2022 BARCELONA WORKSHOP ON REGIONAL AND URBAN ECONOMICS
The economics of a pandemic: lessons from COVID-19

October 6th-7th 2022
University of Barcelona, Faculty of Economics and Business, Sala de Graus

Thursday, October 6th 2022
15:00-15:15Welcome and opening act
– Ramon Alemany (Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitat de Barcelona)
– Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona)
15:15-16:451st Contributed session
Chair: Enrique López Bazo (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona)
– Marcos Sanso Navarro (University of Zaragoza). Modeling the spread of COVID-19 in New York City.
– Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (Princesa de Asturias Chair & Professor of Economic Geography at the London School of Economics). Decentralisation, unfunded mandates, and the regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
16:45-17:15Coffee break
17:15-18:452nd Contributed session
Chair: Antonio di Paolo (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona)
– Marcos Díaz Ramírez (OECD Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions & Cities). The geography of housing demand in the wake of COVID-19.
– Andrea Conte (Joint Research Centre, European Commission). Territorial Mapping of EU Funding Programmes.
Friday, October 7th 2022
9:30-10:303rd Contributed session
Chair: Alexandrina Stoyanova (Universitat de Barcelona)
Juan Francisco Jimeno (Bank of Spain). Post-pandemic employment outlook: Old structural trends and new shocks.
10:30-11:00Coffee break
11:00-13:00Round table
Chair: Raul Ramos (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona)
– Marta Curto (Generalitat de Catalunya. Departament d’Economia i Finances). Government interventions to flatten the curves: the case of Catalonia
– Anna García-Altés (Generalitat de Catalunya. Subdirecció General de Planificació Sanitària). The direct and indirect impact of COVID-19 pandemic in the health status of the population
– Francisco Ramos (Barcelona Activa). Economic  Recovery Strategy of Barcelona. Economic Response Coordination Centre (CECORE)
13:00Closing remarks
Josep Lluís Carrion-i-Silvestre & Enrique López Bazo (AQR-IREA, Universitat de Barcelona)