Program 

(All times are shown in CET) 

 Wednesday, 14 September 2022 

12h15        Welcome light lunch  

 13h15         Begin of Conference and official Welcome by Chairman of CompNet and EIB 

Keynote 

13h30 KEYNOTE: Ufuk Akcigit (University of Chicago) 

Session 1 – Business dynamism  

Chair/discussants – Mihnea Constantinescu (National Bank of Ukraine) and Francesca Lotti (Banca d'Italia) 

 14h30 Paper 1 

“European Business dynamism, Firm Responsiveness, and the Role of Market Power and Technology” By Filippo Biondi (KU Leuven), Sergio Inferrera (CompNet), Matthias Mertens (IWH), Javier Miranda (IWH) 

 Paper 2 

“Uneven Firm Growth in a Globalized World” By Xiaomei Sui (University of Rochester) 

 Discussion and Q&A 

 16h00 Break  

Session 2 – Market power 

Chair/discussants – Eric Bartelsman (Tinbergen Institute) and Francesco Manaresi (OECD) 

 16h30 Paper 3 

“Heterogeneous Increase in Sectoral Market Power: the Role of ICT” By Agnieszka Markiewicz (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Riccardo Silvestrini (Erasmus University Rotterdam) 

 Paper 4  

“Breaking invisible barriers: Does fast internet increase competition in input markets?” By Cevat Giray Aksoy (EBRD), Banu Demir (Bilkent University), Beata Javorcik (University of Oxford) 

 Discussion and Q&A 

Policy Panel  

18h00 Policy Panel 

Chair: Filippo di Mauro (CompNet) 

Mario Nava (European Commission) 

Bart van Ark (The Productivity Institute U.K.) 

Debora Revoltella (EIB) 

Beata Javorcik (EBRD) 

Alexandr Hobza (European Commission) 

Rolf Strauch (ESM) 

Networking 

19h30 Networking  

Dinner 

20h00 Dinner   

Thursday, 15 September 2022 

 Opening remark 

8h30 Ricardo Mourinho Felix (EIB) and Debora Revolterra (EIB) 

Session 3 - Globalization and supply chains 

Chair/discussants – Dubravko Mihaljek (BIS) and Paloma Lopez-Garcia (ECB)  

9h00 Paper 5 

“Supply Chain Disruption and Firm Outcomes in the EU” By M. Koetter (IWH) H. Nguyen (IWH), S. Uzonwanne (IWH)

Paper 6 

“Business Groups and Knowledge” By Carlo Altomonte (Bocconi University), Nevine El-Mallakh (Bocconi University), Tommaso Sonno (University of Bologna)

 Discussion and Q&A 

 10h30 break 

Session 4 – Investment in climate transition 

Chair/discussants – Antoine Dechezlepretre (OECD) and Guillaume Gaulier (Bank of France) 

11h00 Paper 7 

“The interplay between green policy, electricity prices, financial constraints and jobs. Firm-level evidence” By Gert Bijnens (NBB), John Hutchinson (ECB), Jozef Konings (KU Leuven), Arthur Saint Guilhem (ECB) 

 Paper 8 

“Green Investment by Firms: Finance or Climate Driven?” By Fotios Kalantzis (EIB), Helena Schweiger (EBRD), Sofia Dominguez (UNCTAD) 

 Discussion and Q&A 

Lunch  

12h30 Lunch & Networking 

Keynote 

13h30 KEYNOTE: Chad Syverson (University of Chicago) 

Session 5 – Energy and climate transition 

Chair/discussants – Margherita Giuzio (ECB) and Simon Bunel (Banque de France) 

14h30 Paper 9  

“Benefits and costs of the ETS in the EU, a lesson learned for the CBAM design.” By Justus Böning (KU Leuven), Virginia Di Nino (ECB), Till Folger (TWS Partners)

 Paper 10 

“Labor Share, Industry Concentration and Energy Prices: Evidence from
           Europe” By Malik Curuk (Tilburg University), Rik Rozendaal (Tilburg University) 

 Discussion and Q&A 

 16h00 break 

Session 6 – Employment and Productivity 

Chair/discussants – Jan Svejnar (Columbia University) and Kamil Galuscak (Czech National Bank)  

 16h30 Paper 11  

“Were jobs saved at the cost of productivity in the Covid-19 crisis?”  By Jaanika Meriküll (Eesti Pank), Alari Paulus (University of Tartu) 

 Paper 12  

“Advanced Digital Technologies and Investment in Employee Training: Complements or Substitutes?” By Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova), Désirée Rückert (EIB), Christoph Weiss (EIB), Patricia Wruuck (EIB) 

 Discussion and Q&A 

 18h00 Closing remarks 

 18h15 END of Conference