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IfW Press Release April 27, 2006
Leading Thinkers at the Kiel Institute
The Kiel Institute has initiated an ongoing series of events called “Leading Thinkers in Global Economic Affairs“.
The program is meant to provide a forum for learning, discussion and debate on fundamental policy problems facing the global economy. These problems may arise from the process of globalization or represent common challenges facing countries around the world.
The program assembles economists who have made an outstanding contribution in formulating new policy responses to global challenges, but whose ideas have not yet been transported into policy making practice.
The Kiel Institute will continue its LEADING THINKERS series on Wednesday, May 10, 2006.
In 2006 the Leading Thinkers series will focus on
The Economics of Innovation and Growth.
Two outstanding economists,
Prof. William Baumol PhD, New York University, and
Prof. Philippe Aghion PhD, Harvard University
will give Distinguished Lectures on issues in innovation and growth.
The Distinguished Lectures and discussion will take place on
| Wednesday, May 10, 2006 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 a.m. in the library of the Kiel Institute: |
| Distinguished Lecture: "Entrepeneurship and Innovation" Speaker: Prof. William Baumol PhD |
| Distinguished Lecture: "Appropriate Growth Policy and the Macroeconomics of Growth" Speaker: Prof. Philippe Aghion PhD |
Prof. William Baumol is Harold Price Professor of Entrepreneurship and Academic Director of the Berkley Center for Entrepreneurial Studies in the Stern School of Business at New York University; and senior economist and professor emeritus at Princeton University.
Prof. Philippe Aghion) is Robert C. Waggoner Professor of Economics at Harvard University, Program Director in Industrial Organization at CEPR, Fellow at NBER and IFS. He is one of the most prolific and influential economists of his generation.
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Soltwedel
Phone +49 (431) 8814-339