Debates for a New Economy
Italy-Brazil Workshop
Italian time (2pm-5pm) / Brazilian time (10am-1pm)
The workshop ‘Debates for a New Economy’ is organized in the context of the Scientific agreement between the Universidade Federal Fluminense (Uff), Niteroi, RJ, Brasil and the Department of Law of the University of Naples ‘Federico II’ Naples, Italy. The main themes of the workshop concern very timely issues in economics, such as poverty, the role of financial institutions, economic growth, ecological economics, Climate change, the economic impact of Covid-19 pandemics, deglobalization tendencies.


Scientific Committee (Italy)
Pasquale Commendatore (Professor, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy)
Ingrid Kubin (Professor, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria)
Carlo Panico (Professor, Unam, Mexico)
Erasmo Papagni (Professor, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy).
Scientific Committee (Brazil).
Carmem Feijo (Professor, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
Adriano Sampaio (Lecturer, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
Fernanda Feil (Visiting Sholar, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
Those interested in participating, please send an e-mail to “pasquale.commendatore@unina.it” and/or to “cbfeijo@gmail.com”
Day 1 – Wednesday December, 15

Shooting down the price: evidence from mafia homicides and
housing prices
2PM-3PM (IT) or 10AM-11AM (BR)
By:
Michele Battisti (Professor, University of Palermo)
Giovanni Bernardo (Researcher, University of Palermo - University of Cyprus - University of Naples 'Federico II')
Mario Lavezzi (Professor, University of Palermo)
Giuseppe Maggio (Researcher, University of Palermo).
Meet link
Consciously Uncertain. A Bayesian Analysis of Preferences?
3PM-4PM (IT) or 11AM-12PM (BR)
By:
Sergio Beraldo (Professor, University of Naples, Federico II, Department of Economics and CSEF)
Salvatore Capasso (Professor, University of Naples, Parthenope, Department of Business and Economics, ISMed-CNR)
Valerio Filoso (Professor, University of Naples, Federico II, Department of Law, ISMed-CNR)
Marco Stimolo (Research Fellow, University of Campania, Vanvitelli, Department of Economics)
Meet link
PDF here
Covid-19 epidemic and mitigation policy: positive and normative analysis in a neoclassical growth model
4PM-5PM (IT) or 12PM-1PM (BR)
By:
Luca Gori (Professor, University of Pisa)
Piero Manfredi (Professor, University of Pisa)
Simone Marsiglio (Professor, University of Pisa)
Mauro Sodini (Professor, University of Naples ‘Federico II’)
Meet link
Day 2 – Thursday December, 16
Special Session on the New Economic Geography

Pollution, emission taxes, and the industrial spatial distribution
2PM-3PM (IT) or 10AM-11AM (BR)
By:
José R. Morales (Investigador Postdoctoral, Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain)
Meet link
How and where satellite cities form around a large city
3PM-4PM (IT) or 11AM-12PM (BR)
By:
José M. Gaspar (Professor, CEGE and Católica Porto Business School, Universidade Católica Portuguesa, Porto, Portugal)
Meet link
Harnessing Market Power through Globally Coordinated Corporate Taxes and Subsidies
4PM-5PM (IT) or 12PM-1PM (BR)
By:
Antonella Nocco (Professor, Università del Salento)
Gianmarco Ottaviano (Professor, Università di Milano ‘Bocconi’)
Matteo Salto (Deputy Head of Unit, Monetary policy, exchange rate policy of the euro area, European Commission (DG ECFIN)
Atsushi Tadokoro (graduate student in Economics at Osaka University, Japan)
Meet link
PDF here
Day 3 – Friday December, 17

Climate change challenges and the sustainable develpment convention
2PM-3PM (IT) or 10AM-11AM (BR)
By:
Fernanda Feil (Visiting scholar, Fluminense Federal University)
Carmem Feijo (Professor, Fluminense Federal University)
Discussant: Mauro Sodini (Professor, University of Naples ‘Federico II’)
Meet link
Central bank digital currencies: considerations on a not-too-distant future
3PM-4PM (IT) or 11AM-12PM (BR)
By:
Adriano Vilela Sampaio (Lecturer, Fluminense Federal University)
Vinicius Centeno (PhD student, University of Siena)
Discussant: Francesco Purificato.
Meet link
The investor-driven fintech model: Beware strangers bearing gifts
4PM-5PM (IT) or 12PM-1PM (BR)
By:
Milford Bateman (Visiting Professor, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula)
Fernando Teixeira (PhD student, Fluminense Federal University)
Discussant: Salvatore Capasso(Professor, University of Naples, Parthenope, Department of Business and Economics, ISMed-CNR).
Meet link
Organizing committee:
Pasquale Commendatore (Professor, University of Naples ‘Federico II’, Italy) Carmem Feijo (Professor, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil)
Eduardo Mantoan (PhD student, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).