Impressionen: International Scientific Symposium

International Scientific Symposium to Mark Hans-Werner Sinn’s Retirement and the 25th Anniversary of the Center for Economic Studies (CES), Friday, 22 January 2016, Große Aula, University of Munich.

Words of Welcome

Prof. Boadway

Robin Boadway, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Queen’s University,

Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ifo Institute

Prof. Huber

Bernd Huber, President of the University of Munich

Prof. Razin

Assaf Razin, Professor of International Economics, Cornell University,

former Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ifo Institute

Prof. Haveman

Robert Haveman, Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison,

former Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ifo Institute

Prof. van der Ploeg

Rick van der Ploeg, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford

Director of Public Sector Economics Area of CESifo research network

Scientific Laudation in Honour of Hans-Werner Sinn

Prof. Konrad

Kai A. Konrad, Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for

Tax Law and Public Finance and Honorary Professor, University of Munich

Not Against the Laws of Economics – Hans Werner Sinn as a Public Intellectual

Prof. Weidmann

Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank

Panel: The European Monetary Union: Deficits and Cures

Prof. Westermann Prof. James

Frank Westermann, Professor of Economics, Osnabrueck University

Harold James (Panel Chair), Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University

Otmar Issing, Professor and President of Center for Financial Studies, University of Frankfurt

Henning Bohn, Professor of Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara

Panel: Public Finance and Public Debt: Current Challenges

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Alan J. Auerbach, Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, University of California, Berkeley

Vito Tanzi, former IMF Director and former Professor of Economics, American University

Michael P. Devereux (Panel Chair), Professor of Business Taxation, University of Oxford

Barbara Wolfe, Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Joel B. Slemrod, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan