Rethinking the European Fiscal Framework

Video / presentation	Welcoming remarks by Roel Beetsma (Member, European Fiscal Board)
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Video	Keynote address by Paolo Gentiloni (European Commissioner for Economy) Chair: Niels Thygesen (Chair, European Fiscal Board)
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Session 1 video	European fiscal rules Chair: Cláudia Braz (Central Bank of Portugal)
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Presentation Paper	Eckhard Janeba (University of Mannheim): ‘Consistent flexibility: Enforcement of fiscal rules through political incentives’, with Valerio Dotti (Washington University in St. Louis)
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Presentation Paper	Martin Larch (European Fiscal Board): ‘Do EU fiscal rules support counter-cyclical fiscal policy?’, with Eloïse Orseau (European Fiscal Board), and Wouter Van der Wielen (JRC Sevilla)
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Presentation	Gilles Mourre (DG ECFIN, European Commission): ‘Performance of spending rules at the EU level – a quantitative assessment’ with Philipp Mohl (DG ECFIN, European Commission)
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Presentation	Discussant: Philippe Martin (Sciences Po)
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Session 2 video	Central fiscal capacities Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer (International Monetary Fund)
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Presentation Paper	Mathias Dolls (Ifo Institute and CESifo): ‘An unemployment re-insurance scheme for the Eurozone? Stabilizing and redistributive effects’
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Presentation Paper	Ramon Marimon (European University Institute): ‘On the design of a European unemployment insurance system’ with Árpád Ábrahám (University of Bristol), João Brogueira de Sousa (Universidade Católica Portuguesa), and Lukas Mayr (University of Essex)
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Presentation Paper	Lars Feld (German Council of Economic Advisors & University of Freiburg): ‘On a fiscal capacity for the euro area’
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Presentation	Discussant: Agnès Bénassy-Quéré (Paris School of Economics)
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Session 3 video	Blue-sky proposals Chair: Niels Thygesen (Chair, European Fiscal Board)
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Presentation Paper	Keynote address by Olivier Blanchard (Peterson Institute for International Economics): ‘Revisiting the EU fiscal framework in an era of low interest rates’ with Álvaro Leandro (CaixaBank Research), and Jeromin Zettelmeyer (International Monetary Fund)
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Presentation	Clemens Fuest (President CESifo)
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Presentation	Thomas Wieser (Bruegel)
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Video	Panel Discussion: Rethinking the EU Fiscal Framework Jean Pisani-Ferry (Moderator) (Sciences-Po and EUI) Mateusz Szczurek (Member, European Fiscal Board) Guido Tabellini (University of Bocconi) Maarten Verwey (DG ECFIN, European Commission) Beatrice Weder di Mauro (CEPR)
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Video / Presentation	Concluding remarks by Massimo Bordignon (Member, European Fiscal Board)