This Conference has been jointly organised by CompNet and National Bank of Slovakia. Given the current COVID-19 Circumstances, this conference took place virtually via Zoom over a period of 3 days, with 2 Sessions per day. 

The summary of this Conference can be found here.

In the following, interested parties can find the presentation slides of various papers and discussions presented during the conference below. 

Welcome Address

Ludovit Odor (Deputy Governor of the NBS) and Filippo di Mauro (Chairman of CompNet)

Keynote speech

Robert B. Koopman (Chief Economist World Trade Organization)

SESSION 1: Global Value Chain and International Trade

Value Chain Integration and firm productivity: Evidence from Turkish Manufacturing

Yilmaz Kilicaslan (Anadolu University) 

Discussant: Tibor Lalinsky (National Bank of Slovakia)

Determinants of GVC Participation: Cross-Country Analysis

Biswajit Banerjee (National Bank of Slovakia)

Discussant: Peter Harasztosi (European Investment Bank)

Does domestic demand matter for firms’ export? 

Antonio Rua (Bank of Portugal)

Discussant: Milan Gylánik (National Bank of Slovakia)

ICT and exports of central and eastern European countries

Tinatin Akhvlediani (CEPS and Warsaw University)

Discussant: Yilmaz Kilicaslan (Anadolu University)

SESSION 2: Finance and Growth 

Credit and Income Inequality

Fulvia Fringuellotti (Federal Reserve Bank of New York)

Discussant: Laszlo Teteny (New York University)

Finance and obstacles of high growth enterprises 

Rozalia Pal (European Investment Bank)

Discussant: Matthias Mertens (IWH)

Trade, Misallocation and Capital Market Integration 

Laszlo Tetenyi (New York University)

Discussant: Patricia Wruuck (European Investment Bank)

SESSION 3: Environmental Policies and Sustainability 

The elusive quest for the holy grail of an impact of EU funds on regional growth

Jan Fidrmuc (Brunel University and Government Office of the Slovak Republic)

Discussant: Erik Canton (European Commission)

Towards a new growth model in CESEE: convergence and competitiveness through smart, green and inclusive investment 

Patricia Wruuck (European Investment Bank)

Discussant: Tinatin Akhvlediani (CEPS and Warsaw University)

Are efficiency measures predictive of firm crisis? Evidence from the Italian agri-food industry

Pierluigi Toma (University of Salento)

Discussant: Brian Fabo (National Bank of Slovakia)

SESSION 4: Firm Performance and Competitiveness

Fiscal Consolidation and the Labor Market in Europe: Firm Level Theory and Evidence

Ruhollah Eskandari (University of York)

Discussant: Vladimir Peciar (Ministry of Finance of Slovak Republic)

Trade Liberalization: winners and losers in a search framework 

Pawel Langer (New York University)

Discussant: Rozalia Pal (European Investment Bank)

The Productivity Gap: Determinants of Productivity and Misallocation among foreign and domestic firm in Slovakia

Vladimir Peciar (Ministry of Finance of Slovak Republic)

Discussant: Jan Fidrmuc (Brunel University and Government Office of the Slovak Republic)

SESSION 5: Micro indicators for policy analysis

Dissecting the impact of imports from low- wage countries on French Consumer Prices

Juan Carluccio (Bank of France)

Discussant: Steve Yamarik (California State University)

Rent Sharing and inclusive growth 

Pawel Bukowski (London School of Economics)

Discussant: Jarko Fidrmuc (Zeppelin University)

Increasing Markups and the concentration of Market shares

Guy Leonel Siwe (Montreal University)

Discussant: Cagatay Bircan (EBRD)

The limit of foreign-led growth: Demand for skills by firms in the integrated periphery 

Brian Fabo (National Bank of Slovakia)

Discussant: Ruhollah Eskandari (University of York)

POLICY PANEL – COVID and productivity

Beata Javorcik (EBRD), Debora Revoltella (EIB), Joao Amador (Banco de Portugal), Robert Koopman (WTO)