Awards

 

The Franz Weninger Award is granted at the annualConference on European Economic Integration (CEEI) of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB). The OeNB confers this award every year for outstanding master’s and doctoral theses in the field of monetary theory and monetary policy in com­memoration of the late head of theEconomic Analysis Divisionof the OeNB. The Governing Board of the OeNB bestows the Franz Weninger Award on recommendation of a panel of experts.

Three one-time prizes of EUR 3,000 each may be conferred for such theses every year.  The theses shall be approved by an Austrian university. Approval shall be from the academic year (October 1, 2011 – September 30, 2012) immediately preceding the submission date.The master’s or doctoral thesis submitted shall be postmarked September 17, 2012, at the latest, must bear the reference "Franz-Weninger-Stipendium/Franz Weninger Award" and sent to Oesterreichischen Nationalbank, Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. For further details please go toConditions for Participation (you can also the order these conditions via telephone or e-mail).

The following young economists have received a Franz Weninger Award in recent years:

• Emanuel Maximilian Gasteiger for the paper "Expectations in Monetary and Fiscal Policy"
• Oliver Picek for the paper "The Underlying Driver of the Euro Zone Crisis: Current Account Imbalances"
• Thomas Saghi for the paper "A Critical View of Credit Rating Agencies, Exemplified by Collateralized Debt Obligations"

• Stephanie Lackner for the paper "Optimale Geldpolitik in offenen Volkswirtschaf­ten unter besonderer Berücksichtigung von CPI- und PPI-basiertem Inflation Targeting"

• Lukas Mayr for the paper "Modelle der New Keynesian School unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Geldpolitik"

• Wolf Heinrich Reuter for the paper "Can Monetary Policy Help to Prevent the Emergence of Asset Price Bubbles? Answer from Panel-Vectorautoregressions"

• Martin Frontull for the paper "Central Bank Independence in Emerging Markets"

• Christian Schoder for the paper "The Effects of Monetary Policy on Accumulation, Growth and Distribution. A Post-Kaleckian Perspective on the US and Germany"

• Lisa Windsteiger for the paper "Die geldpolitische Strategie der EZB – unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der Rolle der Geldmenge"

• Martin Gächter for his paper "European Central Bank Monetary Policy – Using Taylor Rules to explain Interest Rate Setting Behaviour"

• Janice Goodenough  for her paper "An Econometric Evaluation of the Subprime Crisis – Modeling the Link between Housing Markets and Monetary Policy"

• Simon Dominik Sturn for his paper " Der Einfluss von Geld- und Fiskalpolitik auf die strukturelle Arbeitslosigkeit"

• Robert Hierländer for his paper "Monetary Theory and Policy in Closed and Open Economies: A New Keynesian Approach"

• Karin Lang for her paper "Analyse von Arbitragegelegenheiten im Bereich der Kapitalstruktur eines Unternehmens"

• Bernhard Stanzl for his paper "Vergleichende Analyse der geldpolitischen Instrumente und Strategien von EZB und FED sowie deren institutionelle Rahmenbedingungen"

• Hermann W. Elendner for his paper "On the Emergence of Money – The Formation of Media of Exchange in Artificial Societies"

• Thomas Hedl for his paper "Fiscal Federalism in der Wirtschafts- und Währungsunion?"
• Claudia Steinwender for her paper "Die Entstehung des Geldes"

• Herwig Immervoll for his paper "The Effects of Inflation on the Taxation of Income in Europe. An Empirical Investigation Using Microsimulaton"

• Stephan Gruber for his paper "Purchasing Power Parities: The Evidence from International (ICP) Price Data"
• Christian Lininger for his paper "Austrian-German Interest Differentials and Economic Fundamentals"

• Elisabeth Springler for her paper "Beschäftigungseffekte durch Finanzmarktliberalisierung? Griechenland als Critical-Case-Study"

• Wolfgang Schwarzbauer for his paper "Stock Markets and Real Economic Activity"
• Patrick Butler for his paper "The Accuracy of Analyst Forecasts: IPOs at the Neue Markt in Frankfurt"

• Gertrude Preslmair  for her paper "Der Transformationsprozess des tschechischen Bankensektors"

• Stefan Povaly  for his paper "Relationship between Stock- and Currency Markets in Emerging Regions with Particular Relevance for Poland"
• Clemens Jobst  for his paper "How to join the Gold Club: The Credibility of Austria-Hungary’s Commitment to the Gold Standard 1892–1913"