Research topic: Research in regional and financial economics A variety of projects on short term base
The econometric analysis of the evolution of labour productivity in OECD countries, economic and monetary policy, determinants of the demand for currency, estimation of the size of the underground economy, European monetary integration and the introduction of the EURO, digital money and the rise of the 'cashless society', history of economic thought, philosophy and methodology of economics, history of central planning and the transition ...
1.ECONOMETRICS:*Empirical economic models: country models, global models , specification, estimation & simulation.*Consumer demand: systems of demand functions for economies as a whole and for groups of products. *Portfolio models: descriptive models for financial investment.*New technology & employment: microeconomic impact of technological change on employment.*Labor contracts: the allocation of risk over partners & ...
Topics are micro-level evaluation of Trade Policy; Corporate Tax Competition in Europe and trade protection and antidumping policy of EU - Market power and productivity measurement of firms - Pricing decisions of firms - Trade and trade policy - Corporate taxation
The Monetary and Information Economics Research Group at KULeuven specializes in research on the topics of the role of granularity to understand macroeconomic dynamics and transmission of shocks in the economy, such as exchange rate shocks.
Transmission involves both the impact of real shocks, monetary shocks and disclosure of new information. It is investigated both from an empirical angle (pass –through of cost shocks into prices, ...
Research topics are
• Social and economic history
• economic policy Economics, econometrics, economic theory, economic systems,
• Financial sciences
• Economic planning
•International trade
• Development cooperation
The research group Public Economics studies the role of the government in the economy. Our research group is specialised in a number of specific domains (see below).