ERSA - European Regional Science Association

4th Reimut Jochimsen Prize

This paper was submitted with respect to the 2008 topic of the prize "European Infrastructure Policy: Challenges for Future Energy Markets in the European Community". The award ceremony took place at the Düsseldorf Regional Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank, Düsseldorf/Germany, on February 4, 2009.

The Reimut Jochimsen Prize has been awarded by the Düsseldorf Regional Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank to appreciate outstanding contributions of scholars to the advancement of material, institutional and personal infrastructure research. The papers submitted were evaluated by a Reading Committee consisting of Hans Peter Weser, President of the Düsseldorf Regional Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank, and three scholars formerly associated with Professor Jochimsen, namely Professors Walter Buhr, University of Siegen, Udo E. Simonis, Berlin Science Center for Social Research, and Peter Treuner, University of Stuttgart. More information on: http://www.uni-siegen.de/infrastructure_research