Macroeconomic Challenges of the Green Transition II

The Keynesian Working Group is happy to announce a call for papers to the YSI Workshop on the Macroeconomic challenges of the green transition II.

We invite you to submit your abstract and, later, a paper, for the Workshop hosted by the University of Pisa, Italy, on November 28-29.

The transition towards a sustainable and low-carbon economy is one of the biggest challenges of the global community today. The ecological transition requires substantial investments in new technologies and infrastructure to shift away from traditional energy sources towards renewable energy sources, as well as new forms of taxation, production, and distribution of resources. These profound structural changes will have crucial macroeconomic implications, including job losses in high-carbon industries and the creation of new green jobs in low-carbon sectors, the redistribution of income caused by carbon taxation, and impacts on trade, productivity, and economic growth. The challenges of a fair transition are even greater in the Global South, where the need to improve living standards must overcome the costs of climate damage and natural disasters in the context of changing global trade.

The Workshop will feature four speakers who will lecture on state-of-the-art research on integrated analyses of climate change, environmental transition, and macroeconomics, particularly focusing on modeling tools, integrated assessment analysis, and input-output methodologies.

The YSI Workshop Macroeconomic challenges of the green transition II is a great opportunity to bring together young researchers to present their work, receive feedback from colleagues, and discuss potential collaborations. We invite young scholars to tackle relevant policy issues on the macroeconomic implications of the transition towards a sustainable and low-carbon economy. We welcome research based on various methodological approaches, such as (but not limited to) stock-flow consistent models, input-output analysis, system dynamics, integrated-assessment models with out-of-equilibrium paths, empirical studies, among others.

Confirmed speakers are:

Iñaki Arto Research Professor at the Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3).

Rossella Bardazzi Associate professor of economics at the University of Florence.

Francesco Lamperti Associate Professor at the Institute of Economics and EMbeDS Department, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.

Guilherme Magacho Senior Economist at the Agence Française de Développement.

We encourage contributions related (but not limited) to the following topics:
(1) Economic consequences of the energy transition and the phasing out of fossil fuels 
(2) Macroeconomic policies in post-growth scenarios
(3) Income and wealth redistribution and unequal ecological footprint
(4) Natural resources, currency hierarchies, and the transition in the Global South
(5) Central Banks, monetary policy, inflation, and green finance 
(7) Economic impacts of climate damage and biodiversity loss.

Important Dates:
Abstract submission by September 30
Acceptance Notification by October 5
YSI Workshop Macroeconomic challenges of the green transition II: November 28-29, 2024

How to Apply

Young scholars can apply to the call for abstracts here
If selected, you will be invited to present your work. Selections will be made based on merit. Selected students can expect to receive accommodation in shared rooms, participation in the social dinner, and a partial travel stipend.

Submit your abstract here
Abstract submission Deadline: September 30
Paper Submission: November 1st