67th Economic Policy Panel Hosted by the Swiss National Bank Venue: Great Guild Hall, 2nd Floor, Zunfthaus zur Zimmerleuten Limmatquai 40, 8001 Zurich, Switzerland 12-13 April 2018 Programme Each session is 70 minutes in duration Author: 25 mins | Discussant: 15 mins (each) | Panel discussion: 15 mins * indicates presenting author Thursday 12 April 14:00 Registration and coffee on arrival 14:30 – 14:45 Opening Remarks Mr Thomas Moser, Alternate Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank 14:45 – 15:55 Can Education Compensate the Effect of Population Aging on Macroeconomic Performance? Evidence from Panel Data Rainer Kotschy (LMU Munich) * Uwe Sunde (LMU Munich) Discussants: Francesco Drago (University of Messina) Pietro Biroli (University of Zurich) 15:55 – 17:05 Monetary Policy and Bank Profitability in a Low Interest Rate Environment * Carlo Altavilla (European Central Bank) Miguel Boucinha (European Central Bank) José-Luis Peydró (ICREA-UPF, CREI & BGSE) Discussants: Ralph De Haas (EBRD) Vasso Ioannidou (University of Lancaster) 17:05 – 17:20 coffee break 17:20 – 18:30 The Walking Dead?: Zombie Firms and Productivity Performance in OECD Countries Müge Adalet McGowan (OECD) Dan Andrews (OECD) * Valentine Millot (OECD) Discussants: Martin Brown (University of St.Gallen) Elena Carletti (Bocconi University) 20:00 Conference dinner at The Ballroom of the Savoy Hotel Baur en Ville Address: Poststrasse 12, 8001 Zurich Welcome address by Ms Andréa M. Maechler, Member of the Governing Board, Swiss National Bank Friday 13 April 08:30 – 09:40 Where Do People Get Their News? * Patrick Kennedy (Columbia University) Andrea Prat (Columbia University) Discussants: Roberto Galbiati (Sciences Po) David Hémous (University of Zurich) 09:40 – 10:50 Populism and Civil Society * Tito Boeri (Bocconi University) Prachi Mishra (IMF) Chris Papageorgiou (IMF) Antonio Spilimbergo (IMF) Discussants: Christina Gathmann (Heidelberg University) 10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break 11:10 – 12:20 The Gains from Economic Integration David Comerford (University of Strathclyde) * José V. Rodriguez Mora (University of Edinburgh) Discussants: Giacomo Calzolari (University of Bologna) Gabriel Felbermayr (CESifo) 12:20 – 13:25 Lunch (preceded by group photo) 13:25 – 14:35 Radical Right Populism and the Role of Positional Deprivation and Inequality * Brian Burgoon (University of Amsterdam) Sam van Noort (University of Cambridge) Matthijs Rooduijn (University of Amsterdam) Geoffrey Underhill (University of Amsterdam) Discussants: Ruben Durante (Sciences Po and Universtat Pompeu Fabra) Veronica Rappaport (London School of Economics) 14:35 – 15:45 Global Crises and Populism: The Role of Eurozone Institutions * Luigi Guiso (Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance) Helios Herrera (Warwick University) Massimo Morelli (Bocconi University) Tommaso Sonno (London School of Economics and Université Catholique de Louvain) Discussants: Ghazala Azmat (Sciences Po) 15:45 – 16:05 Coffee break 16:05 – 17:15 The Productivity Puzzle and Misallocation: An Italian Perspective Sara Calligaris (OECD and EIEF) Massimo Del Gatto (“G.d’Annunzio” University and CRENoS) * Fadi Hassan (Trinity College Dublin, CEP and Bank of Italy) Gianmarco Ottaviano (London School of Economics, Bocconi University and CEP) Fabiano Schivardi (LUIS and EIEF) Discussants: Alberto Martín (CREI) Kurt Mitman (Stockholm University) When tweeting about your panel meeting attendance, don’t forget to include #EconomicPolicy. .