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Nobel Symposium
Covid-19 and the Economy:
Policies and Impacts

Program

 

Venue: Bergendal, Landsnoravägen 110, 192 55 Sollentuna

Organisers: Professor John Hassler and Professor Per Krusell (John Hassler’s phone +46 708 117 263)

 

Thursday May 19, 2022

 

All sessions start with 20-minute presentations by the speakers followed by 30 minutes general discussion led by a session chair.

 

14.00   Welcome

 

Theme: Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic

14.10-15.40

Session 1 Social and ethnic gradients of the Covid-19

Chair: John Hassler, Speakers: Raj Chetty, Torsten Persson, Michele Tertilt

16.10-17.40

Session 2 Macroeconomic consequences

Chair: Per Krusell, Speakers: Kurt Mitman, Chad Syverson, Gita Gopinath

19.00

DINNER

 

 

Friday May 20

 

Theme: Consequences of the Covid-19 Pandemic, continued

09:00-10:30

Session 3 Effects in low income countries

Chair: Ben Moll, Speakers: Tessa Bold, Pascaline Dupas, Carmen Reinhart

11:00-12:30

Session 4 Long-run economic consequences for human capital

Chair: Silvana Tenreyro, Speakers: Eric Hanushek, Stephen Machin, Nicola Fuchs-Schuendeln

12:30-14:00

LUNCH

Theme: Covid-19 and policy tradeoffs

14:00-15:30

Session 5 Macro-bridging policies – effectiveness and costs

Chair: Kurt Mitman, Speakers: Olivier Blanchard, Silvana Tenreyro, Philip Lane

16:00–17:10

Session 6 Cost-effective policies and tradeoffs between lives and the economy

Chair: Pascaline Dupas, Speakers: Cristina Arellano, Martin Eichenbaum

17:10-18:00

Session 7 What have we learnt so far?

General discussion after short introduction by John Hassler

19.00

DINNER

 

 

Saturday May 21

 

Theme: Covid-19 and policy tradeoffs, continued

09:00–10:30

Session 8 Epi-econ models – what can they teach us?

Chair: Silvana Tenreyro, Speakers: Ben Moll, Flavio Toxvaerd, Maryam Farboodi

11:00-12:30

Session 9 International Co-ordination and Spillovers

Chair: Tessa Bold, Speakers: Helene Rey, Dani Rodrik, Pol Antras

12:30-14:00

LUNCH

Theme: Vaccination, vaccine, and test

14:00-15:10

Session 10 Distribution of vaccine within countries and across the world

Chair: Ben Moll, Speakers: Rachel Glennerster, Maury Obstfeld

15:40–16:50

Session 11 Test and tracing

Chair: Pascaline Dupas, Speakers: Andy Atkeson, Thiemo Fetzer

17:10-18:00

Session 12 Lessons for the future

General discussion after short introduction by Per Krusell

19.00

DINNER

Sunday May 22

10.00-16.00 Outreach