BRUSSELS (dpa-AFX) - The European Investment Bank Institute on Wednesday announced Sir Anthony Atkinson and Benjamin Moll as the winners of the 2015 EIB Prize for excellence in economic and social research.
Professor Anthony Atkinson is from the Institute of New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School and Nuffield College, Oxford; and the London School of Economics and Political Science. Professor Benjamin Moll is from the Department of Economics, Princeton University.
The Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank Institute honors two scholars for their research on the topic of this year's prize: the Economics of Inequality and Economic Growth.
EIB President Werner Hoyer will present the prize on November 11, 2015 at the EIB in Luxembourg and both laureates will deliver a prize lecture at the award ceremony.
Professor Atkinson will receive the EUR 40,000 Outstanding Contribution Award and Professor Moll will receive the EUR 25,000 Young Economist Award - under the age of 40, in recognition of the academic excellence, work published and impact on public policy of their research on the topic of this year's prize: the 'Economics of Inequality and Economic Growth'.
Instituted in 2013 by the EIB Institute, the EIB Prize recognizes and encourages excellence in economic and social research and promotes its implementation and diffusion.
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