"Government Debt and Fiscal Policy after COVID-19: Global Challenges", debate with Niels Thygesen and Lorenzo Codogno

Niels Christoffer Thygesen is a Professor Emeritus of International Economics at the University of Copenhagen and Chair of the European Fiscal Board. He has also worked for the Danish government, Harvard’s Development Advisory Service, and the OECD. Over his career he acted as adviser to the Governor of Danmarks Nationalbank, Chair of the Danish Economic Council and member of various expert groups on European monetary and financial integration - the subject area of most of his research and publications. He studied at the University of Copenhagen, where he obtained a PhD, and Harvard University.

Lorenzo Codogno has since 2015 been the founder and Chief Economist of the economic consulting business LC Macro Advisors Ltd. He is currently a Senior Fellow of the LUISS School of European Political Economy in Rome and professor in practice at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining LSE, Lorenzo was chief economist and director general at the Treasury Department of the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance from May 2006 to February 2015.

Program Committee: Federico Ravenna (Head of Research, Danmarks Nationalbank) and Emiliano Santoro (Danmarks Nationalbank Bicentenary Chair in Economics, University of Copenhagen)