Linking leading economists from all over the world
The CESifo Research Network is based on the visitors programme run by the Center for Economic Studies of the University of Munich (LMU). It brings together leading economists from around the globe and constitutes an ideal platform for the discussion of current applied and theoretical themes in economics, with an emphasis on public policy issues.
The Research Network offers a wide range of network activities and functions as both a research tool and a publication platform for its members. Network members may submit working papers for publication and are invited to participate in conferences, workshops and seminars. Members also receive regular information on the status of current research projects and hard copies of new publications.
In particular, CESifo invites members to:
The CESifo Research Network includes economists from all over the world.
The area directors are responsible for directing network activites within each designated area of the network. Click here to find out more about the directors and activities within those areas.
The members participate in the network activities as CESifo Affiliate or CESifo Fellow.
Introduction to the CESifo Area Conferences 2003 Watch the video at the CESifo Group Media Library
CESifo Network Member Awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics
CESifo Network Member Peter A. Diamond has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2010, together with Dale T. Mortensen of Northwestern University and Christopher A. Pissarides of the London School of Economics. He is the seventh CESifo member to receive the prize. Mr Diamond was also the 2000 Distinguished CES Fellow at the University of Munich’s Center for Economic Studies.
Mr Diamond’s thesis adviser, Robert M. Solow, also a CESifo Research Network member, won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences in 1987.
The other CESifo members who are Nobel laureates, in addition to Messrs Diamond, Phelps and Solow, are Thomas Schelling (2005), James J. Heckman (2000), Reinhard Selten (1994), and Gary S. Becker (1992).