HELVHET

• Venue: Universität Luzern, Raum 4.B02
• Organisers: Verena Halsmayer (University of Lucerne), Monika Wulz (ETH Zurich), Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich), Harro Maas (University of Lausanne)
• Theme : Values and Valuations in the History of Economic Knowledge
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• 11:00am – 11:10am – Welcome
• 11:10am – 12:00pm – Pascal Germann (University of Berne)
  • “Health and Welfare after the Boom. A History of Quality of Life Knowledge, 1960-2000”
• 12:00 – 12:20pm – Coffee break
• 12:20 – 1:10pm – Maria Bach (University of Lausanne)
  • “What Counts in the Periphery? Evidence from Indian and Nigerian National Accounts”
• 1:10 – 2:30pm Lunch
• 2:30 – 3:20pm – Magaly Tornay (University of Berne)
  • “Values, Prices, and Norms: Economic and Moral Valuations in the History of Biomedical Ethics”
• 3:20 – 3:40pm – Coffee break
• 3:40 – 4:30pm – Rafaël Lazega (University of Lausanne)
  • “Frank Knight’s Theory of Lower and Higher Values”
• 4:30 – 4:50pm – Coffee break
• 4:50 – 5:40pm – Anna Echterhölter (University of Vienna)
  • “At war with Measures. Point Prices and the Development of Value Rationing”
• 5:30 – 6:10pm
  • Concluding comments by Cléo Chassonnery-Zaïgouche (University of Cambridge)
  • Final discussion
• 7:00pm – Dinner

Discussants: François Allisson (University of Lausanne), Federico D’Onofrio (University of Vienna), Verena Halsmayer (University of Lucerne), Catherine Herfeld (University of Zurich), Harro Maas (University of Lausanne), Alexandra Quack (University of Zurich), Theresa Steffestun (University of Lausanne), Monika Wulz (ETH Zurich).