Research Conference on the Single Market

1. 10 Apr 2025, 08:30 - 09:00 (CEST)

   Registration
2. 09:00 - 09:15 (CEST)

   Introduction

   Paolo Pasimeni (European Commission) 

3. 09:15 - 09:30 (CEST)

   Opening

   Maive Rute (European Commission)

4. 09:30 - 10:30 (CEST)

   Session 1: Economic Impact of the Single Market

   Chair: Román Arjona (European Commission)

   • Europe’s Productivity Weakness: Firm-Level Roots and Remedies
     Oyun Adilbish (IMF), Diego Cerdeiro (IMF), Romain Duval (IMF), Gee Hee Hong (IMF), Luca Mazzone (IMF), Lorenzo Rotunno (IMF), Hasan Toprak (IMF), Maryam Vaziri (IMF)
   • Assessing the Effectiveness and Potential of the Single Market for New and Existing Members: New Methods and Measures,
     Lionel Fontagné (Paris School of Economics), Yoto V. Yotov (Drexel University, ifo Institute)
5. 10:30 - 11:00 (CEST)

   Coffee break
6. 11:00 - 11:45 (CEST)

   Keynote address

   Philippe Aghion (College de France, INSEAD, and LSE)

7. 11:45 - 12:45 (CEST)

   Session 2: Trade Integration and Cohesion

   Chair: Marushia Gislén (World Economic Forum)

   • Trade Bloc Enlargement when Many Countries Join at Once

     Rodolfo G. Campos (Banco de España) and Jacopo Timini (Banco de España)

   • Trade Flows, Market Integration and Cohesion Policy in the EU Regions

     Paolo Di Caro (Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance), Ugo Fratesi (Politecnico di Milano), Elisa Fusco (University of Florence)

8. 12:45 - 14:00 (CEST)

   Lunch
9. 14:00 - 15:00 (CEST)

   Session 3: Microdata Insights on Single Market Policies

   Chair: Lúcio Vinhas de Souza (Business Europe)

   • Corporate Default and Judicial Efficiency in the EU-27: Evidence from a Large Sample of Firms

     Serena Fatica (European Commission), Tommaso Oliviero (University of Naples Federico II, Csef, Mofir and Cefes), and Michela Rancan (University of Milan)

   • Green pressure, lean measures: Unveiling corporate downsizing within the EU Emissions Trading System

     Jana Boeckx (IESEG), Kristof Struyfs (KU Leuven), and Wouter Torsin (University of Liège)

10. 15:00 - 16:00 (CEST)

    Session 4: Dependencies and Open Strategic Autonomy

    Chair: Ilaria Maselli (Maersk)

    • Sourcing all the Eggs from One Basket: Trade Dependencies and Import Prices

      Irina Balteanu (Banco de España), Katja Schmidt (Banque de France, OECD) and Francesca Viani (Banco de España)

    • Selective Industrial Policy for the EU Open Strategic Autonomy: the Role of Products’ Relatedness

      Filippo Bontadini (LUISS) and Valentina Meliciani (LUISS)

11. 16:00 - 16:30 (CEST)

    Coffee break
12. 16:30 - 17:30 (CEST)

    Session 5: Industrial Policies

    Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer (Bruegel)

    • State Aid Control as a Coordinating Instrument for EU Industrial Policy in the Internal Market

      Lena Hornkohl (University of Vienna and University of Heidelberg) and Dionysios Pelekis (University of Utrecht)

    • Industrial Policy in Europe: A Single Market Perspective

      Andrew Hodge (IMF), Roberto Piazza (Banca d’Italia), Fuad Hasanov (IMF), Xun Li (IMF), Maryam Vaziri (IMF), Atticus Weller (IMF), Yu Ching Wong (IMF)

13. 17:30 - 17:50 (CEST)

    Wrap up

    Outi Slotboom (European Commission)

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15. 17:50 - 18:00 (CEST)

    Conclusion

    Bartłomiej Banaszak (Polish Ministry of Economic Development and Technology)

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