The Bank of Italy hosted the CEBRA’s (Central Bank Research Association) 2017 Annual Conference of the International Trade and Macroeconomics Program on ‘Rethinking Competitiveness, Structural Reforms and Macro Policy’. The conference, organized by the Bank of Italy, CEPR and CEBRA, was held in Rome on October 5 and 6, 2017.
The papers, addressing recent challenges for macroeconomic policies and structural reforms, with a particular emphasis on micro-macro linkages, covered topics such as productivity and misallocation, the impact on growth of labour market reforms and financial structures, the welfare effects of offshoring and immigration of low-skilled workers, the effects of competitive devaluations and exchange rate shocks, and the macroeconomic effects of trade policy.
The workshop programme, with links to the papers and discussions, can be downloaded here.
