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Research from ECON quoted in Wall Street Journal

Morten Bennedsens report "Do CEOs matter?"

Contact: Morten Bennedsen , mb.eco@cbs.dk

Published 16.09.2007

The department changes its Danish name

"Institut for Nationaløkonomi" becomes "Økonomisk Institut"

Published 27.08.2007

Welcome to Peter Bogetoft

New Professor in Applied Microeconomics

Contact: Peter Bogetoft , pb.eco@cbs.dk

Published 20.08.2007

Four vacant PhD scholarships at The Department of Economics

Application deadline 15 June 2007

Contact: Patrick S. Gram , psg.eco@cbs.dk

Published 03.06.2007

Morten Bennedsen i Quarterly Journal of Economics.

”Inside the Family Firm: The Role of Families in Succession Decision and Performance”

Published 01.06.2007

Unusual co-operation with DR.

Co-operation between a seven men team of experts from Department of Economics and DR.
The attached in Danish.

Published 20.04.2007

Grant for project: Lisbeth la Cour.

Projecttitle:
The Impact of Ownership and Structural Reforms on Productivity
Projectmanager: Lektor Lisbeth la Cour.
Short describtion:
Firm productivity is expected to be affected by trade liberalization. Faced with higher competition, firms get under pressure to increase their productivity and to insure their survival by cutting down the managerial slack and by investing in innovation.

Published 20.12.2006

Grant for project-H.Peter Møllgaard

Projekttitle:
Risky Power:Choice of technology, security of supply, and market power in power markets.
Projectmanager: Professor Peter Møllgaard.
Short describtion:
Blackouts are generally perceived to constitute an important risk to the workings of modern societies. To counter this, societies need to secure the availability of generation capacity. The way this is done has been substantially altered as power markets have been liberalized, partly privatized and re-regulated.

Published 20.12.2006

Grant for project-Morten Bennedsen.

Projekttitle: Families and Firms:
The impact of family risk and organization on the governance of closely held corporations.
Projectmanager: Professor Morten Bennedsen
Short description: Families and Firms’ investigates how risk related to family structures and family development affects firms.

Published 20.12.2006

Seminar at Economics

Seminar at Department of Economics:
Speaker: Michael Svarer, University of Århus.
Time: Monday 3 April, 2006, 1 pm
Place: Seminar room C5:04, Department of Economics, Copenhagen Business School

Contact: Birgit Jensen , bj.eco@cbs.dk

Published 04.04.2006