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SGVS Congress 2011 in Lucerne
The annual congress 2011 will take place on June 9 - 10, 2010, in Lucerne. The thematic sessions will be on political economy.Other Economic Events
Young Swiss Economists Meeting, University of Bern, 2011SSES Young Economist Award 2010
On the SSES Annual Meeting 2010 in Fribourg, the young economist award (CHF 2'000) has been granted to:- Timo Boppart (University of Zurich), for the paper "Engel's law and growth and directed technical change"
- Alexander Tarasov (University of Munich), for the paper "Per Capita Income, Market Access Costs, and Trade Volumes"
Hannes Androsch Prize 2011
The Hannes Androsch Prize 2011 is an award of EUR 100,000 for a scientifically sound contribution to the following issue:
"A global challenge to our social future: The design of a social security system which can withstand the dual threat of demographic developments and financial market risk"
Closing date for entries: 31 January 2011
More information is available on the Austrian Academy of Sciences website at www.oeaw.ac.at/hannesandroschprize
