CALL FOR PAPERS: European Public Banks and their Development Role: Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the past, present and future of European development finance.Venue: University of Luxembourg, July 21st and 22nd July 2022
Abstract submission by 7th March 2022
The first ever academic conference on the European Investment Bank has been successfully concluded in Luxembourg in 2019.
"Deciphering the European Investment Bank: History, Politics, and Economics ", the first ever academic book on the European
Investment Bank is expected by Routledge in 2022.

ANALYSING THE EUROPEAN INVESTMENT BANK
Interdisciplinary approaches to understanding the past, present and future of the world’s biggest lender.
Venue: University of Luxembourg, Belval Campus,
11, Porte des Sciences, 4366 Esch sur Alzette, Luxembourg
Date: 10-11 July 2019
PROGRAM
10 July 2019
09.00 – 09.15: Registration
09.15 - 09.45: Welcome and Introduction: David Howarth (Institute of Political Science, University of Luxembourg) and Helen Kavvadia (Institute of Political Science, University of Luxembourg).
09.45 - 11.00: Session 1: Historical insights into the EIB’s operation
Chair: Lucia Coppolaro (University of Padova)
Bernard Gordon (Sorbonne Université) – From the European Project to European Projects – Sixty years of French presence and influence at the European Investment Bank (1958-2018);
Ilaria Pasotti (Independent researcher and collaborator of Intesa Sanpaolo Group Historical Archives) and Barbara Costa (Head of Intesa Sanpaolo Group Historical Archives) – The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Istituto Mobiliare Italiano (IMI): a neglected relationship in the EIB's activity in Italy (1968-1978);
Donatella Strangio (Universita Roma La Sapienza) and PaoloTedeschi (Milan Bicocca University) – Developing the Mediterranean Europe: The EIB and the financing of Italy and Greece (1960s-1970s);
Discussant: Eric Bussiére (Sorbonne Université)
11.00 - 11.15: Coffee break
11.15 - 12.45: Session 2: EIB impact in European regions
Chair: René Leboutte (University of Luxembourg)
Zareh Asatryan (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research) and Annika Havlik (ZEW – Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research) – The Political Economy of Multilateral Lending to European Regions;
Andrzej Jakubowski (Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin) – The impact of the European Investment Bank loans on regional economic growth and cohesion in the European Union;
Moritz Liebe (University of Trier) and David Howarth (University of Luxembourg) - The European Investment Bank as policy entrepreneur and the promotion of Public-Private Partnerships;
Discussant: Paolo Tedeschi (Università di Milano Bicocca-DEMS)
13.00 - 14.15: Lunch
14.15 - 15.45: Session 3: Insights into EIB decision-making
Chair: Joachim Schild (University of Trier)
Dan Beizsley (Utrecht University/Eötvös Loránd University) – A critical appraisal? Identifying weaknesses in the EIB project assessment phase;
Mateu Turró (Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya) – The European Investment Bank as a major player in EU urban policy;
Eugene Chao (The Wharton Business School) and Vukan R, Vuchic (University of Pennsylvania) – Quo Vadis: Infrastructure Investment - A Return to the Imperative Action;
Discussant: Stephany Griffith Jones (Columbia University)
15.45 - 16.15: Coffee break
16.15 - 17.45: Session 4: Assessing EIB efforts to counter the recent economic crisis
Chair: David Howarth (University of Luxembourg)
Stephany Griffith-Jones (Columbia University) and Natalya Naqvi (The London School of Economics) – The Juncker Plan (EFSI) and the EIB; assessing achievements and limitations;
Loredana Federico (UniCredit Research) – What has the “Juncker Plan” achieved?
Emanuela Pistoia (University of Teramo) – Supporting the development of the internal market at the peak of the crisis. Legal challenges in the role of the EIB;
Discussant: Eric Perée (The European Investment Bank)
19.00: Dinner
11 July 2019
09.15 - 11.00: Session 5: The Political Economy of EIB action
Chair: Robert Harmsen (University of Luxembourg)
Dora Piroska (Corvinus University of Budapest) – Contrasting EIB and EBRD’s role in post-accession Eastern Europe;
Stuart Shields (University of Manchester) – Never waste a crisis: The European Investment Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the European Bank Coordination Initiative;
Daniel Mertens (Goethe University of Frankfurt) and Matthias Thiemann (Sciences Po) – The post-crisis ascent and growing politicisation of the European Investment Bank;
Discussant: Alexander Kentikelenis (Bocconi University)
11.00 - 11.15: Coffee break
11.15 - 12.15: Conclusions by discussants: Eric Bussiére, Paolo Tedeschi, Eric Perée, David Howarth, and
closure by Lucia Coppolaro and Helen Kavvadia
13.00 - 15.00: EIB visit and Lunch
16.00 – 17.00: Optional guided tour at the EIB art collection.
