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Workshop on European Competitiveness

Workshop „European Competitiveness“ at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, organized jointly with EcoAustria and University of Warsaw, Centre for Europe

We are pleased to extend to you an exclusive invitation to participate in our Academic Workshop on European Competitiveness, scheduled to take place on the 17th of February 2025, at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. This workshop will focus on examining the challenges and opportunities for Europe’s global competitiveness through the lenses of economics, legal frameworks, and geopolitics.

The event will bring together a select group of scholars and policymakers to engage in an in-depth analysis and discussion on critical issues affecting Europe's standing in the global arena.

Programme:
9 amWelcome Address: Jesus Crespo-Cuaresma (WU)
9:15 am - 12:15 pmSession 1: Economic aspects of European competitiveness
Monika Köppl-Turyna (EcoAustria): Investment Screening and Venture Capital (joint work with Vera Eichenauer and Stefan Köppl)
 
 Philipp Koch (EcoAustria): Estimating digital product trade through corporate revenue data (joint work with Viktor Stojkoski, Eva Coll and César A. Hidalgo)

Agnes Kügler (WIFO): Chinese import competition, firm-level productivity growth and the distance to the frontier
12:15 - 1:30 pmLunch Break
1:30 - 4:30 pmSession 2: Legal and geopolitical aspects of European competitiveness
Michał Bernat (University of Warsaw): EU regulatory action to protect European competitiveness: Brussels effect and beyond (joint work with Francesco Spera)

Kamil Zajaczkowski (University of Warsaw): The EU and global order in transition. Towards a turbulent and uncertain world


Andreas Orator (SFU): „EU debt in the future for European competitiveness - a legal perspective“
4:30 - 5 pmBreak
5 - 6:30 pmPanel on European Competitiveness
Papers presented during the workshop can be submitted to a Special Issue “European Competitiveness” of Empirica. Journal of European Economics (https://link.springer.com/journal/10663)

You can find the abstracts of the papers on this Link


Registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact econ-events@wu.ac.at.

Venue: WU Vienna, Welthandelsplatz 1, 1020 Vienna, Building LC

Date: February 17, 2025
Room: LC.0.004, Gallery
Time: 9 am - 6:30 pm

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