1st session

Chair: Josefina Monteagudo (European Commission)

The “completeness” of the EU single market in comparative perspective Craig Parsons* (University of Oregon and University of Oslo), and Andy Smith* (Sciences Po Bordeaux)

The "Brussels Effect": Are Consumer Health and Safety Regulations across the World shaped by the European Union? Cristina Herghelegiu* (European Commission), with Fernando Martin Espejo (KU Leuven)

2nd session

Chair: Pierre Regibeau (European Commission)

Beyond the Great Reversal: Superstars, Unions, and the Euro. Tommaso Crescioli* (LSE), and Angelo Martelli* (LSE)

European Firm Concentration and Aggregate Productivity. Filippo di Mauro* (IWH & CompNet), with Tommaso Bighelli (IWH), Marc J. Melitz (Harvard University), Matthias Mertens (IWH)

3rd session

Chair: Josefina Monteagudo (European Commission)

30 Years of the Single Market: Taking Stock and Looking ahead. Frank Vandermeeren* (European Commission)

A general equilibrium analysis of the Economic Impact of the post-2006 EU regulation in the service sector. Aleksei Trofimov* (European Commission), with Javier Barbero, Manol Bengyuzov, Martin Christensen, Andrea Conte, Simone Salotti (European Commission) 

4th session

Chair: Román Arjona (European Commission)

Global value chains and unemployment in the EU: New insights on the role of the workforce composition and financial frictions Mariam Camarero* (University Jaume I), and Cecilio Tamarit* (University of Valencia), with Antonia Lopez-Villavicencio (CNRS and University Paris Nanterre)

Cross-country price and inflation dispersion: Retail network or national border? Georg Strasser* (European Central Bank), with Teresa Messner (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), Fabio Rumler (Oesterreichische Nationalbank), 

5th session

Chair: Edouard Bourcieu (European Commission)

UK Trade in the Wake of Brexit. Thomas Sampson* (LSE), with Rebecca Freeman (LSE), Kalina Manova (UCL), Thomas Prayer (Cambridge)

Unravelling Deep Integration: Local Labour Market Effects of the Brexit Vote. Beata Javorcik* (Oxford, EBRD & CEPR), with Katherine Stapleton (World Bank), Benjamin Kett (IMF), Layla O’Kane (BGT)