Macro-Finance Challenges of the Energy Transition

 

 

Macro-Finance Challenges of the Green, post-Covid Transition

Joint CEPR-OECD Seminar, Wednesday 17 June 2020

Venue:  Zoom, 3-6pm CEST

The spread of the coronavirus has resulted in many events around the world being cancelled, postponed or reformatted to allow for remote participation. Please note that CEPR is monitoring developments very carefully and liaising with all conference organisers regarding the best course of action to take for each event. Please note that the conference will now take place virtually.
 

Programme

3 pm Introduction: Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (Paris School of Economics) and Laurence Boone (OECD)

3:10-4:30 pm Session 1. The macroeconomics of a green economic recovery

Chair: Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (Paris School of Economics and CEPR)

Discussion introduced by:

• Roel Beetsma (University of Amsterdam and CEPR) - The European Green Deal and The EU Budget Powering the Recovery Plan for Europe
• Antoine Dechezleprêtre (OECD) - Presentation Slides - What policies for greening the crisis response and economic recovery? Lessons learned from past green stimulus measures and implications for the COVID-19 crisis and Will COVID-19 fiscal recovery packages accelerate or retard progress on climate change?
• Patrick Honohan (Trinity College Dublin, PIIE and CEPR) - Should Monetary Policy Take Inequality and Climate Change into Account?
• Miles Parker (ECB) - The Impact of Disasters on Inflation

4:30-4:40 pm: E-coffee

4:40-6:00 pm Session 2. Financing the green recovery

Chair: Lucrezia Reichlin (LBS and CEPR)

Discussion introduced by:

• Rutger Hoekstra (Leiden University) - SNA & Beyond: Towards a Broader Accounting Framework that Links the SNA, SDGS and Other Global Initatives
• Dirk Schoenmaker (Erasmus University and CEPR) - Financing Environmental and Energy Transitions for Regions and Cities: Creating Local Solutions for Global Challenges
• Rick van der Ploeg (University of Oxford and CEPR) - Presentation Slides
• Elia Trippel (European Commission)

 

List of Participants

Sandra Batten (Bank of England)

Roel Beetsma (University of Amsterdam and CEPR)

Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (Paris School of Economics)

Laurence Boone (OECD)

Aida Caldera (OECD)

Benjamin Carantino (Paris School of Economics)

Benjamin Carton (IMF)

Luiz de Mello (OECD)

Alain De Serres (OECD)

Antoine Dechezleprêtre (OECD)

Matteo Ferrazzi (EIB)

Paul Hiebert (ECB)

Rutger Hoekstra (Leiden University)

Patrick Honohan (Trinity College Dublin, PIIE and CEPR)

Fotios Kalantzis (EIB)

Tobias Kruse (OECD)

Miles Parker (ECB)

Lucrezia Reichlin (London Business School and CEPR)

Debora Revoltella (EIB)

Helene Rey (London Business School and CEPR)

Giovanni Ricco (University of Warwick and CEPR)

Ana Sanchez Chico (OECD)

Dirk Schoenmaker (Erasmus University and CEPR)

Rolf Strauch (ESM)

Romain Svartzman (Banque de France)

Elia Trippel (European Commission)

Shahin Vallée (DGAPEV)

Rick van der Ploeg (University of Oxford and CEPR)

Isabel Vansteenkiste (ECB)

Beatrice Weder di Mauro (Graduate Institute of Geneva, INSEAD and CEPR)

Jeromin Zettelmeyer (IMF and CEPR)