Friday, 25 April 2008, Munich Residenz, Max-Joseph-Saal
Hans-Werner Sinn turned 60 on March 7 this year. Since July 1984 he has been full professor on the Economics Faculty of the University of Munich (LMU). Nine years ago he accepted a call to be president of the Ifo Institute. With the co-operation between the University and the Ifo Institute he has helped make Munich an international centre of discussion for economics and economic policy.
For his sixtieth birthday, the LMU Economics Faculty and the Ifo Institute hosted an international conference devoted to current economic-policy issues. Under the topic “Economic Policy in the Presence of Globalisation”, prominent economists, including Nobel laureates James J. Heckman and Sir James A. Mirrlees, discussed the economic challenges in the areas: welfare state, tax competition, European integration, climate change and education.
Programme with speakers' profiles and audio and video documentation of the conference
Downloads: Programme (PDF, 42 KB) | Programme and Speakers' Profiles (PDF, 441 KB)
"Economic Policy in the Presence of Globalisation: Report on Hans-Werner Sinn’s 60th Birthday Conference", CESifo Forum 2/2008, p. 28-36 (PDF, 401 KB)
"Hans-Werner Sinns Geburtstagskonferenz - Economic Policy in the Presence of Globalisation", ifo Schnelldienst 10/2008, p. 9-13 (PDF, 1.1 MB)
Short conference report
Friends and colleagues extend their birthday wishesVideo (16:13 min.)
A tribute to Hans-Werner Sinn Letter of congratulations from Prof. Robert Solow
Letter of congratulations Letter of congratulations from Prof. Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England
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Introduction with letters of congratulations and press echo.
Programme and speakers' profiles
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