3rd Conference 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy'Banca d'Italia - Rome, 14-15 November 2024

Banca d'Italia, the European Central Bank, the World Bank Development Economics Vice-Presidency (Research Group and Institute for Economic Development) are organizing the third edition of the conference 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy', hosted in Rome on November 14-15, 2024. The papers presented at the last edition are available here.

With a particular attention to the implications of recent events such as ongoing wars and disruptions, geopolitical tensions, climate-related shocks, papers of the third edition of the conference will, inter alia, focus on: the reconfiguration of international trade, global value chains, financial flows and firm strategies; firm-to-firm linkages; the role of multinational corporations; trade, investment and industrial policies; strategic interdependencies and value chain dynamics in renewables, natural resources, and critical inputs markets.

The welcome address will be by Andrea Brandolini, Deputy Director General for Economics, Statistics and Research at Banca d’Italia. The keynote lectures will be held by Isabelle Méjean (Sciences Po) and Amit Khandelwal (Yale University).

The Scientific Committee is composed by: Maria Grazia Attinasi (European Central Bank), Alessandro Borin (Bank of Italy), Claire Giordano (Bank of Italy), Michele Mancini (Bank of Italy) and Daria Taglioni (Bank of Italy).

The programme is available below. For information or participation requests, please contact the email address trade.workshop@bancaditalia.it.

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