Academic conference on the 30th anniversary of the single market

Programme

1. 7 Dec 2022, 08:45 - 09:15 (CET)

   Registration
2. 09:15 - 09:30 (CET)

   Introduction

   Paolo Pasimeni (European Commission)

3. 09:30 - 10:00 (CET)

   Keynote speech

   The Single Market as cornerstone of European sovereignty - Keynote speech by Benoît Coeuré, President of the Autorité de la concurrence

4. 10:00 - 11:00 (CET)

   1st session

   Chair: Josefina Monteagudo (European Commission)

   The “completeness” of the EU single market in comparative perspective

   Craig Parsons* (University of Oregon and University of Oslo), and Andy Smith* (Sciences Po Bordeaux)

   The “Brussels Effect”: Are Consumer Health and Safety Regulations across the World Shaped by the European Union?

   Cristina Herghelegiu* (European Commission), with Fernando Martin Espejo (KU Leuven)

5. 11:00 - 11:15 (CET)

   Break
6. 11:15 - 12:15 (CET)

   2nd session

   Chair: Pierre Regibeau (European Commission)

   Beyond the Great Reversal: Superstars, Unions, and the Euro

   Tommaso Crescioli* (LSE), and Angelo Martelli* (LSE)

   European Firm Concentration and Aggregate Productivity

   Filippo di Mauro* (IWH and CompNet), with Tommaso Bighelli (Halle Institute for Economic Research), Marc J. Melitz (Harvard University), Matthias Mertens (IWH)

7. 12:15 - 13:30 (CET)

   Lunch break
8. 13:30 - 14:30 (CET)

   3rd session

   Chair: Josefina Monteagudo (European Commission)

   30 Years of the Single Market: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead

   Frank Vandermeeren* (European Commission)

   A general equilibrium analysis of the economic impact of the post-2006 EU regulation in the services sector

   Aleksei Trofimov* (European Commission), with Javier Barbero, Manol Bengyuzov, Martin Christensen, Andrea Conte, Simone Salotti (European Commission)

9. 14:30 - 15:30 (CET)

   4th session

   Chair: Román Arjona (European Commission)

   Global value chains and unemployment in the EU: new insights on the role of the workforce composition and financial frictions

   Mariam Camarero* (University Jaume I), and Cecilio Tamarit* (University of Valencia), with Antonia Lopez-Villavicencio (CNRS and University Paris Nanterre)

   Cross-country price and inflation dispersion: Retail network or national border?

   Georg Strasser* (European Central Bank), with Teresa Messner (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Fabio Rumler (Oesterreichische Nationalbank),

10. 15:30 - 15:45 (CET)

    Break
11. 15:45 - 16:45 (CET)

    5th session

    Chair: Edouard Bourcieu (European Commission)

    UK Trade in the Wake of Brexit

    Thomas Sampson* (LSE), with Rebecca Freeman (LSE), Kalina Manova (UCL), Thomas Prayer (Cambridge)

    Unravelling Deep Integration: Local Labour Market Effects of the Brexit Vote

    Beata Javorcik* (Oxford, EBRD & CEPR), with Katherine Stapleton (World Bank), Benjamin Kett (IMF), Layla O’Kane (BGT)

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13. 16:45 - 17:05 (CET)

    Conclusion

    Conclusions from the Academic conference on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the single market - Román Arjona (European Commission)

Practical information

Description

The European Commission’s Directorate General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW) and the Czech Presidency of the EU are organising an academic conference on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the single market. The conference takes place on 7 December 2022 in Prague in hybrid format. The conference brings together top researchers from academia and policy makers from EU and national institutions to present research findings and policy insights related to the single market.

The event will start with a keynote speech followed by sessions in which a total of 10 academic papers will be presented. Participants (in-person and on-line) will be able to interact by asking questions.

The following day, on 8 December 2022, a policy conference on the 30th anniversary of the single market organised by the Czech Presidency of the EU will take place at the same venue.