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UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE

Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences

On January 8 as part of the IWP lecture series

Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung, Berlin) will give a lecture on "Costs less inequality growth? On the significance of different objectives in the 'distribution debate'" within the lecture series of the Institute for Economic Policy (IWP).

This event will also include the award of a honorary doctorate in economics and social sciences (Dr. rer. pol. h. c.) to Prof. Dr. Gert G. Wagner. The WiSo Faculty of the University of Cologne honours Professor Wagner for his achievements in the empirically based economic and social sciences, not only as author and publisher of numerous scientific publications, but also as promoter and mediator of the dialogue between science and practice.

When and where?

On 08.01.2018 at 17:45 o' clock
WiSo building, lecture room XXIV

More detailed information on the lecture series can be found in the following invitation flyer (pdf) and at the website of the IWP.

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