ACTIVITIES

INTERNATIONAL LUNCH WORKSHOP

Coordinators: Giacomo Ponzetto, Dávid K. Nagy, Elisa Giannone, and Fernando Broner.
Day: Fridays 12:45 – 13:45 + 13:50 – 14:20 unless otherwise noted.
Venue: First quarter: 24.S01 unless otherwise noted.

October 2, 2026

Zidong Lin (UPF)
“Bankruptcy Procedures, Debt Capacity and Aggregate Fragility”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Nirai Tomass (UPF)
“Debt Mutualization and the Costs of Sovereign Signalling”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20

October 9, 2026

Isabel Figueiras (UPF)
“Capital Market Integration for Innovation-Led Growth”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Ravish Rizvi (UPF)
“The Role of Government Spending in Structural Transformation”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20

October 16, 2026

Luca Looser (UPF)
“Family-led Structural Change”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Peiyao Sun (UPF)
“Firm Concentration and Product Variety”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20

October 22, 2026

-Thursday-
Miquel Lorente Palau (UPF)
“Quantifying the Effects of the 2025 US Trade War on Europe”
Time: 14:30 - 15:30

November 6, 2026

Davide Busnelli (UPF)
“Financing Innovation: Venture Capital and Economic Growth”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Simone Cigna (UPF)
“Rent Control, Contract Types, and Urban Sorting: Evidence from Barcelona”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20
Room: 24.112

November 13, 2026

Alessandro Palucci (UPF)
“The Geography of Intermediation: Domestic Networks and Foreign Market Access”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Leyla Beck UPF)
“Venture Capital, Innovation and Wealth Inequality “
Time: 13:50 - 14:20
Room: 24.112

November 27, 2026

Santiago Gamba (UPF)
“Demand-Side Effects of Income Inequality on Structural Transformation”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Duarte Gonçalves (UPF)
“No Place Like Home? The Effects of Non-Resident Tax Breaks”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20
Room: 24.112

December 4, 2026

Avinash Nagarajan (UPF)
“Firm Lifecycle and International Connectedness”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Clemens Oberhuemer (UPF)
“Who Adopts Green Technologies? Distributional Evidence from Solar plus Storage”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20

December 11, 2026

Sandeep Achary (UPF)
“The Hidden Cost of Misallocation: Low Markups, Low Welfare”
Time: 12:45 - 13:45
Sergio Inferrera (Queen Mary University of London)
“Endogenous Specialization in U.S. Cities”
Time: 13:50 - 14:20