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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024: Showing Why Countries Are Rich or Poor Today

Phil Thornton

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024: Showing Why Countries Are Rich or Poor Today

The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2024 will be awarded to three Laureates who are trying to understand the reasons for differences in income between countries.

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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the decision to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”.

Backing the Wrong Horse: How to Make Better Decisions and Why They Are So Important

Arunima Roy

Backing the Wrong Horse: How to Make Better Decisions and Why They Are So Important

Learn why pigeons act like gamblers and how humour affects our decisions. Lindau Alumna and blogger Arunima Roy reflects about the science behind decision making.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2023: Uncovering the Key Drivers Behind Gender Differences in Pay and Employment

Phil Thornton

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2023: Uncovering the Key Drivers Behind Gender Differences in Pay and Employment

Claudia Goldin will receive the Economics Prize for her pioneering research that explained why gender differences in earnings and employment rates had changed over time.

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Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the decision to award the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2023 to Claudia Goldin “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labour market outcomes”.

Nobel Research From 40 Years Ago Shines a Light on 2023’s Financial Crises

Phil Thornton

Nobel Research From 40 Years Ago Shines a Light on 2023’s Financial Crises

The failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Credit Suisse shine a light on the work that was awarded with the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2022. Bernanke, Diamond and Dybvig focus on financial crisis and bank runs. Phil Thornton links their research with the current crisis; with quotes of Lindau Alumnus Alexander Gruber.

Queuing with Laureates – Personal Lindau Impressions of Young Economist Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Queuing with Laureates – Personal Lindau Impressions of Young Economist Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko

Tumisang Loate-Ntsoko, a researcher at the University of Pretoria in South Africa presented her findings during #LINOecon. Here, she reflects on the time she spent in Lindau. The final post on the Lindau experiences of Laureates and Young Economists/Scientists.

Don’t Forget the Big Problems! – Paul R. Milgrom’s Personal Lindau Impressions

Paul R. Milgrom

Don’t Forget the Big Problems! – Paul R. Milgrom’s Personal Lindau Impressions

Laureate Paul R. Milgrom remembers his first Lindau experience and tells us what he left in Lindau.

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2022: Improving How to Deal With Financial Crises

Phil Thornton

Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences 2022: Improving How to Deal With Financial Crises

The three economists who will share the 2022 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences receive the award for demonstrating the importance of preventing widespread bank collapses, particularly during financial crises.

Reunion in Lindau

Daniela Thiel

Reunion in Lindau

Lukas and Jochen knew each other from school days. In Lindau they met again during #LINOecon and found some points of connection in their research.

Women in Research #LINOecon: Sandra Kretschmer

Ulrike Böhm

Women in Research #LINOecon: Sandra Kretschmer

Sandra participated in the 7th Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences. She is working on options for the energy transition and the acceptance of these changes in the German population.

Public Policy and Its Unintended Effects

Meeri Kim

Public Policy and Its Unintended Effects

Two lectures during the 7th Lindau Meeting in Economic Sciences highlighted examples of policymaking which did not fulfil the intended goal.