IMSc Workshop on

The Economy as a Complex System

December 6-7, 2004


Venue: Ramanujan Auditorium, IMSc

Workshop Schedule


TIME
MONDAY (6/12/04)
TUESDAY (7/12/04)
9:00-9:30
Registration and Inauguration
Round Table Session I: Sitabhra Sinha
9:30-10:30
Sanjay Jain
Brinda Vishwanathan
10:30-10:45
Discussion on Jain's Talk
Discussion on Vishwanathan's Talk
10:45-11:15
Tea/Coffee
Tea/Coffee
11:15-12:15
E. Somanathan
Bikas K. Chakrabarti (2)
12:15-12:30
Discussion on Somanathan's Talk
Discussion on Chakrabarti's Talk
12:30-1:30
Lunch
Lunch
1:30-2:30
S. Subramanian
T. P. Madhusoodanan
2:30-2:45
Discussion on Subramanian's Talk
Discussion on Madhusoodanan's Talk
2:45-3:15
Tea/Coffee
Tea/Coffee
3:15-4:15
Bikas K. Chakrbarti (1)
Krishna Maddaly
4:15-4:30
Discussion on Chakrabarti's Talk
Discussion on Krishna's Talk
4:30-5:30
P. Muruganandam
Round Table Session II: U. Shankar, S. K. Shanthi
5:30-5:45
Discussion on Muruganandam's Talk
Conclusion

List of Talks

Sanjay Jain
Complex Adaptive Systems: An Overview
E. Somanatahan
Collective Action in the Commons: A Theoretical Framework for Empirical Research
S. Subramanian
Some Difficulties in the Measurement of Poverty
Bikas K. Chakrabarti (1)
A Brief History of Economics from a Physics Perspective
P. Muruganandam
Modelling Financial Markets with Minority Games
Brinda Vishwanathan
Behavioural Economics: Bringing Back Psychology to Economics
Bikas K. Chakrabarti (2)
Kinetic Theory of Wealth Distributions
T. P. Madhusoodanan
Chaos and Order in Capital Markets
Krishna Maddaly
Finding Order in the Stock Markets
Round Table Session:
U. Shankar
S. K. Shanthi
Sitabhra Sinha


Issues in Macreconomic Policy Making
The Role of Agents in Economic Policy Effectiveness
Using Physics in Economics and Finance




N.B.: There has been a change in schedule. Prof Ajay Shah would not be able to come. Prof Bikas K Chakrabarti has kindly agreed to give a talk in that slot.