Banca d'Italia, together with the European Central Bank and the World Bank Development Economics Vice-Presidency (Research Group and Institute for Economic Development), hosted the third edition of the joint conference on 'Trade, value chains and financial linkages in the global economy', in Rome, on November 14-15, 2024.
With a particular attention to the implications of recent events such as ongoing wars and disruptions, geopolitical tensions, climate-related shocks, the papers focused, inter alia, 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 was by Andrea Brandolini, Deputy Director General for Economics, Statistics and Research at Banca d'Italia. The keynote lectures were 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 of the event and the presentations are available at the links below.
