Program 2022

Welcome and introduction (9:00-9:15 CEST)

Purpose and structure of the workshop (Niko Jaakkola, Riccardo Rovelli)

Session 1 (9:15-11:00 CEST)

Macroeconomic governance and policies in the euro area: The state of things

Moderator:

• Riccardo Rovelli (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

Speakers:

• Marco Buti (European Commission; remote presentation) - Implications of COVID and UKRAINE crises for EU economic governance
• Xavier Debrun (National Bank of Belgium and European Fiscal Board) - The great EU governance review: a good start and a turn to nowhere?
• Vitor Gaspar (International Monetary Fund; remote presentation) - Shifting Fiscal-Monetary Policy Interactions

Session 2 (11:15-13:00 CEST)

Climate policy and the scale of the green transition: The state of things

Moderator:

• Niko Jaakkola (Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna)

Speakers:

• Lint Barrage (UCSB; remote presentation) - Technology, growth, and climate policy
• Simone Borghesi (European U. Institute and U. di Siena) - Can climate policies be an engine for just transition?
• Luis Garicano (European Parliament, Renew Europe) - A political economy perspective on carbon pricing
• Karen Pittel (ifo Institute) - Russian energy imports and German climate policy

Lunch (13:00-14:15 CEST)

Session 3 (14:15-16:00 CEST)

European macroeconomic governance and climate policy

Moderator:

• Alessandro Merli (Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe)

Speakers:

• Tomasz Koźluk (OECD) - Climate, Energy and the Macroeconomy – selected insights
• Rick van der Ploeg (U. of Oxford) - The fiscal costs of climate policies
• Vesa Vihriälä (U. of Helsinki) - Economic policy responsibilities in the new normal – a Northern perspective
• Guntram Wolff (Bruegel; remote presentation) - Climate investment needs and the public/private sector mix

Session 4 (16:15-18:00 CEST)

Panel: The European political economy of macroeconomic and climate governance

Moderator:

• Beda Romano (Il Sole 24 Ore; remote)

Panelists:

• Daniel Gros (CEPS; remote)
• Mauro Petriccione (European Commmission, DG Climate Action; remote)
• Helen Thompson (University of Cambridge; remote)

Topics:

• Is it now politically feasible to implement an effective and just carbon price?
• Which fiscal rules/standards can steer EMU through the energy transition?
• The European Union and collective action: what is the way forward?

Closing remarks, end (18:00-18:10 CEST)