Frankfurt Junior Economists meet Nobel Laureates

Four junior researchers from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration have been selected to participate at this year’s Lindau Meeting on Economic Sciences from 22 to 26 August. Pramila Crivelli, Junior Professor of International Trade, Andrej Gill, former PostDoc at the chair of Uwe Walz and currently Deputy Professor at the University of Mainz, André Gröger, holding a postdoctoral researcher position in the Applied Econometrics and International Economic Policy department, as well as Markus Nisch, Research Assistant at the chair of Anna Rohlfing-Bastian, had to pass a multi-step application and selection process. Altogether, 360 young researchers from 66 countries have been selected to participate at the meeting.

19 Nobel laureates have already confirmed their participation at this year’s meeting, among others Oliver Hart and Bengt Holmström (2016), Jean Tirole (2014), Lars Peter Hansen (2013), Christopher Sims (2011), Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides (2010). The aim of the meeting is to bring together Nobel laureates and young researchers to foster scientific exchange between different generations and cultures.

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