The annual special event at CES Munich Lectures in Economics
Every year, the Scientific Advisory Council nominates an outstanding international economist as the Distinguished CES Fellow. The award is presented in November, when the laureate gives the Munich Lectures in Economics, sharing a recent economics research topic with a broad audience.
The Munich Lectures are jointly organized with the Ifo Institute Munich and supported by Munich Re and MIT Press.
Munich Lectures in Economics 2013
Distinguished CES Fellow 2013
Ernst Fehr
Professor of Microeconomics and Experimental Economics and Chairman of the Department of Economics at University of Zurich
Director of the UBS International Center of Economics in Society at University of Zurich
Munich Lectures in Economics 2013
19 - 21 November 2013
Previous Laureates, Lecture Titles and Laudationes
2012
Esther Duflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics, MIT
and Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL)
Gender equality and development
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by Robin Burgess, LSE London
Lectures video ML 2012
We thank Munich Re for the generous support.
2011
Sir Partha Dasgupta, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cambridge, UK
Time and the Generations
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by Stefano Zamagni, University of Bologna
Lectures video ML 2011
We thank Munich Re for the generous support.
2010
Richard Blundell, University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies, London
From Empirical Evidence and Tax Reform: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by Timothy Besley, LSE London
Welcome address, Hans-Werner Sinn, Director of CES
Lectures video ML 2010
We thank Munich Re for the generous support.
2009
Robin Boadway, Queen's University, Canada
From Optimal Tax Theory to Tax Policy: Retrospective and Prospective Views
Lecture 1, Lecture 2 & 3
Laudation by Pierre Pestieau, University of Liège
Welcome address, Hans-Werner Sinn, Director of CES
Lectures video ML 2009
MIT Press, Robin Boadway, From Optimal Tax Theory to Tax Policy (2012)
2008
Olivier Blanchard, IMF and MIT
The world financial and economic crisis
Lecture slides
Laudation by Jordi Gali, Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
Welcome address, Hans-Werner Sinn, Director of CES
Lecture video ML 2008
2007
Philippe Aghion, Harvard University
Governance and Growth
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Part I, Lecture 2, Part II, Lecture 3
Laudation by Fabrizio Zilibotti, University of Zurich
Welcome address, Hans-Werner Sinn, Director of CES
Financial Times Deutschland, 15 November 2007
Lectures video ML 2007
2006
Alberto Alesina, Harvard University
On the Choice of Institutions
Lecture 1
Laudation by Torsten Persson, Stockholm University
Welcome address Hans-Werner Sinn, Director of CES
Lectures video ML 2006
2005
Bruno Frey, University of Zurich
Happiness Research: A Revolution in Economics
Laudation by Lord Richard Layard, LSE, UK
Lectures video ML 2005
MIT Press, Bruno S. Frey, Happiness (2008)
2004
Andrei Shleifer, Harvard University
The Marketplace of Ideas
Laudation by Timothy Besley, LSE, UK
Lectures video ML 2004
2003
James Poterba, MIT Department of Economics
Government Policy and Private Retirement Saving
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by Pierre Pestieau, University of Liège, Belgium
Lectures video ML 2003
2002
Nicholas H. Stern, IG Patel Chair and Director, LSE Asia Research Centre
Dynamic Development: Innovation and Inclusion
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by Angus S. Deaton, Woodrow Wilson School, Princteon University
Lectures video ML 2002
MIT Press, Nicholas Stern, Jean-Jacques Dethier & J F. Halsey Rogers, Growth and Empowerment (2005)
2001
Oliver Hart, Harvard University
Firms versus Markets
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by Martin Hellwig, University of Mannheim, Germany
Lectures video ML 2001
2000
Peter A. Diamond, MIT, Department of Economics (Nobel laureate 2010)
Taxation, Incomplete Markets and Social Security
Lecture 1, Lecture 2, Lecture 3
Laudation by James A. Mirrlees, University of Cambridge, UK, Nobel laureate (1996)
Lectures video ML 2000
MIT Press, Peter A. Diamond, Taxation, Incomplete Markets, and Social Security (2003)
1999
Guido Tabellini, IGIER, Bocconi University, Milan
Fiscal Policy in Representative Democracies
Laudation by Vito Tanzi, IMF Washington D.C.
Lectures video ML 1999
MIT Press, Torsten Persson & Guido Tabellini, The Economic Effects of Constitutions (2003)
1998
Rudiger Dornbusch, MIT (deceased 2002)
International Financial Crises
Laudation by Stanley Fischer, IMF Washington D.C.
1997
Paul Krugman, Princeton University (Nobel laureate 2008)
Making Sense of Globalization
Laudation by John Komlos, Munich
1996
Jean Tirole, Institut d'Economie Industrielle, Université de Toulouse
New Paradigms in the Regulation of Telecommunications.
Laudation by Charles Wyplosz, Geneva
MIT Press, Jean-Jacques Laffont & Jean Tirole, Competition in Telecommunications (1999)
1995
Anthony B. Atkinson, Nuffield College, Oxford University
The Economics of Rolling Back the Welfare State.
Laudation by Richard Musgrave, Santa Cruz
MIT Press, Anthony B. Atkinson, The Economic Consequences of Rolling Back the Welfare State (1999)
1994
Avinash K. Dixit, Princeton University
Economic Policies and the Political Process.
Laudation by Agnar Sandmo, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration
MIT Press, Avinash K. Dixit, The Making of Economic Policy (1996)