15-06-2020 15:45
IMF and OECD chief economists and top academics on COVID-19: public hearing
On 15 June from 15.45 to 18.45, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs will hold a public hearing with IMF and OECD chief economists (Gopinath and Boone) and top academics (Gourinchas, Gabor, Hoogduin, Giacché and Pettifor) on "The COVID-19 outbreak, its expected impact on the EU economy and possible policy responses including monetary and fiscal measures" to receive first-hand information and discuss policy options to respond to the crisis in the best possible way.
- Public hearing programme (PDF - 272 KB)
- CVs of speakers (PDF - 586 KB)
- Speech Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, Professor of Global Management, University of California, Berkeley (PDF - 70 KB)
- Speech Daniela Gabor, Professor of Economics and Macro-Finance (PDF - 96 KB)
- Speech Lex Hoogduin, Professor at the University of Groningen (PDF - 60 KB)
- Speech Laurence Boone, Chief Economist OECD (PDF - 395 KB)
- Speech Vladimiro Giacché, Chairman of the Centro Europa Ricerche, Roma (PDF - 388 KB)
- Speech Ann Pettifor, Political economist, author and public speaker (PDF - 25 KB)