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Ludger Woessmann

Ludger Woessmann is Professor of Economics at the University of Munich and Head of the Department of Human Capital and Innovation at the Ifo Institute for Economic Research.

Titles by This Editor

Industrial Policy for National Champions

Edited by Oliver Falck, Christian Gollier and Ludger Woessmann

Governments around the world are deeply divided about the proper role of industrial policy, with some politicians arguing for hands-off governance and others supporting government intervention to promote "national champions"-- firms that receive government support for both political and economic reasons. In this volume, prominent economists present the pros and cons of government support for national champions.

Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem

Edited by Ludger Woessmann and Paul E. Peterson

Much educational research today is focused on assessing reforms that are intended to create equal opportunity for all students. Many current policies aim at concentrating extra resources on the disadvantaged. The state-of-the-art research in Schools and the Equal Opportunity Problem suggests, however, that even sizeable differential spending on the disadvantaged will not yield an equality of results.