Webinar: How Europe Should Cope with the Economic Fallout from COVID-19

April 3, 2020
11am - 12pm EDT
Online
Registration is required
This event is free

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Contact

SAIS COCOCOMM Committee
202-349-0989

Description

Last week, European Union heads of state failed to agree on a joint economic plan to fight the coronavirus (COVID-19). AAA-rated countries continue to oppose Eurobonds — underwriting the borrowing of weaker member states — even for the worthy cause of fighting a pandemic. Antonio Pascual proposes a practical, speedy, and politically feasible financial support mechanism that would achieve the objective of reinforcing debt sustainability using a combination of European Stability Mechanism (ESM) funds, low ESM funding rates, and light ESM conditionality along with European Central Bank action.

Panelists include:

  • Speaker: Antonio Garcia Pascual, visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
  • Discussant: Matthias Matthijs, associate professor of international political economy at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies
  • Moderator: Pravin Krishna, distinguished professor of international economics and business at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies

Who can attend?

  • General public
  • Faculty
  • Staff
  • Students

Registration

Registration is required

Please register in advance

Contact

SAIS COCOCOMM Committee
202-349-0989