Global Economy Lecture: Globalization and Pandemics (Webinar)
26 November 2020 4:00 pm CET
Pol Antràs, Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics, Harvard University
In cooperation with:
Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB)
Venue
This is an online event - see below for registration details
Description
Speaker
Pol Antràs
Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics
Harvard University
Introduction
Robert Holzmann
Governor
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Chair
Robert Stehrer
Scientific Director
The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw)
Date and time
Thursday, November 26, 2020, 4:00 p.m. (CET)
Venue
Online event via WebEx
Speaker biography and abstract
This year’s Global Economy Lecture will be given by Pol Antràs, Robert G. Ory Professor of Economics at Harvard University. Pol Antràs’s research interests are in the areas of international economics and applied theory. In his most recent work, he analyzed global value chains and the interplay between trade, inequality and costly redistribution.
The 2020 Global Economy Lecture will focus on the relationship between globalization and pandemics. On the one hand, deepening global integration can lead to multiple waves of infections, whereas, in a closed economy, only a single wave would occur. On the other hand, a pandemic may have a lasting impact on global value chains. Even though the growth of international trade flows has slowed down since the Great Recession, there is little systematic evidence for an era of de-globalization. The main challenge for the future of globalization is institutional and political in nature rather than technological. If it aggravates policy tensions across countries, the current health crisis may darken the prospects of globalization.
The Global Economy Lecture is jointly organized by the Oesterreichische Nationalbank and The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies (wiiw).
We kindly ask you to register by e-mail under event-management@oenb.at. Those who register will receive a WebEx Meeting link.