Rome, 15 December 2022 - 16 December 2022

The Bank of Italy is organising the workshop on "Firms in a period of turmoil", in collaboration with the CEPR and the EIEF. The event will take place in Rome from 15 to 16 December 2022, health conditions and travel restrictions permitting. The meeting aims at bringing together lead economists to discuss how the productive structure is reacting to the recent pandemic, energy and trade shocks, and the growing relevance of micro-macro interactions between public policies, firm choices, and aggregate productivity. The keynote lecture will be given by Kalina Manova (University College London). Interested authors should submit their work by September 30, 2022, according to the Call for papers.

Call for papers

15 November 2022

Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo - Japan

In the last few years, the ADBI has provided support and hosted conferences (see for instance the last on September 2020), aimed at fostering an adequate micro data infrastructure in Asia for research and policy use on productivity enhancement. The COVID-19 epidemic and the associated acceleration in the pace of digitalization and innovation, had provided further motivation for analysing granular information at the firm level. Firms are required to adapt to the new standards and procedures in order to survive. Now that we are entering a post-pandemic world, business models and working environment may not be the same as they were before COVID-19. How do the changes and innovation affect productivity in this new setting? What are the advantages and disadvantages associated with R&D-intensive firms? How different is the pace of innovation among countries and regions? This conference aims at providing responses to such issues relying on innovative firm level datasets both for Asia and Europe. 

Program

This conference seeks to enhance our understanding of how to facilitate a sustainable allocation of economic resources in a post-lockdown world.

The Competitiveness Research Network (CompNet), the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the Finance department at the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research (IWH), invite submission for the 2^nd FINPRO conference on the intersection of the two research fields of financial economics and productivity research.

The originally planned 2nd Finance and Productivity (FINPRO) Conference on 02-03 December in the premises of the Leopoldina in Halle will be postponed to 05-06 May 2022.

The program will be published soon!

This year CompNet celebrates its 11th Annual Conference, together with EIB and ENRI as co-host, which will take place at the Headquarters of the EIB in Luxembourg on September 14 - 15, 2022.

The topic of the conference is "Productivity growth, climate change, and digitalization at times of repeated shocks"

Register here if you like to participate.

Here is the Program.

CAED Seminar: 'Market Power and Innovation'

On May 28, 2021, we are proud to present:

Speaker: Maarten de Ridder (London School of Economics)
Title: Market Power and Innovation in the Intangible Economy


Date/Time: May 28, 2021, 14:00 CEST

Zoom meeting: eur-nl.zoom.us/j/97679975303

Meeting ID: 976 7997 5303
Passcode: CAED2020
(Zoom opens at 13.45. If you have trouble with the Zoom meeting link, use Meeting ID and Passcode)

Keep up to date for upcoming seminars on 
www.tinbergen.nl/events

For any questions, send your email to: caed2020@tinbergen.nl

CAED is happy to cross-post information for the Tinbergen Institute Summer School course on productivity, trade, and growth from July 12--16, 2021 (online).

Sponsored by: The Tinbergen Institute and the program in Business Data Science.

Market Dynamics, Competition and the Role of Industrial Policy in the Context of the Covid-19 Crisis.

Digital technologies and business models drive productivity growth and are key to job creation and prosperity. However, they can also create “winner takes most” dynamics, market concentration and rising productivity gaps across firms. How do these developments affect market dynamics and competition in interconnected economies and what role can modern industrial policy play to promote structural change while maintaining a “level playing field” to ensure fair competition in global markets? The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to have an accelerating effect on these already ongoing structural changes. Against this background, government action becomes even more important and policy dialogue around these topics is more timely than ever.

AGENDA

The Chairman Filippo di Mauro introduced the session „ Market power, digital transformation and the COVID-19 catalys”

See here his presentation 

More information on the conference can be found here 

_{Since its inception, CompNet has hosted and organized several events, conferences and workshops that have seen the participation of prominent scholars and policy-makers.}

CompNet ProdTalks - a continuous series of virtual monthly events.

_{In a 1.5 hour virtual event, two selected papers will be presented including presentation, discussion and Q&A. The topic will be general, such as: Productivity Research, Trade, Finance and Labour.}

_{Please find details at the following link: CompNet ProdTalks.}

CompNet Annual Event - Jointly organised by CompNet and ECB. 

_{A short online event took place on 22nd September 2020.} 

_{Please find details at the following link: 9th CompNet Annual Conference (will be published soon).}

Conference on Sustainable development, firm performance and competitiveness policies in small open economies

_{Video Conference, June 22 - 24, 2020}

_{Please find details at the following link: Conference}

3rd CompNet Data Provider Forum

_{Video Conference, April 22, 2020}

_{Please find details at the following link: 3rd CompNet Data Provider Forum}

First FINPRO - Finance and Productivity Conference

_{EBRD, December 2 - 3 2019, London, UK}

_{Please find details at the following link: 1st FINPRO - Finance and Productivity Conference}

First CompNet Data User Conference

_{France Stratègie, October 8 - 9 2019, Paris, France}

_{Please find details at the following link: 1st CompNet Data User Conference}

Joint CompNet - EIB - IMF - ENRI - IWH Conference : From Micro to Macro: Market Power, Firms' Heterogeneity and Investment

_{EIB, March 18 - 19 2019, Luxembourg, Luxembourg}

_{Please find details at the following link: 8th CompNet Annual Conference.}

CompNet-EBRD Workshop - Localisation and Productivity

_{European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, October 8-9 2018, London, United Kingdom}

_{Please find details at the following link: CompNet-EBRD Workshop.}

7th CompNet Annual Conference - Economic Growth, Trade and Productivity Dispersion

_{Leopoldina, June 21-22 2018, Halle (Saale), Germany}

_{Please find details at the following link: 7th CompNet Annual Conference.}

2nd CompNet Data Provider Forum 

_{IWH, 6th - 7th May 2019, Halle (Saale), Germany}

_{Please find details at the following link: 2nd CompNet Data Provider Forum.}

Workshop on 6th CompNet data vintage

_{European Central Bank (Main Building), April 26 2018, Frankfurt, Germany}

_{Please find the Summary at the following link: Summary.}

Second Workshop - Empirical research on productivity and innovation

_{ABDI, January 11-12 2018, Tokyo, Japan}

_{Link to previous events: Previous Events.}

On 22 September 2020, a short online event took place. Please find all material below to be downloaded from the online conference.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) may have lasting effects on the global and the European economies. This online event features a keynote lecture on the environment in which European firms operate and how it may be affected by the pandemic. A high-level panel discussed how COVID-19 may be reshaping international trade and capital flows.

Program

Summary

14:30    Registration (Webex)

15:00    Welcome address

             Frank Smets, Director General, Directorate General Economics, European Central Bank

             Filippo di Mauro, Chairman, CompNet

15:10   Keynote Speech:

            "Firms concentration, trade and productivity – recent trends in EU countries and implications of the COVID-19 pandemic"

             Marc Melitz, Harvard University

15:55    Break

16:00    Policy panel "How is COVID-19 reshaping international trade and capital flows?"

             Chair: Philip R. Lane, Member of the Executive Board, European Central Bank 

             Caroline Freund, Global Director of Trade, Investment and Competitiveness, World Bank

             Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

             Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, Deputy Director of the Research Department, International Monetary Fund

17:15 End of event

General information

Language English

Local organisers

Ettore Dorrucci, Roberta Serafini, Philipp Meinen (all European Central Bank, Directorate General Economics, Euro Area External Sector and Euro Adoption Division)

Contacts Simone Suckfüll +49 69 1344 6952 Saskia Schwägermann +49 69 1344 6402 CompNet_2020_Annual_Conference@ecb.europa.eu