The Center for Economic Studies (CES), founded by Hans-Werner Sinn, celebrated its 25th anniversary in January 2016, and a short time later – on 31 March 2016 – Hans-Werner Sinn’s presidency of the Ifo Institute came to an end. To mark these occasions, the Ifo Institute, CESifo GmbH, and the Economics Faculty of the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich jointly organised an international scientific symposium entitled: "Public Policy" and a Official Ceremony that was held on Friday, 22 January 2016.
Friday, 22 January 2016
Große Aula, University of Munich
Publications
„Retirement of Hans-Werner Sinn“, Ludger Woesmann, Wolfgang Schäuble, Jens Weidmann, Edmund Phelps, James Poterba, Assaf Razin, Harold James, Peter Diamond, David E. Wildasin, Wolfgang Wiegard, Gabriel Felbermayr, Wilhelm Kohler, Rick van der Ploeg, Nicholas Stern, Clemens Fuest, et al., CESifo Forum 17, May 2016, special issue
(summary of the event and speeches, in English)
"Fare Thee Well, Hans-Werner Sinn", CESifo Newsletter, January 2016.
Hans-Werner Sinn und 25 Jahre deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik, Hanser: München, January 2016, 281 pages.
„Symposium und Festakt zur Verabschiedung von Professor Hans-Werner Sinn und zum 25. Jahrestag der Gründung des Center for Economic Studies am 22. Januar 2016“, ifo Schnelldienst 69 (09), 2016, pp. 3-49.
(summary of the event and speeches, in German)
Presentations and Speeches
Documentation
Programme
8.45 a.m. Opening Words
Robin Boadway (Academic Co-ordinator), Professor Emeritus of Economics, Queen’s University, Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ifo Institute
Carsten Eckel (Academic Co-ordinator), Professor of Trade and Trade Policy, Dean of the Economics Faculty of the University of Munich
Words of Welcome
Bernd Huber, President of the University of Munich
Assaf Razin, Professor of International Economics, Cornell University,
former Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ifo Institute
Robert Haveman, Professor Emeritus of Public Affairs and Economics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, former Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Ifo Institute
Rick van der Ploeg, Professor of Economics, University of Oxford, Director of Public Sector Economics Area of CESifo research network
VIDEO
9.15 a.m. Scientific Laudation in Honour of Hans-Werner Sinn
Kai A. Konrad, Managing Director at the Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance and Honorary Professor, University of Munich
VIDEO
9.30 a.m. Speech
Not Against the Laws of Economics – Hans Werner Sinn as a Public Intellectual, Jens Weidmann, President of the Deutsche Bundesbank
VIDEO
9.50 a.m. Panel 1: The European Monetary Union: Deficits and Cures
Henning Bohn, Professor of Economics, University of California at Santa Barbara
Otmar Issing, Professor and President of Center for Financial Studies, University of Frankfurt
Frank Westermann, Professor of Economics, Osnabrueck University
Harold James (Panel Chair), Professor of History and International Affairs, Princeton University
VIDEO
10.45 a.m. Coffee Break
11.15 a.m. Panel 2: Free Trade with Whom? WTO, TTIP, Doha & Co
Avinash K. Dixit, Professor Emeritus of Economics, Princeton University
Sascha O. Becker, Professor of Economics, University of Warwick
Peter H. Egger, Professor of Economics, ETH Zurich
James R. Markusen (Panel Chair), Professor of International Economics, University of Colorado at Boulder
VIDEO
12.10 p.m. Lunch Break
1.10 p.m. Panel 3: Microeconomic Lessons for Public Policy
Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Cambridge
Philippe Aghion, Professor of Economics, Collège de France and London School of Economics
Xavier Vives, Professor of Economics and Finance, IESE Business School
Oliver Hart (Panel Chair), Andrew E. Furer Professor of Economics, Harvard University
VIDEO
2.10 p.m. Panel 4: Public Finance and Public Debt: Current Challenges
Joel B. Slemrod, Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan
Barbara Wolfe, Professor of Economics, Population Health Sciences, and Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Vito Tanzi, former IMF Director and former Professor of Economics, American University
Alan J. Auerbach, Robert D. Burch Professor of Economics and Law, University of California, Berkeley
Michael P. Devereux (Panel Chair), Professor of Business Taxation, University of Oxford
VIDEO
3.30 p.m. End of Scientific Symposium
16:15 Uhr Begrüßung
Prof. Dr. Bernd Huber, Präsident der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Dr. Peter-Alexander Wacker, Vorsitzender des Kuratoriums und des Verwaltungsrats des ifo Instituts
VIDEO
16:30 Uhr Festvorträge
Europa – Zwischen Wunsch und Wirklichkeit, Dr. Wolfgang Schäuble, MdB, Bundesminister der Finanzen
VIDEO
Monetary Policy and Financial Risks, Prof. Martin S. Feldstein, Harvard University, Past-Präsident des National Bureau of Economic Research
VIDEO
7:30 Uhr Ständchen von Franz Schubert (arr. Theobald Böhm)
Scherzo aus Grand Duo Concertant op. 85 von Mauro Giuliani
Duo CordAria
17:40 Uhr 25 Jahre CES und die Ära Hans-Werner Sinn an der LMU und am ifo Institut – ein Rückblick
Dr. Otto Wiesheu, Staatsminister a.D.
Prof. em. Agnar Sandmo, Norwegian School of Economics und ehemaliger Vorsitzender des CES-Beirats
Prof. Dr. Monika Schnitzer, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Vorsitzende des Vereins für Socialpolitik
VIDEO
Abschiedsgeschenk
Peter-Alexander Wacker, Meinhard Knoche, Ludger Wößmann, Gabriel Felbermayr
Hans-Werner Sinn und 25 Jahre deutsche Wirtschaftspolitik, zur Buchseite
VIDEO
18:20 Uhr Variationen über Nel Cor Piu op.4 von Theobald Böhm
Duo CordAria
18:40 Uhr Empfang
Im Anschluss: Festliches Abendessen mit einer Rede des Bayerischen Ministerpräsidenten Horst Seehofer.