Benjamin Born

@bornecon

Professor of Macroeconomics @UniBonn | Research Director @ifo_Institut | Business Cycles | Monetary & Fiscal Policy

Bonn, Deutschland benjaminborn.de Joined November 2015

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Benjamin Born @bornecon Sep 15

Very honored to receive the 2026 Carl Menger Prize from @VfS_econ.

Many thanks to @bundesbank, @oenb, and @SNB_BNS for this recognition!

socialpolitik.de/en/carl-menger…

Benjamin Born @bornecon 4d

Come and join Isabel and me in Venice! We’re looking forward to great discussions, with keynotes by Ayşegül Şahin and Adrien Auclert. Submit your papers by 18 January!

Isabel Gödl-Hanisch @GoedlHanischIsa 4d

📢Join @bornecon & me in beautiful Venice, 30 Jun-1 Jul 2027, for our @CESifoNetwork workshop on monetary transmission & structural change!

Keynotes: Ayşegül Şahin & @a_auclert
Broad range of topics welcome!
Deadline: 18 Jan 2027
ifo.de/en/cesifo/even…

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Benjamin Born @bornecon Oct 14

Looking forward to tomorrow's inaugural @EUI_EU-@cepr_org Conference on Frontier Research on Fiscal Policy. Thank you to Giancarlo Corsetti, @AxelleFerriere,
@ilzetzki and @LeonardoMelosi for the invitation.

I'll present new research on why it matters what the government buys.

Benjamin Born @bornecon Oct 13

Please join us in Berlin in March 2027 and learn all about heterogeneous-agent macro and HANK.

Alexander Kriwoluzky Verified account @econ_stardust Oct 13

🏫 BASEforHANK Spring School 2027 in Berlin!

Learn to use HANK models with @christianbaye13, @bornecon, & @RalphLuet!

Last cohort: ⭐ 4.6/5 · 100% would recommend · 9 of 11 said “better than expected”

📅 1–10 March 2027
⏳ Apply by 15 Nov

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Benjamin Born @bornecon Oct 12

Perfect choice!

The Nobel Prize Verified account @NobelPrize Oct 12

BREAKING NEWS
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2026 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel to Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford “for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation.”

#NobelPrize

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