Category: European Central Bank (video statements)

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 5 on the second day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Caterina Mendicino*, ECB

“A Tale of Two Margins: Monetary Policy and Capital Misallocation”

Authors:
• Silvia Albrizio, IMF
• Beatriz Gonzalez*, Banco de España
• Dmitry Khametshin, Banco de España

Discussant: Daria Finocchiaro*, Sveriges Riksbank and CEPR

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq4D1sbY3Uk

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 4 on the second day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Fiorella De Fiore*, BIS and CEPR

“HANKSSON”

Authors:
• Florin O. Bilbiie, University of Cambridge
• Sigurd Mølster Galaasen, Norges Bank
• Refet Gürkaynak, Bilkent University
• Mathis Mæhlum, Norges Bank
• Kristina Molnar*, Norwegian School of Economics

Discussant: Morgane Richard*, SciencesPo

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjdoYd5dOek

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 4 on the second day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Fiorella De Fiore*, BIS and CEPR

“Fiscal Policy and Sectoral Reallocation According to HANK-SAM-IO”

Authors:
• Alexey Gorn, University of Liverpool
• Nicolò Rizzotti, University of Chicago
• Antonella Trigari*, Bocconi University and CEPR

Discussant: Anna Rogantini Picco*, ECB and CEPR

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUoQ1tFXbBw

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 3 on the second day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Hélène Rey*, London Business School and CEPR

“Geopolitical Risk and Global Banking”

Authors:
• Friederike Niepmann, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
• Leslie Shen*, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Discussant: Veronica De Falco*, Imperial College

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQDKITbu3ug

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 3 on the second day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Hélène Rey*, London Business School and CEPR

“Trading Around Geopolitics”

Authors:
• Giancarlo Corsetti, European University Institute and CEPR
• Banu Demir, Oxford, Bilkent and CEPR
• Beata Javorcik*, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Oxford University and CEPR

Discussant: Feodora Teti*, ifo Institute, ECB and CEPR

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4hDsYdT0tU

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Welcome remarks by Philip R. Lane, ECB and CEPR on the 2nd day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQqui4UjUzc

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Policy Panel on the first day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

“Policy Panel: How to revive the European economy and unlock its potential?”

Moderator: Stefanie Flanders, Bloomberg

Panellists:
• Beata Javorcik, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Oxford University and CEPR
• Andréa M Maechler, Bank for International Settlements
• Isabel Schnabel, European Central Bank and CEPR

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJn50Er59tI

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 2 on the first day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Carolina Villegas Sanchez*, Esade, ECB and CEPR

“CEO-Firm Matches and Productivity in 42 Countries”

Authors:
• Amanda Dahlstrand, University of Zurich
• Dávid László, London School of Economics
• Helena Schweiger, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Oriana Bandiera, London School of Economics
• Andrea Prat, Columbia University
• Raffaella Sadun*, Harvard Business School and CEPR

Discussant: Juanita Gonzalez*, London School of Economics

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X3FPGZamrc

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 2 on the first day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Carolina Villegas Sanchez*, Esade, ECB and CEPR

“Superstar Firms through the Generations”

Authors:
• Yueran Ma*, University of Chicago and CEPR
• Benjamin Pugsley, University of Notre Dame
• Kaspar Zimmermann, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Discussant: Marta Morazzoni*, University College London, IFS and CEPR

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU0lg513C98

Source: European Central Bank (video statements)

Session 1 on the first day of the 5th WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance Conference 2025.

Chair: Agnese Leonello, ECB and CEPR

“Common Ownership and Climate Lending”

Authors:
• Elena Carletti*, Bocconi University and CEPR
• Anja Đuranović, Utrecht University School of Economics
• Irene Monasterolo, Utrecht University School of Economics and CEPR
• Steven Ongena, University of Zürich, Swiss Finance Institute, KU Leuven

Discussant: Eleonora Sfrappini*, University of St Andrews

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) and the European Central Bank (ECB) organised their 2025 conference WE_ARE_IN Macroeconomics and Finance. The aim of the conference is to bring together women in economics to present and discuss new research on macroeconomics and finance which is of particular interest to central banks.

WE_ARE_IN stands for Women in Economics: Advancing Research in Economics Internationally. It complements the WE_ARE initiative, a CEPR seminar series in which junior women present their work and receive constructive feedback from their peers and from senior economists.

The conference took place on 20 and 21 October 2025 in Frankfurt am Main.

Watch all sessions from the conference: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLnVAEZuF9FZnv2PtaYv_V20Ae4cN18GNQ

See the conference programme here:
https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/conferences/html/20251020_we_are_in.en.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLgWUfiZgo