Research Conference on the Single Market

1. 19 Mar 2026, 08:30 - 09:00 (CET)

   Registration
2. 09:00 - 09:10 (CET)

   Welcome

   Román Arjona (European Commission)

3. 09:10 - 09:25 (CET)

   Opening

   Maive Rute (European Commission)

4. 09:25 - 10:00 (CET)

   Keynote Address

   Cristina Caffarra (UCL, CEPR, EuroStack Foundation, GROW Fellow)

5. 10:00 - 11:00 (CET)

   Session 1: Industrial Policy

   Chair: Lluis Sauri Romero (European Commission)

   • FDI Promotion and Comparative Advantage
     Torfinn Harding (NHH), Beata Javorcik (Oxford) and Daniela Maggioni (Ca‘Foscari University Venice)
   • The Effectiveness of State Aid
     Tuna Dökmeci (EUI), Andrea Brasili (EIB), Jochen Schanz (EIB) and Annamaria Tueske (EIB)
   • Government Venture Capital in Europe’s Innovation Strategy
     Marius Berger (ZEW), Chiara Criscuolo (IFC, LSE) and Lorenzo Moretti (EUI)
6. 11:00 - 11:30 (CET)

   Coffee break
7. 11:30 - 12:30 (CET)

   Session 2: The Industrial Policy-Single Market Interplay (Panel Discussion)

   Chair: Soumaya Keynes (Financial Times)

   • Dirk Schumacher (KFW)
   • Malhar Nabar (IMF)
   • Jean-André Barbosa (Renault)
   • Dorothée Rouzet (DG Trésor)
8. 12:30 - 14:00 (CET)

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

   Session 3: Trade and Supply Chains

   Chair: Debora Revoltella (European Investment Bank)

   • Quantifying EU Strategic Dependence
     Niccolo Consonni (ULB) and Glenn Magerman (ULB, CEPR, CESIfo)
   • Flooded by China? Trade diversion of US tariffs during Trump’s First Mandate
     Irina Balteanu (Banco de España), Maximiliano Moreno (Banco de España, Paris School of Economics) and Francesca Viani (Banco de España)
   • Automation Diffusion: Firm-to-Firm Network Spillovers and Industrial Policy
     Andrea Linarello (Bank of Italy), Antonio Ughi (Paris School of Economics)
10. 15:00 - 16:00 (CET)

    Session 4: Investment and Strategic Autonomy

    Chair: Rolf Strauch (European Stability Mechanism)

    • Payment Systems Interlinking and Trade Flows
      Massimo Ferrari Minesso, Laura Lebastard, Peter McQuade and Olga Triay Bagur (all ECB)
    • Buy Guns or Buy Roses?: EU Defence Spending Fiscal Multipliers
      David Sarasa-Flores, Agustín García Serrador and Camilo Ulloa Ariza (all BBVA Research)
    • How EU Corporates Leverage on the Common Market to Reduce Trade Vulnerabilities
      Peter Harasztosi (European Investment Bank), Laurent Maurin (European Investment Bank) and Pierre Rousseaux (CREST, IPP, i-MIP)
11. 16:00 - 16:15 (CET)

    Coffee Break
12. 16:15 - 17:30 (CET)

    Session 5: Single Market Barriers and Potential

    Chair: Román Arjona (European Commission)

    • The European Union and Trade: Impact, Resilience, and Potential
      Lionel Fontagné (Banque de France, CEPII and PSE) and Yoto Yotov (Drexel University and Ifo Institute)
    • No, the EU Does Not Impose a 45% Tariff on Itself
      Keith Head (UBC) and Thierry Mayer (Sciences Po)
    • What Is The Untapped Potential of the EU Single Market? 
      Roberto Bernasconi, Naïm Cordemans, Vanessa Gunnella, Giacomo Pongetti and Lucia Quaglietti (all ECB)
    • EU Barriers to Scaling Up: The Case of Fragmented Product Markets
      Diego A. Cerdeiro and Lorenzo Rotunno (both IMF)
13. 17:30 - 17:45 (CET)

    Conclusion: Outi Slotboom (European Commission)
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15. 17:45 - 17:55 (CET)

    Short speech by Georgios Ioannides (Deputy Permanent Representative, PermRep of Cyprus to the EU)

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