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“Congratulations to Claudio Costanzo, winner of the 2026 Kuznets Prize!”
Claudio Costanzo (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre & ECARES) receives the 2026 Kuznets Prize for his FREE READ (https://rdcu.be/eKaC4) article Robots, jobs, and optimal fertility timing, which was published in the Journal of Population Economics (2025), 38, article 51. The annual prize honors the best article published in the Journal of Population Economics in the previous year.
Congratulations to Philippe Aghion — Laureate of the 2025 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel
ECARES warmly congratulates Philippe Aghion on being awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, shared with Joel Mokyr and Peter Howitt. Since the founding of ECARES in 1991, Philippe Aghion has maintained a close and fruitful relationship with our center through numerous academic interactions and collaborations that have deeply enriched our research community. We …
BELSPO BRAIN HAIOPOLICY Midterm Conference September 10th
HAIOPOLICY aims to (i) study the socio-economic impact of COVID-19 on households and firms, (ii) document its implications for inequality in Belgium, and (iii) develop policy recommendations to make the Belgian economy more resilient in response to adverse shocks. To do so, the project: Now nearing the end of the second year of the project, …
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Publications
Working paper : Can artificial intelligence help improve the financial literacy of primary schools’ students?(2025-13)
Bojidara Doseva, Catherine Dehon, Antonio Estache
Working paper : Europe’s Trade Surplus, International Relative Prices, and the Productivity Growth Gap (2025-12)
Adrian Ifrim, Robert Kollmann, Philipp Pfeiffer, Marco Ratto, Werner Roeger
Working paper : Persistent Global Growth Differences and Euro Area Adjustment: Real Activity, Trade and the Real Exchange Rate (2025-11)
Adrian Ifrim, Robert Kollmann, Philipp Pfeiffer, Marco Ratto, Werner Roeger
The governance and funding of European Rearmament, Intereconomics: Review of European Economic Policy
Guntram Wolff, Armin Steinbach, Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Wir müssen jetzt massiv in die technologische Aufrüstung investieren (Interview), Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik
Guntram Wolff
Calendar
- 3 February 2026
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03Nicolas Schutz, Mannheim
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
Location: R42.2.113
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- 10 February 2026
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10Andrew Shephard, KU Leuven
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
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- 24 February 2026
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Rick Van der Ploeg , Oxford University
24 Feb, 14:00 - 15:30Title: Positive tipping points ans transitional dynamics : policies for the green transition
Abstract: Using a dynamic model in which heterogenous consumers make forward-looking choices between brown and green durable goods, we establish conditions under which peer effects lead to multiple steady states and multiple equilibrium path. Policy, such as a green subsidy, needs to exceed a critical threshold level to achieve green transition, and even larger to increase welfare. We analyse the feasibility, speed, and cost of transition showing how they depend on the strength of peer effects, the value of emissions avoided, and on policy employed.
Pigouvian policies internalising the externalities associated with climate damage and with peer effects may not be sufficient to lead to a green transition; even if they are, they may not yield net benefits given the costs of transition.Outcomes seem relatively insensitive to the exact form of policy measures, providing they exceed the critical threshold level.Location: R42.2.113Feb
24Title: Positive tipping points ans transitional dynamics : policies for the green transition
Abstract: Using a dynamic model in which heterogenous consumers make forward-looking choices between brown and green durable goods, we establish conditions under which peer effects lead to multiple steady states and multiple equilibrium path. Policy, such as a green subsidy, needs to exceed a critical threshold level to achieve green transition, and even larger to increase welfare. We analyse the feasibility, speed, and cost of transition showing how they depend on the strength of peer effects, the value of emissions avoided, and on policy employed.
Pigouvian policies internalising the externalities associated with climate damage and with peer effects may not be sufficient to lead to a green transition; even if they are, they may not yield net benefits given the costs of transition.Outcomes seem relatively insensitive to the exact form of policy measures, providing they exceed the critical threshold level.Rick Van der Ploeg , Oxford University
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
Location: R42.2.113
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- 3 March 2026
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Marc Claveria Mayol, Universitat de les Illes Balears
03 Mar, 14:00 - 15:30Location: R42.2.113Mar
03Marc Claveria Mayol, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
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- 10 March 2026
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10Céline Zipfel, Stockholm School of Economics
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
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- 17 March 2026
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17Ulrich Bindseil, TU Berlin
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
Location: R42. 2.113
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- 24 March 2026
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24Jinjie Zhou, Tsinghua University
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
Location: R42.2.113
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- 30 March 2026
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30PhD Lecture - Giacomo Calzolari - Day 1
Monday, 00:00 - 23:59
Location: R42.2.110
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- 31 March 2026
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31PhD Lecture - Giacomo Calzolari - Day 2
Tuesday, 00:00 - 23:59
Location: R42.2.110
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- 7 April 2026
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07José Espín-Sánchez, Yale
Tuesday, 14:00 - 15:30
Location: R42.2.113
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