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CESifo Forum Special Issue 2016 (May): Retirement of Hans-Werner Sinn

Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016

A special issue of the CESifo Forum is devoted to the achievements of Hans-Werner Sinn, former Ifo President. Internationally renowned economists like Nobel prizewinners Edmund Phelps and Robert Solow, German Federal Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann present their personal view of debates led by Sinn on key economic policy topics.

Articles included

From Leftist to Liberal: Hans-Werner Sinn and German Economic Policy

Ludger Wößmann
ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 3-4

A Request to Hans-Werner Sinn, Economist, Commentator and European

Wolfgang Schäuble
ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 5-6

Not against the Laws of Economics – Hans-Werner Sinn as a Public Intellectual

Jens Weidmann
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 7-11

Hans-Werner Sinn and Germany’s Natural Unemployment Level

Edmund Phelps
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 12-13

Pension Reform: Hans-Werner’s Research and Policy Impact

James Poterba
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 13-15

On the Young Sinn, the Political Economist, the Entrepreneur and the Friend

Assaf Razin
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 16-17

Hans-Werner Sinn, Cassandra and the Aristotle’s Lesbian Rule

Harold James
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 18-19

Riester Pensions

Peter Diamond
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 20-21

Hans-Werner Sinn: A Tribute to His Contributions to Research in Economics and Public Policy

David E. Wildain
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 22-23

Hans-Werner Sinn: ‘False Prophet’ or Spiritus Rector of the Agenda 2010?

Wolfgang Wiegard
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 24-25

A World Champion, a Provocateur and the Impac t of Economic Policy

Gabriel Felbermayr
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 26-27

Hans-Werner Sinn’s Thesis of the Pathological Export Boom

Wilhelm Kohler
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 28-29

Potential Counter Productivity of Second-Best Climate Policies

Rick Van Der Ploeg
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 30-31

Hans-Werner Sinn, Climate Change and the Green Paradox

Nicholas Stern
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 32-33

Casino Capitalism and Risk as a Production Factor – One Evening at a Restaurant in Paris

Clemens Fuest
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 34-35

Economic Policy in the Financial Crisis

Kai A. Konrad
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 36-37

Hans-Werner Sinn on the Global Financial Crisis

Martin Wolf
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 38-39

Pleasant Dreams or Nightmares in Public Debt Scenarios?

Vito Tanzi
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 40-43

The Danger of Consensus

Gilles Saint-Paul
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 44-45

Hans-Werner Sinn’s Origin Principle for Migration and the Welfare State

Giuseppe Bertola
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 46-47

A Case of Institutional Entrepreneurship

Robert Solow
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 48

Leadership by Example

Agnar Sandmo
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 49-50

Institutional Change and the ‘Irresistible Force’

Robert Haveman
Ifo Institute, Munich, 2016
in: CESifo Forum 17 Special Issue 2016 (May), 51-52