European Japanese Conference
on Rational Choice and Formalization
Sponsored by the Research Committee 45 Rational Choice of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and the Japanese Society for Formalization of Sociological Traditions
Place: University of Leipzig, Villa Tillmanns, Wachterstrasse 20, 04107 Leipzig (http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~abz/eng/villa.html)
Time: October 18 - October 20, 2001
Local Organizers: Karl-Dieter OPP, Thomas VOSS, Per KROPP
Timetable (preliminary as of September 29, 2001)
14.00 Informal Opening Reception at Villa Tillmanns
14.30 - 15.15 Martin ABRAHAM (Univ. of Berne, Switzerland and Univ. of Leipzig, Germany): The Private Embeddedness of Self Employment
15.15 - 16.00 Bernhard PROSCH (Univ. of Leipzig and Univ. of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany): Conflicts, Commitments, and Cooperation. Theoretical and Empirical Results
Coffee Break
16.30 - 17.15 Per KROPP (Univ. of Leipzig, Germany) and Christian SEYDE (Univ. of Leipzig, Germany): The Solution of Trust Problems in Buyer-Supplier Relationships. An Empirical Investigation of the Management of IT-Purchases
17.15 - 18.00 Thomas VOSS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, Netherlands and Univ. of Leipzig, Germany): Social Norms and Reciprocity
18.30 Buffet Dinner at Villa Tillmanns
Friday, October 19, 2001
9.00 - 9.45 Jun KOBAYASHI (Univ. of Chicago, USA, and Utrecht Univ., Netherlands)
(with Tatsuhiro Shichijo, Osaka Prefecture Univ., Japan): Sociological Meme Theory: Coevolution of Protestant Ethic and Capitalistic Spirit
9.45 - 10.30 Yoshimichi SATO (Tohoku Univ., Japan): Trust, Cooperation, and Market Formation in the U. S. and Japan
Coffee Break
11.00 - 11.45 Roger BERGER (Univ. of Munich, Germany): Rational Choice Explanations of Customs and Traditions
11.45 - 12.30 Heike DIEFENBACH (Univ. of Leipzig, Germany): Title to be announced
Lunch break 12.30 - 14.00
14.00 - 14.45 Karl-Dieter OPP (Univ. of Leipzig, Germany): When Do Norms Emerge by Human Design and by the Unintended Consequences of Human Action?
14.45 - 15.30 Hiroshi TAROMARU (Kyoto Koka Women’s Univ., Japan): A Formal Theory of Social Mobility
15.30 - 16.15 Toshitake KUJI (Tohoku Gakuin Univ., Japan): Extention of Ground Model of Social Exchange in J.S.Coleman's Foundations
16.15 City walk and a visit of a Mottete in the Church St. Thomas (Concert)
19.00 Dinner in a restaurant in the city of Leipzig (Place to be announced)
Saturday, October 20, 2001
9.00 - 9.45 Kazuto MISUMI (Kyushu Univ., Japan): Reconsidering the Complementarity of Expectations by Balance Theory
9.45 - 10.30 Jun KOBAYASHI (Univ. of Chicago, USA, and Utrecht Univ., Netherlands): Evolution of Social Influence Networks in Opinion Formation
Pause
10.45 - 11.15 Yasuto NAKANO (Nara Univ., Japan): Properties of Triad Relations: Simmel's Small Group Theory and Coalitions
Coffee Break
12.00 - 12.45 Axel FRANZEN (Univ. of Berne, Switzerland): Social Capital and the Diffusion of New Technology. A Longitudinal Study on the Consequences of Internet Usage
12.45 - 13.30 Sonja HAUG (Univ. of Leipzig, Germany) and Karsten WEBER (Univ. of Frankfurt/Oder): To Buy or to Share. Legal and Illegal Exchange of Copies in Social Networks and in the Internet
End of the Conference: 13.30
Number of Presentations: 16 papers
Number of Persons: 17