Call for Papers 2008

The Association of Private Enterprise Education

International Convention

Las Vegas , Nevada

April 6-8, 2008

Regulation, Technology and Markets

The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) invites the submission of papers for its 33rd International Convention in Las Vegas , April 6-8, 2008.  The association is composed of scholars from economics, political science, philosophy, and other disciplines as well as policy analysts, business executives and other educators.  APEE's annual meeting explores topics related to private enterprise in an atmosphere that respects market approaches.  Presentations reflect the latest research in fields such as regulation, public choice, microeconomics and Austrian economics as well as development of instructional techniques. The submission fee for the society's journal, The Journal of Private Enterprise, is waived for papers presented at the conference.

APEE invites papers on any topic; some sessions, however, will be devoted to this year's theme: “Regulation, Technology and Markets.” Technological innovations are changing the world in many ways. In addition to technology's obvious effects on real incomes, technological change has been associated with substantial changes in the relationship between people and governments. In recent years, far reaching changes in government regulation have occurred in markets ranging from fast-moving financial markets to seemingly static markets such as those for phone service and natural gas. These regulatory changes have been at least partly due to technological change. Not least among recent developments have been changes in regulation broadly conceived that have conflicting effects on people's ability to live their lives without government intrusion. These developments include cameras on roads and other locations in England , with the attendant oversight of people's movements that previously could not be so closely tracked by agents of the government. These developments also include the sharing of information on the Internet, which appears to make it harder for governments to control the flow of information to citizens. Finally and not least, technological change has affected the enforceability of patents and copyrights, and changes in patent and copyright laws have altered the direction of technological changes.

The purpose of this year's theme is to provide an opportunity to explore government regulation of markets and especially the relationship between such regulation and technological change. Papers on these topics as well as those on other topics are welcome.

Those wishing to submit papers should send the paper or a 600-word abstract. Paper and Abstract submission instructions follow:

Papers and Abstracts should be submitted online at: http://www.etnpconferences.net/apee/apee2007/

Participants unable to submit online may forward a hardcopy of the paper or abstract to:

APEE Vice President Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr.

c/o J. R. Clark, APEE Secretary/Treasurer

Probasco Chair of Free Enterprise

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

313 Fletcher Hall, Dept. 6106

615 McCallie Avenue

Chattanooga , TN 37403-2598

Phone: (423) 425-4118, FAX: (423) 425-5218, e-mail: J-Clark@utc.edu .

The deadline for paper submission is December 1, 2007.

To learn more about APEE, please contact: J. R. Clark, APEE Secretary/Treasurer (above), or visit APEE's website at http://www.apee.org  

If you have questions about paper topics or session panels, please contact Gerald P. Dwyer, Jr. at gerald.p.dwyer@atl.frb.org .