International Conference

Organized by:
Islamic Society of Institutional Economics (ISIE)
June, 2009, Islamabad, Pakistan

The first issue of the Journal of Islamic Society of Institutional Economics (JOISIE) will be expected appear in the shape of proceedings of the conference to be held in June 2009.

Focus for the Conference

1. Alternate Paradigm for Economic Thoughts & Economic orthodoxy
2. Discipline of Islamic Economics between Neo Classical and Institutional Schools
3. Developing Economies in the light of Institutional Reforms
4. Institutional Structure Muslim Economies
5. Institutional Reforms & Economic Performance
6. Economic Institution and Poverty

Topics/Themes  for conference/Journal

• Lessons of New Institutional Economics for Developing Economies

• Lessons of New Institutional Economics for Operating Muslim economies on Islamic principles

• New Institutional Economics as framework for developing Islamic Economics

• Identifying transaction costs and Measuring them in financial markets

• Fiqh al Buyu and Transaction Cost

• Institutional Innovations to address the problems of poverty alleviation

• Innovating Institutions for an Islamic economic system in the contemporary world

• World Bank Survey and Lessons for Islamic economics and finance

• Property rights for poor and land reforms in developing countries

• Property rights for in Islam and Institutional framework to enforce the

• Islamic Economics, Neo-classical Economics, Institutional Economics and New Institutional Economics: A Survey

• Basic Assumptions of Neoclassical Economics, NIE and their relevance in Islamic Economics

• The Firm between Neoclassical Economics and Institutional Economics: Do we have Islamic Theory of Firm (Lessons from the Shari'a Compatible Contracts)

• Institutions of Islam and their role in the System of Life in the contemporary world

• Institutions of Islam and Transaction Cost

•   Agency theory

•   Property rights system

•   Collective Action

•   Bounded Rationality

•   Self Interest

•   Conflict of interest

•   Norms and rules of Governance

•  Institutions formulating Social Capital in Islamic system of life and their role in the formation of Islamic Economic System

•  Faith, Institutions and Economics

•   Money as Institution in the Comparative Economic Systems

•   Economics Institution in the Light of Islamic Legal System

•   Economic Relations among Economic Institutions under Muslims Social responsibilities.

•   Institutional framework of Firms and inter-firm operation under Islamic contract

Dates to be Remembered:

Abstract Submission Deadline: October  31, 2008

Paper Submission Deadline December 31, 2009

Conference to be Held : June 2009

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