The Economics of the UK’s EU membership
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Tuesday 23 February, 9.30 - 17.30
9:30am Registration
10:00 Session one
EU and the UK Macroeconomic Framework
Chair, Angus Armstrong, NIESR
Lord Norman Lamont, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1990-93
Sir Vince Cable, Secretary of State for Business Innovation and Skills, 2010-15
11.15 Refreshment Break
11.30 Session two
UK in an “ever-closer union”
Chair, Anand Menon, King’s College London
Enrico Spolaore, Tufts University
Anatole Kaletsky, Institute For New Economic Thinking
Nauro Campos, Brunel University
12:30 Lunch
1.30 Session three
Sterling within the EU
Chair, Vera Troeger, Warwick University
Karl Whelan, University College Dublin
Gerard Lyons, Chief Economic Adviser to the Mayor of London
Paul de Grauwe, London School of Economics
2.30 Refreshment Break
3.00 Session four
The UK and the EU budget
Chair, Monique Ebell, NIESR
David Phillips, Institute for Fiscal studies
Sascha Becker, Warwick University
John Springford, Centre for European Reform
4.00 Refreshments Break
4.30 Session five
EU membership and UK economic performance
Chair, Jonathan Portes, NIESR
Nick Crafts, Warwick University
Patrick Minford, Cardiff University
Martin Wolf, Financial Times
To Register: Places are limited, therefore to ensure attendance please RSVP as soon as possible to Luca Pieri: Email: l.pieri [at] niesr.ac.uk Tel: 020 7654 1931