Monday, 9 May, 2016 | 17:00 | Public Lecture

Prof. Jan Švejnar (Columbia University) “Does Wealth Inequality Matter for Growth? The Effect of Billionaire Wealth, Income Distribution, and Poverty”

The Applied Economics Discovery Hub invites you to a public lecture by Columbia University Professor, Jan Švejnar, on the issues of wealth inequality, political connections and their impact on economic growth.

CERGE-EI co-founder, Prof. Švejnar will cover his recent paper, Does wealth inequality matter for growth? The effect of billionaire wealth, income distribution, and poverty, which was published with Sutirtha Bagchi in The Journal of Comparative Economics last year. 

More information about the event can be found on the Applied Economics Discovery Hub event page.

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