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The Lindahl Lectures are sponsored by Uppsala University and given every two years in honour of Erik Lindahl, a distinguished Swedish economist (1891-1960), Professor of Economics at Uppsala University 1942-1958. In 1986 Uppsala University established the lectures in honour of Lindahl's contributions to monetary theory and public finance. Previous lecturers include: - 1987 Professor Dale W. Jorgenson: Tax Policy and U.S. Economic Growth - 1989 Professor Anthony B. Atkinson: The Design of Taxation and Social Security - 1991 Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz: The New Welfare Economics: Public Policy in the Presence of Asymmetric Information - 1993 Professor Mervyn King: Financial Markets and Economic
Policy - 1996 Professor Agnar Sandmo: The Public Economics of the Environment - 1999 Professor Peter A. Diamond: Social Security Reform - 2002 Professor Timothy Besley: Principled Agents? Motivation and Incentives in Government - 2004 Professor Edward L. Glaeser: The Economics of Cities - 2006 Professor Richard Blundell: Evaluating Welfare Reforms - 2008 Professor Lars E. O. Svensson: Monetary Policy in Theory and Practice - 2010 Professor Ernst Fehr: Origins and Determinants of Human Preferences
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