Call for Papers APEE

Call for Papers 2012

The Association of Private Enterprise Education

Conference

Las Vegas, Nevada

April 1 - 3, 2012

Wither Leviathan? Changing Roles for the State

The Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE) invites the submission of papers for its 37^th International Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada April 1-3, 2012. The Association is composed of scholars from economics, philosophy, political science, 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: “Wither Leviathan? Changing Roles for the State.” APEE scholars have developed economic, historical, philosophical, and political analyses of the state across a broad range of time, place, and institutional arrangements.  The theme for this conference allows for an expansive exploration into both current and historical changes in the relationship of the state to its citizens through the lens of classical liberalism.  What were, or are, the ramifications of state action on a citizenry?  How has the state safeguarded or threatened free markets, personal freedoms, personal rights, and personal responsibility?  What state policies have served to enhance human flourishing and how are those policies being damaged or supported today? Topics are wide ranging and might address: constitutional arrangements; bailouts, crony capitalism, and business ethics; historic and modern corporatism; changing mores concerning debt and bankruptcy; state regulation of markets; monetary policies and institutions; corruption; militarism; privacy; the effects of state debt; the effects of state growth on more spontaneous orders of human cooperation;  and a diverse set of public choice topics, among others.

Explorations can be framed within all of the fields in which APEE scholars work.  APEE encourages papers exploring the conference theme using economic theory, through case studies, historical examples, and through traditional empirical methods.  The conference is interested in papers assessing institutional evolution in the United States and abroad, as well as papers on any topic in the broad area of the study of private enterprise.

The deadline for paper submission is December 1, 2011.

 Those wishing to submit papers should submit the entire paper or a 600-word abstract.
Papers and Abstracts should be submitted online at: http://www.etnpconferences.net/apee/apee2012/

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

APEE Vice President Bradley K. Hobbs
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.

If you have questions about paper topics or session panels, please contact Professor Bradley K. Hobbs at bhobbs@fgcu.edu  To learn more about APEE, please contact: J.R. Clark, APEE Secretary/Treasurer (above), or visit APEE’s website at http://www.apee.org