STOREP 2020: Young Scholars

YSI Pre-Conference @ STOREP 2020 “The Power of Economic Ideas” (online conference)

Pre-Conference Program

Tuesday September, 29th

9:55 (CEST) Welcome address

10:00 – 13 :00 (CEST) INET Mini Course 1 – Location:
ZOOM class 1
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https://zoom.us/j/95275231495
Meeting ID: 952 7523 1495
Passcode: 822507

Chairperson: Stefano Di Bucchianico, University of Siena, YSI
INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS: HISTORY AND PERSPECTIVES
By Nadia Garbellini, Università Cattolica di Piacenza

The course aims to provide basic knowledge about the theoretical origins of Input-Output analysis and the possible empirical applications. After a short historical introduction, the relevant accounting definitions will be introduced and the IO scheme will be illustrated. We will show the links between traditional IO analysis and modern network theory. Finally, we will show students where to find data and how to use them with a simple example.

13:00 Lunch BREAK

14:30 – 16:00 (CEST) *Young Scholar Presentations 1*– Political Economy of Europe
Young Scholar Presentations A1 – Location: Zoom class 1 (same credentials of Garbellini lesson)

Chairperson: Stefano Di Bucchianico, University of Siena, YSI
Discussant: Eugenio Caverzasi

• Renuka Bhat – An Institutional Perspective of the European Political Economy
• Riccardo Zolea – The Relationship Between Profit Rate and Interest Rate: The Role of Bank Profitability
• Francesco Ruggeri – Beyond Job Guarantee: The Employer of Last Resort Scheme as a tool to promote growth and structural change

Wednesday September, 30th

10:00 – 13:00 (CEST) INET Mini Course 2 – Location:
ZOOM class 1
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Meeting ID: 985 3289 8194
Passcode: 655768

Chairperson: Maria Cristina Barbieri, Roma Tre University, YSI
NATURE AND EFFECTS OF PUBLIC DEBT
By Roberto Ciccone, Roma Tre University

The lecture will basically focus on the following two groups of issues: a) the nature and implications of public debt; b) the effects which public debt may produce on the economic system. After specifying what the debt of the public sector actually is and questioning some unfounded ‘common sense’ beliefs about that, it will be argued that the effects attributed to debt financing of public expenditure are bound to be different according to the theoretical framework on the basis of which one understands the working of a market economy.

13:00 Lunch BREAK

14:30 – 16:00 (CEST) *Young Scholar Presentations 2* – Inequality
Young Scholar Presentations A1 – Location: zoom class (same credentials of Ciccone lesson)

Chairperson: Maria Cristina Barbieri, Roma Tre University, YSI
Discussant: Orsola Costantini

• Xinwen Zhang – Inequalities in China’s social security system
• Marwil Davila – The Kuznets curve of the Rich
• Venkat Nadella – Electoral Quotas, Redistribution, and Entrepreneurship: Evidence from India

Thursday October, 1st

17:45 to 19:15 (CEST) – Joint INET-STOREP initiative: Chairperson: Antonella Stirati, Roma Tre University
“Alternative perspectives on aggregate investments and capital accumulation”, with Anwar Shaikh (The New School for Social Research, NYC) and Fabio Petri (University of Siena)

About the Working Groups:
Inequality Working Group
The Inequality Working Group is part of the Young Scholar’s Initiative at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). Our group brings together both graduate and undergraduate students interested in researching topics at the intersection of multiple dimensions of inequality and economics.

Political Economy of Europe Working Group
The Political Economy of Europe Working Group is part of the Young Scholar’s Initiative at the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET). Our group investigates how new economic thinking can contribute to a better understanding of the financial integration between the European economies, how to respond to the Euro Crisis, and ideas to counter the imbalances between the members of the European Union.