CESifo Network:
Promoting Economic
Research
“The CESifo International Research Network spans the globe. It links both fresh talent and seasoned economists who meet, publish, discuss papers and exchange ideas at CESifo, greatly boosting progress in economic research.”
Prof. Clemens Fuest, CESifo President

News

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Publications 24 Jul 2024

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has raised the question of whether the issue of external border security and defense needs to be more closely integrated within the European Union. Many proposals are under discussion aimed at assigning the EU with tasks that are currently performed at national level. Most EU members have increased their defense spending in the past year or plan to do so soon. However, whether an EU defense union is politically achievable remains controversial. It entails additional costs and ‒ even more importantly ‒ the member states would have to give up some of their sovereignty. The project is linked to the plan to build a robust and efficient defense industry. This is because European arms production has so far suffered from national fragmentation and chronic underfunding.

Portrait Ana Gamarra Rondinel CESifo Guest 2024
ifo/CESifo Visiting Researcher
25 Aug – 20 Sep 2024

Ms. Rondinel’s research fields are taxation, early childhood, education economics, and social and economic disadvantage. Her current research focuses on: the impact of student loans on post-schooling outcomes and enrolment; the revenue capacity of tax systems and; the various challenges associated with financial insecurity.

During her stay at CESifo, she plans to work on three papers and one non-academic report: “Straightening Out the Laffer Curve” (co-authored with Prof. James Hines and Prof. Jose F. Sanz-Sanz); “Income Contingent Student Loans: Impacts on Earnings and Life Decisions” (co-authored with Prof. A. Abigail Payne and Dr. Steeve Marchand); “To Enroll or Not to Enroll: The Role of Differential University Tuition on Enrollment” (co-authored with Prof. Abigail Payne and Dr. Steeve Marchand); and a report on the cost of living using the latest wave of the Taking the Pulse of the Nation survey (co-authored with Prof. A. Payne, Dr. F. Botha, and Dr. Ujjwal KC).

Portrait Erike Plug CESifo Guest 2024
ifo/CESifo Visiting Researcher
16 – 21 Sep 2024

Erik Plug’s research portfolio spans labor economics, family economics, and the economics of education. Areas of particular interest include the intergenerational transmission of human capital, the economics of fertility, and gender and LGBTQ+ disparities in the labor market. His research has been published in the leading journals in economics including the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Quarterly Journal of Economics, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of Economic Literature, Journal of Labor Economics, Journal of Human Resources, and Journal of Public Economics

Upcoming

18 – 19 September 2024
18
Sep
CESifo, Munich
CESifo Conference
Keynote Speaker: Gilles Duranton (Real Estate Department, The Wharton School)

18 – 19 October 2024
18
Oct
CESifo, Munich
CESifo Area Conference
Keynotes: Emily Breza (Harvard), Leonardo Bursztyn (Chicago), Dmitry Taubinsky (Berkeley)

22 – 23 October 2024
22
Oct
ifo Institute
Keynote: Sascha O. Becker (Monash University and Warwick University)

Calls for Papers

Active calls for upcoming CESifo and ifo conferences

18th Workshop on Political Economy 2024

 

Network Members

CESifo is a global network of more than 2000 members, each of whom is selected for their expertise and extensive experience in the CESifo research areas. Members are invited to join the network as Affiliates or Fellows after completing a period of residential research at the Center for Economic Studies or the ifo Institute.

“The CESifo International Research Network spans the globe, linking economists who meet at our events, publish and discuss papers and exchange ideas. CESifo is an accelerator for progress in economic research.”

Prof. Clemens Fuest, CESifo President