-3:00pm
Bonham Room
Radical Institutionalism for the 21st Century
Revolution: Axiological or Ontological Commitment in Original Institutional Economics
Jacob Powell, Bucknell University
The House Always Wins: Gambling as a Veblenian Social Practice
Luke Petach, Belmont University, Patrick Raines, Belmont University
Financialized Labor in a “Post”-COVID Economy: Revisiting Original Institutionalist Approaches to Distribution
Avraham Baranes, Elmhurst University
The Social Nature of Property: An Analysis Using Hohfeldian Jural Relations
Sarah Klammar, Michigan State University, Eric Scorsone, Michigan State University
“Dark Entrepreneurship Theory” and Veblenian Waste
Kellin Chandler Stanfield, Hobart and William Smith
Colleges, Craig Talmage, Hobart and William Smith Colleges
“Debt State Capitalism” as a Feature of Modern Capitalism
Masahiro Yoshida, Komazawa University
***End of AFEE at ASSA Program***