The CompNet database allows researchers to document the heterogeneity of firms in the economy, their trends, behaviour and productivity. This heterogeneity is a crucial complement to the traditional macroeconomic indicators that are still widely used. It illustrates that productivity and other important determinants of economic performance are not fully understood when the underlying characteristics of the data distribution are not taken into account.
The issues affecting the working of a modern economy justify different approaches and data than those taken in the past. Researchers working on issues related to productivity, innovation, investment and competitiveness are increasingly using data at the microeconomic level. However, micro-data are often difficult to obtain, expensive and differ from one country to another. The CompNet network was created in order to overcome the difficulties encountered by researchers in accessing individual data from companies in many European countries. It also makes it possible to harmonize the data thus allowing cross-country comparisons.
PROGRAMME
First day
Welcome Address – Presentation
Filippo di Mauro, Chairman CompNet ; Vincent Aussilloux, Chief Economist France Stratégie
Keynote Speech
Philippe Martin, Sciences Po & CEPR
Session 1 – PRODUCTIVITY AND TRADE
Total factor productivity and the terms of trade
Speaker: Jan Karol Teresinski, European University Institute – Presentation
Discussion: Lian Allub, CAF
Revisiting the Link Between Firm Productivity and Aggregate Exports
Speaker: Emanuele Forlani, University of Bologna – Presentation
Discussion: Richard Bräuer, IWH, VU Amsterdam & CompNet
Productivity, (Mis)allocation and Trade
Speaker: Antoine Berthou, Banque de France
Discussion: Laszlo Tetenyi, New York University
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Session 2 – LABOUR AND PRODUCTIVITY
Employment protection and firm-level job reallocation: Adjusting for coverage
Speaker: Ladislav Wintr, Banque centrale du Luxembourg – Presentation
Discussion: Eric Bartelsman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Micro-based dataset for collective bargaining and productivity analysis
Speaker: Daniele Aglio, Koç University – Presentation
Discussion: Paloma López-Garcia, BCE
Globalisation, productivity and the labour share
Speaker: Luke Rehill, Government of Ireland – Department of Finance – Presentation
Discussion: Matthias Mertens, IWH & CompNet
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Session 3 – TRADE AND FIRM HETEROGENEITY
Firm heterogeneity and trade in EU countries: a cross-country analysis
Speaker: Paloma Lopez-Garcia, European Central Bank
Discussion: Helena Schweiger, BERD
How effective are public policies in a context of rising heterogeneity?
Speaker: Raphael Lee, INSEE – CREST – Polytechnique
Discussion: Peter Haug, IWH & CompNet
The effect of the single currency on exports: Comparative firm-level evidence
Speaker: Tibor Lalisnký, NBS & CompNet – Presentation
Discussion: Gianluca Santoni, CEPII
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Second day
Introductory Speech
Gilbert Cette, Banque de France
Session 4 – ALLOCATION OF CAPITAL AND FINANCIAL MARKETS
Private debt, public debt, and capital misallocation
Speaker: Behzod Alimov, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Università degli Studi di Torino – Presentation
Discussion: Mathilde Viennot, France Stratégie
Financial Markets and the Allocation of Capital: The Role of Productivity
Speaker: Fadi Hassan, Bank of Italy
Discussion: Maurin Laurent, European Investment Bank
Financial Heterogeneity and Trade Liberalization in Europe
Intervenant : Laszlo Tetenyi, New York University – Presentation
Discussion: Jan Karol Teresinski, European University Institute
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Session 5 – LABOR + EXTRA SESSION ON SPLIT DATA SETS
Embarrassingly Parallel GMM over Split Data Sets
Speaker: Richard Bräuer, IWH, VU Amsterdam, & CompNet
Discussion: Francesco Manaresi, Paris School of Economics
What drives wages in the CEE EU countries? A comparative Phillips curve approach from a macro and micro perspective
Speaker: Tina Zumer, BCE
Discussion: Gaetano D'Adamo, European Commission
Concluding session 2nd day
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