Nominator's project description
| During his research stay in Germany, Akcigit will examine an issue that continues to be relevant 30 years after reunification: why is there still an economic gap between East and West Germany? "The prize money of 1.5 million euros will enable me to intensify cooperation with my colleagues at the Halle Institute for Economic Research – Member of the Leibniz Association. In three joint projects, we will be looking into the causes of the unequal living conditions in East and West which still exist today," the Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award Winner explains. Akcigit, Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, is an internationally renowned expert in the field of modern growth theory. In his research to date, he has succeeded in demonstrating, for example, a strong link between innovation and long-term economic growth (in the USA), between innovation and social mobility, and even between innovation and happiness. |
