Event Categories: Lecture

The 2019 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2019 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. Jörn-Steffen Pischke (London School of Economics and Centre for Economic Performance) The title of the lecture is: Of Mice and Merchants: Trade and Growth in the Iron Age.

The 2018 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2018 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. Orazio Attanasio (University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies) on the following topic: “The process of human development: research, measurement and policy questions.”

 

The 2017 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2017 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. Rachel Griffith (University of Manchester and Institute for Fiscal Studies) on the following topic: “A new year, a new you? Temptation and self-control in food purchases.”

 

The 2016 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2016 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. James J. Heckman (University of Chicago) on the following topic: “Intergenerational Mobility: Sources and Mechanisms. A Comparison of the U.S. and Scandinavia.”

The 2015 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2015 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. John Van Reenen (Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics) on the following topic: “Restoring productivity: Does management matter?”

The 2014 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2014 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. David Figlio (Northwestern University) on the following topic: “Using matched administrative data to design and improve public policy.”

The 2013 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2013 Hurwicz keynote address was given by prof. Andrew Chesher (University College London and CeMMAP) on the following topic: “Limited information econometrics.”

The 2012 Hurwicz Lecture

(…) if implementation is impossible or prohibitively costly, even the most attractive mechanism remains a utopia.
Leonid Hurwicz, Nobel Prize Lecture, 2007

The 2012 Hurwicz inaugural keynote address was given by prof. Richard Blundell (University College London and Institute for Fiscal Studies) on the following topic: “Empirical Evidence and Tax Reform: Lessons from the Mirrlees Review.”