German economist (born 1938)
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker
Carl Christian von Weizsäcker (born in Berlin on January 28, 1938) is a German economist who currently works as a senior research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods (MPI-EG), having emerited from the University of Cologne in 2003.[ 1] Throughout his career, von Weizsäcker has worked at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the universities of Heidelberg , Bielefeld , Bonn , Bern and Cologne . His research focuses on welfare economics , the theory of capital , the history of economics , the Eurozone crisis , climate policy , and the social market economy . Within his profession, he is notably a founding member and fellow of the European Economic Association . In 2014, von Weizsäcker was awarded the Gustav Stolper Prize in recognition for his contributions to economic debate in Germany.[ 2] He is also a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Selected publications
Von Weizsäcker, C. C. (1965). "Existence of Optimal Programs of Accumulation for an Infinite Time Horizon". Review of Economic Studies . 32 (2): 85–104. doi :10.2307/2296054 . JSTOR 2296054 .
Von Weizsäcker, C. C. (1980). "A Welfare Analysis of Barriers to Entry". Bell Journal of Economics . 11 (2): 399–420. doi :10.2307/3003371 . JSTOR 3003371 .
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