The 56 th Annual Meeting of Ifo Institute for Economic Research at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich took place on Thursday, 23 June 2005. The public part began at 14 hrs. in the Large Auditorium of the Munich Ludwig Maximilian University (Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1, Munich).
Expert round: "Kinder und Renten" with Hermann Adrian, Ernst-Jürgen Borchert, Alex Börsch-Supan, Bert Rürup, Hans-Werner Sinn) (Source: Phoenix, Vor Ort, 23.06.2005, ca. 49 min.).
Ifo Economic Forecast 23.06.2005
16.30 Uhr
Expert round with
Prof. Dr. Hermann Adrian Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Leistungsgerechtigkeit und Solidarität - Eine notwendige Reform der Gesetzlichen Rentenversicherung (PDF, 22 KB)
Dr. Ernst-Jürgen Borchert Judge at the Hessian Social Court (Landessozialgericht) in Darmstadt „Kinder und Rente“: Wie die herrschende Rentenorthodoxie das Humanvermögen ruiniert und die Verfassung bricht (PDF, 38 KB)
Prof. Axel Börsch-Supan, Ph.D., Chairman of the Council of Advisors to the Economics Ministry (Wissenschaftlicher Beirats beim Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit) Statement zur so genannten Elternrente (PDF, 22 KB)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Bert Rürup Chairman of the German Council of Economic Experts (Sachverständigenrat zur Begutachtung der gesamtwirtschaftlichen Entwicklung)
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hans-Werner Sinn President of the Ifo Institute Führt die Kinderrente ein! Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 06.06.2005
Moderator: Nikolaus Piper Süddeutsche Zeitung
H. Adrian
E.-J. Borchert
A. Börsch-Supan
B. Rürup
H.-W. Sinn
The prizes are awarded by Dr. Ferdinand Graf von Ballestrem, 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.
Prize for Academic Research Awarded by the Friends 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 2005 the prize goes to:
Prof. Marcel Thum for the contribution "The Economics of Repeated Extortion", in: "The RAND Journal of Economics", 35 (2), 2004, 203-223.
Prize for outstanding success in the management of contract studies
The prize is given for work on a major research contract
In 2005, the Prize goes to:
Dr. Günther Vieweg, Reinhard Hild, Michael Reinhard, Dr. Uwe Täger, Thomas Fuchs, Andreas Kuhlmann and Stefan Lachenmaier. for the project:"State and Outlook of the “New Economy” in Selected EU Member States from a German Viewpoint" (Project).
A special prize goes to
former Ifo researcher Dr. Oscar-Erich Kuntze for his extensive publications in the area of international business-cycle analyses.
The Annual Report (in English and German) has been published for the Annual Meeting.
Ifo Annual Report 2004 : Content page with download option for each chapter
For a printed copy of the Annual Report 2004 (German and English in one volume), please contact Susanne Makedonski.
