Talks@Bruegel: The macroeconomics of defence spending, conflicts, and recovery with Andrea Presbitero
What economic trade-offs do countries face as defence spending increases?
Speakers
Andrea Presbitero
Deputy Division Chief, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
Jeromin Zettelmeyer
Bruegel Director
Agenda
Check-in & breakfast
8:30-9:00Agenda
Conversation
9:00-10:00- Chair: Jeromin Zettelmeyer, Bruegel Director
- Andrea Presbitero, Deputy Division Chief, Research Department, International Monetary Fund
We were delighted to welcome Andrea Presbitero, Deputy Division Chief in the Research Department of the IMF and CEPR Research Fellow in the International Macroeconomics and Finance programme, who spoke about the economic costs of war and the trade-offs of rising defence spending.
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