The 58th Annual Meeting of Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich took place on Monday, 25 Juny 2007. The public part began at 14 hrs. in the Large Auditorium of the Munich Ludwig Maximilian University (Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Munich).
Guest speaker at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Ifo Institute will be Peer Steinbrück, Federal Minister of Finance. A panel discussion on innovation and production in Germany will include Roland Berger, Manfred Bischoff, Klaus Regling and Hans-Werner Sinn.
The Ifo Economic Forecast will be published for the Annual Meeting: Ifo Economic Forecast 2007/2008: Upswing at a Slower Pace
Report, in: ifo Schnelldienst 12/2007, p. 3-4 (Abstract)
"Die Finanz- und Wirtschaftspolitik der Bundesregierung - Reformagenda für Deutschland", by Peer Steinbrück in: ifo Schnelldienst 13/2007, p. 20-27 (Abstract) | Download (1,2 MB)
"Umbruch der Weltwirtschaft: Welche Chancen hat der Innovations- und Produktionsstandort Deutschland?", by Roland Berger
in: ifo Schnelldienst 13/2007, p. 28-32 (Abstract) | Download (249 KB)
16.30 pm Expert round Video (44 min.)
Moderator: Klaus Methfessel Wirtschaftswoche Video (5 min.)
Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger Chairman Roland Berger Strategy Consultants Video (12 min.)
Dr. Manfred Bischoff Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats der DaimlerChrysler AG Video (17 min.)
Klaus Regling Generaldirektor ECFIN, Europäische Kommission Video (12 min.)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn Präsident des ifo Instituts Video (10 min.)
The prizes are awarded by Prof. Dr. h.c. Roland Berger, chairperson of the Friends of the Ifo Institute, Prof. Dr. Karlhans Sauernheimer, deputy chairperson of the Scientific Advisory Council, and Hans-Werner Sinn, President of the Ifo Institute.
As recognition and incentive for high-quality research, the Friends of the Ifo Institute society award an annual prize for academic research. The requirement is publication in a scholarly journal with a peer review process.
In 2007 the prize goes to:
Prof. Dr. Thiess Büttner for the contributions "The Incentive Effect of Fiscal Equalization Transfers on Tax Policy", published in Journal of Public Economics 90, 2006, 477-497 (Abstract), and "The dynamics of municipal fiscal adjustment" (with David Wildasin), published in Journal of Public Economics 90, 2006, 1115-1132 (Abstract).
Prof. Dr. Roland Berger, Prof. Dr. K. Sauernheimer Prof. Dr. Thiess Büttner
The prize is given for work on a major research contract
In 2007, the Prize goes to:
Dr. Ursula Triebswetter and Dr. Tilmann Rave for the project Assessment of different approaches to implementation of the IPPC Directive and their impacts on competitiveness (project page)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, Dr. Ursula Triebswetter, Dr. Tilmann Rave
A special prize goes to former Ifo researcher Dr. Volker Rußig for Euroconstruct (project page | conference page)
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sinn, Dr. Volker Rußig
The Annual Report (in English and German) will be published for the Annual Meeting.
Ifo Annual Report 2006: Content page with download option for each chapter
For a printed copy of the Annual Report 2006 (German and English in one volume), please contact Susanne Makedonski.
