Congress 2017

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

JEAN TIROLE

Toulouse School of Economics (TSE)

POL ANTRÀS

Harvard University

PROGRAMME

(See full programme here)

FRIDAY, May 26

9:00 – 9:30. Registration

9:30 – 10:00. Welcome

10:00 – 11:30. Panels

Panel A. Challenges for European Competition Policy

Panelists:

· Emmanuelle Auriol (Tolouse School of Economics)

· Massimo Motta (ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)

· Xavier Vives (IESE Business School)

Chair: Bernd Theilen (CREIP, Universitat Rovira i Virgili)

Panel B. Catalan Economic Challenges

Panelists:

· Rym Ayadi (HEC Montreal)

· Natàlia Mas-Guix (Generalitat de Catalunya)

· Concepció Patxot (BEAT, Universitat de Barcelona)

Chair: Elisenda Paluzie (BEAT, Universitat de Barcelona)

11:30 – 12.00. Coffee Break

12.00 – 13:30. Parallel Sessions DV_A

13:30 – 14:30. Lunch

14:30 – 16:00. Parallel Sessions DV_B

16:00 – 16:30. Coffee Break

16:30-18.00. Parallel Sessions DV_C

18:10 – 19:10. Keynote Lecture Jean Tirole (Toulouse School of Economics). Narratives, Imperatives and Moral Behavior (with Armin Falk and Roland Bénabou).

Chair: Salvador Barberà

19:10 – 20:30. Reception

SATURDAY, MAY 27

9:30 – 11:00. Parallel Sessions DS_D

11:00 – 11:30. Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00. Panels

Panel C. Globalization, Inequality and Democracy

Panelists:

· Nora Lustig (Tulane University)

· Jaume Ventura (CREI, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, and Barcelona GSE)

· Andrew Williams (ICREA and Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

Chair: Clara Ponsatí (University of St Andrews)

Panel D. The Economics of Environmental Challenges

Panelists:

· Jeroen van den Bergh (ICREA and Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

· Humberto Llavador (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)

· Robert Schmidt (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Chair: Jose Garcia-Montalvo (Universitat Pompeu Fabra and Barcelona GSE)

13:00 – 14:00. Lunch

14:00 – 15:30. Parallel Sessions DS_E

15:30 – 16:00. Coffee Break

16:00 – 17: 30. Parallel Sessions DS_F

17:40 – 18:40. Keynote Lecture Pol Antràs (Harvard University). Global Value Chains: Spiders and Snakes. Chair: Andreu Mas-Colell

18:40 – 19:10. Closing Meeting