The DIW Berlin is pleased to announce that the recipient of this year’s Gossen Award was Professor Simon Gächter (of the University of Nottingham). The Verein für Socialpolitik, a German economic research association, presents this prestigious award to one German-speaking economist per year for excellence in internationally relevant economic research. The Austrian-born Gächter is associated with the ...
A group of ten of the most respected economic research institutes in Europe have forecast that Euro Area economic growth will experience a modest rate of expansion of 1.2% in 2005, 1.8% in 2006 and 2.0% in 2007. Oil prices have risen by US$20 since April and are expected to remain high at close to US$60 until 2007. EUROFRAME-EFN (European Forecasting Network) has revised down their forecasts by 0.2-0.3 ...
Dr. Jürgen Schupp has accepted an invitation to take on a fellowship at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst. While holding this position, he will be completing his project „About Measuring and Analyzing Trust, Fairness and Reciprocity”. Dr. Jürgen Schupp is a survey manager and Deputy Director of the Socio-Economic Panel’s (SOEP) longitudinal study at DIW Berlin.