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SUERF – BAFFI Bocconi workshop in cooperation with Complexity Science Hub Vienna
Friday, 30 April 2021
Cisco WebEx
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We are pleased to invite you to register to the SUERF-BAFFI Bocconi virtual workshop in cooperation with Complexity Science Hub Vienna on
”The fight against COVID-19: effectiveness, efficiency, and tradeoffs –Stock-taking and lessons for the final
spurt”.
Motivation: More than one year of COVID-containment measures have yielded a rich collection of practical experiences across the globe. The measures adopted evolved through learning-by-doing,
also peer-learning played a role. While containment measures were initially focusing on the preservation of public physical health (“whatever the cost”), tradeoffs with economic costs, civil liberties, children’s education, and mental wellbeing moved increasingly
in the focus later on. Furthermore, resource scarcity and challenges of their employment and distribution have substantially constrained the choice of containment decisions (initially masks, FFP2 masks, tests, vaccinations). Finally, diminishing public acceptance
of containment measures has influenced the effectiveness of measures over time. Bearing in mind that an assessment of “effectiveness” and “efficiency” requires a clear view on the underlying aim(s) of measures, this workshop provides an overview of existing
state-of-the-art theoretical and empirical research as well as practical experiences of what has so far emerged to work best.
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Programme, Friday, 30 April 2021
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14:45
15:00
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Online connection
Welcome and opening
Ernest Gnan, OeNB I SUERF Secretary General
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15:05
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Part 1:
One year of COVID-containment
evidence: What works best?
Moderator: David Mackie, Chief European Economist, JP Morgan
Ranking the effectiveness of worldwide COVID-19 government interventions
Stefan Thurner, President, CSH Vienna and CSH Faculty
An
epidemiological
model with
international
production
networks
Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, Professor, University of Maryland, NBER and CEPR
Tracking COVID-19 government containment measures: lessons after one year
Anna Petherick, Departmental Lecturer,
Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University
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16:00
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Part 2: Trade-offs and efficiency considerations: Economic costs and public acceptance
Moderator:
Donato Masciandaro, Professor, Bocconi University I SUERF Council
Global comparative view of pandemic containment measures, costs and benefits,
and economic implications
Antonio Spilimbergo, Deputy Director, Research Department, IMF
Walking the tightrope: Avoiding a lockdown while containing the virus
Luiz De Mello, Director, Policy Studies Branch, Economics Department, OECD
Living with COVID-19: Balancing cost against benefits in the face of the virus
David Miles, Professor of Financial Economics, Imperial College London
Zero Covid: Fewer deaths and much less contraction in GDP
Cécile Philippe, Institut économique Molinari
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17:00
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End
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Registration:
To participate in the workshop please sign up
here.
Webpage:
www.suerf.org/Bocconi-CSHvienna
Format: Online
event via WebEx
Do not hesitate to share this invitation with colleagues in your institution who might be interested to attend.
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We look forward to your participation!
Sincerely,
SUERF Secretariat
on behalf of the Scientific Committee
Ernest Gnan, OeNB and SUERF, Peter Klimek, Medical University of Vienna and Complexity Science Hub Vienna,
Martin Schneider, OeNB, Stefan Thurner, Complexity Science Hub Vienna,
Klaus Vondra, OeNB.
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