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LICOS - Centre for Institutions and Economic Performance KU Leuven

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The research team focuses on the analysis of the economics of transition, with a special emphasis on empirical testing of theory using micro economic databases. The latter include firm level data collected by means of large scale business survey data. The main research topics that we focus on include: - the analysis of firm restructuring in transition countries, using approaches from Schumpeterian growth theory. - the analysis of job ...

Department of Economics, Leuven KU Leuven

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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 & ...

Economics University of Antwerp

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- Macroeconomics and stabilisation policies: monetary and fiscal policies, interactions and coordination issues. Relationship between economic performance, institutional settings and exchange market pressure in transition countries. Corporatism and macroeconomic policy. - Labour markets : the functioning of the labour market in Belgium and Europe: real and nominal wage rigidities, the wage gap. Impact of the EMU on European labour markets. ...

Research Centre of Development Economics, Leuven KU Leuven

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The research team focuses on the analysis of the economics of transition, with a special emphasis on empirical testing of theory using micro economic databases. The latter include firm level data collected by means of large scale business survey data. The main research topics that we focus on include: - the analysis of firm restructuring in transition countries, using approaches from Schumpeterian growth theory. - the analysis of job ...

Transport and Regional Economics University of Antwerp

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The Department's lines of research are located on the interface of general and business economics. The research activities unfold within the framework of programmes instigated by the university and the authorities (regional, federal and European) as well as specific assignments from the public and private sectors. The topics covered relate to: - Freight transport: mode choice, the organisation, choice and planning of commodity flows, land ...

Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) KU Leuven

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The primary missions of the Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) are education and research.

A FEB education aims to prepare students for successful entrepreneurial endeavours and careers in the corporate world, in national and international public policy-making, or in research. To achieve this the FEB offers high-quality, research-based degree programmes in the fields of both economics and business, and from Bachelor to ...

Research Centre for Economics and Ethics KU Leuven

Aim of the center for economics and ethics: - To organize and stimulate scientific research on the ethical aspects of economic activity. To stimulate ethically inspired research in the Faculty. - To foster the interdisciplinary contacts. - To confront the christian ethical tradition with the concepts of justice, freedom and efficiency as they are formulated in the social sciences and in philosophy. - To project applied problems of economic and ...

Department of General economics Ghent University

Research on general economics, international economics, European economics, environmental economics and environmental management, transition and institutional economics,

VIVES - Research Centre for Regional Economics KU Leuven

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VIVES, the Research Centre for Regional Economics conducts fundamental and applied research on regional economics and regional economic policy to support the public debate on the economic and social development of regions, with a particular emphasis on Flanders.

The research is organised around three core themes:

  • Fiscal policy and political economics
  • Regional growth and industrial policy
  • Regional labour ...