Innovation, firm size, productivity and imbalances in the age of de-globalization

6th CompNet Annual Conference, June 29-30, 2017, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
 

As the criticism to globalisation mounts, so do the challenges to solid tenets of economic theory and practice connecting trade and productivity. How can we reconcile the decline in productivity in the last decade with still unabated barriers to globalisation? To what extent are increasing cross-border activities related to higher productivity? How would society's welfare be affected in case barriers to trade were imposed by nations in some form or another? How would a lower freedom to cross-border activities affect the spread of innovation globally and across firms? How will this affect Small and Medium Enterprises? Would such a "less globalised world" lead to smaller imbalances across economies and in terms of income inequality?

For more details, please check the conference program and the conference summary. Follows the presentations and materials discussed during the conference.

 

Introductory Remarks

Keynote Speech

  • The Impact of Exports on Innovation: Theory and Evidence

Session  1 - Trade and Productivity

Keynote Address

Session 2 - Financial Frictions and Productivity

Chief Economist Panel

Keynote Address

Session 3 - Labour Market and Productivity

Keynote Address

Session 4 - Global Value Chains and Productivity

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