The Banco de España, together with CEMFI and Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (UIMP) has launched the second of a series of academic conferences on the Spanish economy, held on 6 and 7 July 2023 in Santander.
This conference series aims at bringing together top researchers to present their recent work on topics that are of critical importance for the Spanish economy, as well as distinguished policy-makers to discuss their views on these topics.
This year’s conference has included academic sessions on the labour market, productivity, monetary policy and public finances. It has also featured a closing speech by Pablo Hernández de Cos, Governor of the Banco de España, and a panel discussion on energy markets chaired by Ángel Gavilán, Director General of Economics, Statistics and Research.
Information
6 July 2023 - 7 July 2023
Santander
Agenda ( 136 KB )
Speakers
6 July
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- 10:00h - 11:00h
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LABOUR MARKET (I)
Chair: Juan Francisco Jimeno (Banco de España)
Labor Market Institutions and Fertility
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Nezih Guner (CEMFI), Ezgi Kaya (Cardiff Business School) and Virginia Sánchez-Marcos (1 MB) (Universidad de Cantabria)Discussant: Luisa Fuster (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
(866 KB)
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- 11:30h - 13:30h
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LABOUR MARKET (II)
Chair: Juan Francisco Jimeno (Banco de España)
Just Reallocated? Robots, Displacement and Job Quality
(116 KB)
Liliana Cuccu and Vicente Royuela (Universitat de Barcelona) (2 MB)
Discussant: Omar Rachedi (ESADE) (4 MB)Dual Labor Markets and the Equilibrium Distribution of Firms
Josep Pijoan-Mas (CEMFI) and Pau Roldán-Blanco (Banco de España)
Discussant: Cristina Lafuente (UC Louvain)
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- 14:30h - 16:30h
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PRODUCTIVITY
Chair: Enrique Moral-Benito (Banco de España)
Size-dependent Regulations in Spain
Miguel Almunia (CUNEF), Juan F. Jimeno, David López-Rodríguez (Banco de España) and Borja Petit (CUNEF)
Discussant: Federico Kochen (CEMFI)TECHnological Factor Productivity
(3 MB)
Xavier Cirera (World Bank), Diego Comín (Dartmouth University) (1 MB), Marcio Cruz (World Bank) and Kyung Min Lee (World Bank)Discussant: Pau Roldán (Banco de España)
(215 KB)
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- 17:00h - 18:30h
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MONETARY POLICY AND FINANCE
Chair: Sergio Mayordomo (Banco de España)
Climate Risk, Bank Lending and Monetary Policy
Carlo Altavilla (ECB), Miguel Boucinha (ECB), Marco Pagano (University of Naples Federico II, CSEF, EIEF, CEPR and ECGI), Andrea Polo (Luiss University, EIEF, CEPR and ECGI)
Discussant: Dmitry Khametshin (Banco de España)Presentation of the new Banco de España report on the financial situation of households and firms.
Roberto Blanco (Banco de España) (1 MB)
7 July
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- 09:00h - 11:00h
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PUBLIC FINANCES
Chair: Olympia Bover (Banco de España)
Wealth Tax Mobility and Tax Coordination
David Agrawal (University of Kentucky), Dirk Foremny (Universitat de Barcelona) and Clara Martínez-Toledano (Imperial College Business School)
Discussant: David López-Rodríguez (Banco de España) (172 KB)Understanding Home Bias in Procurement: Evidence from National and Subnational governments
Manuel García-Santana (UPF) and Marta Santamaría (University of Warwick)
Discussant: Paula Bustos (CEMFI)
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- 11:30h - 13:30h
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PANEL DISCUSSION: ENERGY MARKETS
Chair: Ángel Gavilán (Banco de España)
Panelists: Rocío Prieto (CNMC), Miguel Gil Tertre (European Commission)
(974 KB) and Diego Rodríguez (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)
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- 13:30h - 13:45h
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Closing speech
Governor Pablo Hernández de Cos