Event Review: Economic Convergence or Divergence in the EU?
Tuesday, 09.10.2018
CEPS
Conference Room
1, Place du Congrès
1000 Brussels
Belgium
In cooperation with
8th annual Intereconomics / CEPS Conference: Economic Convergence or Divergence in the EU?
How do we spot the trends in convergence and how can they help us to understand and stimulate the process? What roles do education, structural funds and regional factors play in this process? What policy measures can the EU use to foster economic convergence and deter divergence in the coming decade? Representatives from the EU institutions, academic researchers, economists and other experts consider these questions and offer their insight. Join us and share your views on these important questions.
Studies and conclusions are available in the Intereconomics issue No.1 of 2019.
Program
Session 1: Trends of Economic Convergence
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Convergence in the EU
Cinzia Alcidi
CEPS -
Convergence and Divergence in the Euro Area
Barry Eichengreen
University of California, Berkeley -
Convergence of German Bundesländer – Lessons for the EU
Michael Burda
Humboldt Universität zu Berlin -
Moderator
Jiffer Bourguignon
Intereconomics
Session 2: Drivers of Convergence/Divergence in the EU
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Incentivising Structural Reforms
Mathias Dolls
CESifo -
Upgrading Europe’s Convergence Machine
Christian Bodewig
World Bank -
Cohesion, Convergence and the EU Financial Toolbox
László Andor
Corvinus University of Budapest -
Moderator
Cinzia Alcidi
CEPS
Session 3: What can the EU do?
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Structural Funds
Ioana Rus
European Commission -
Can (Current) Europe Do Something? The Interweaving of External Constraints and Domestic Entropy
Dario Guarascio
INAPP -
The Impact of Structural Funds on Convergence
Jorge Núñez Ferrer
CEPS -
Moderator
Brigitte Preissl
Intereconomics
Roundtable Debate: How much Divergence can the EU take?
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Maria João Rodrigues
MEP -
Daniel Gros
Director, CEPS -
Barry Eichengreen
University of California, Berkeley -
Charles Wyplosz
The Graduate Institute, Geneva -
Moderator
Alan Beattie
Financial Times