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Annual Research Conference 2019 - Economic challenges of the 2020s

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At DG ECFIN's Annual Research Conference held on 15 November, about 100 participants from research and policy-making circles discussed the theme: "Economic challenges of the 2020s".

  • economic policy
  • Friday 15 November 2019, 09:15 - 17:45 (CET)
  • Brussels, Belgium

Programme

  1. 15 Nov 2019, 09:15 - 09:30 (CET)

    Welcome and introduction to the conference

    Paolo Gentiloni (Commissioner-designate)

  2. 09:30 - 11:00 (CET)

    Distinguished ECFIN Lecture

    Paul Collier (Oxford)The Future of CapitalismGeneral discussion

  3. 11:00 - 11:30 (CET)

    Coffee break

  4. 11:30 - 13:00 (CET)

    Session I: Market structures and income distribution

    Pure rents and the profit share, market power concentration, rates of return, inequality of income and wealth, skills/digital divide, institutions and regulations

    Chair: Mary Veronica Tovsak Pleterski (DG ECFIN)Lead speaker: Thomas Philippon (New York)Discussion panel: Carlo Altomonte (Bocconi), Chiara Criscuolo (OECD), Jens Suedekum (DICE)  

  5. 13:00 - 14:00 (CET)

    Lunch break

  6. 14:00 - 15:30 (CET)

    Session II: Future-proofing fiscal policies

    Demographics, productivity and investment, safe assets, public investment needs and the costs of debt, Musgrave+ assignments in going grey, green and digital

    Chair: Declan Costello (DG ECFIN)Lead speaker: Olivier Blanchard (PIIE, Washington)Discussion panel: Roel Beetsma (Amsterdam), Margit Schratzenstaller (Vienna), Volker Wieland (Frankfurt)

  7. 15:30 - 16:00 (CET)

    Coffee break

  8. 16:30 - 17:30 (CET)

    Panel: Europe’s role in a changing global economy

    The future of multilateralism in the world economy, reshuffling of economic gravity centres, competition and taxation issues, role of the euro, EU homework assignments 

    Chair: Marco Buti, DG ECFINPanellists: Laurence Boone (OECD), Philip Lane (ECB), Klaus Regling(ESM), Beatrice Weder di Mauro (CEPR)

    General discussion

  10. 17:30 - 17:45 (CET)

    Close of conference

Practical information

When
Friday 15 November 2019, 09:15 - 17:45 (CET)
Where
Charlemagne Building
Charlemagne Building, Rue de la Loi 170, 1000 Brussels, Belgium
Languages
English

Report

Professor Paul Collier (University of Oxford) started the day with his distinguished ECFIN Lecture on “The future of capitalism”. He said we should heal the rifts between booming metropoles and broken regions and that we also need social convergence: the least successful regions and people need to catch up with the most successful.

Three subsequent sessions were devoted to specific sub-themes looking into (i) market structures and income distribution; (ii) the future proofing fiscal policies; and (iii) Europe’s role in a changing global economy.

Commissioner-designate for Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, addressed the audience by marking the most important economic challenges Europe has to tackle. He said Europe would need ‘a new approach’ to tackle the economic slowdown and future challenges and that Europe should reflect on how best to adapt its economic and fiscal surveillance framework. Europe has the potential to be a strong player on the world stage and needs to step up if it wants to be more than a mere spectator in a world determined by others, he said.

  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Speakers at the ARC 2019
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Presentations

Session I: Market structures and income distribution

  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
The Great Reversal - Thomas Philippon
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Market Power under Heterogeneous Financial Frictions - Carlo Altomonte
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Market structures and income distribution A discussion - Chiara Criscuolo
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Robots and the rise of European superstar firms - Jens Suedekum
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Session II: Future-proofing fiscal policies

  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Revisiting the EU fiscal framework in an era of low interest rates - Olivier Blanchard
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Revisiting the EU fiscal framework in an era of low interest rates - Session discussion by Roel Beetsma
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Future-proofing fiscal policies: Caution and robustness - Volker Wieland
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Panel: Europe’s role in a changing global economy

  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Europe’s role in a changing global economy - Philip Lane
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  • 15 NOVEMBER 2019
Europe’s Role in a Changing World - Beatrice Weder di Mauro
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