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The role and behavior of European state-owned enterprises in times of crisis. Ghent University

ChinaU+2019s model of state capitalism and the Great recession have renewed interest in state-owned enterprises (SOEs). This project uses a unique pan-European firm-level database to analyze: the performance of SOEs compared to private firms; the role of SOEs in how economies cope with large-scale shocks; and whether SOEs mitigate the impact of financial marketsU+2019 failure in crisis times.

Searching for partners via friends: implications for household formation and economic decisions University of Antwerp

Luca Paolo Merlino

Economics

The aim of this project is to understand the interplay between the search for partners, household formation and economic decisions. Making an investment in the ability to search for a better partner affects the characteristics of the match, but also the bargaining position in the relationship by determining the quality of the outside options in case of divorce.We will introduce search frictions in the marriage market proposing a matching model ...

IOF mandate Wim Ectors Hasselt University

Geert WETS

Transportation Behaviour

The new IOF-policy AUHL, approved in 2014, also implemented a new project type 'IOF-mandate project'. To execute this type of project, an IOF-manager will be hired to work at a research institute or a faculty of Hasselt University. In addition to a number of fixed targets valid for all managers (single point of contact for TTO regarding valorisation, maintain overview of the available expertise, detect valorisation opportunities, developing a ...

The effect of Brexit on hate crime and migration in the United Kingdom. University of Antwerp

Sunčica Vujić

Economics

This project will provide causal evidence on the impact of Britain's vote to leave the European Union on changes in hate crime and migration patterns. Using an array of robust econometric techniques, we will consider these changes for the UK as a whole and its regions and investigate whether the effects are temporary or long lasting. Further analysis of other influential factors such as media and social media activity, labour market and ...

An in-depth analysis of European B corp social ventures. University of Antwerp

Ine Paeleman

Accountancy and Finance

One of the most noteworthy attempts to increase the credibility and awareness of social entrepreneurship is the B Corporation certification. Certified B Corps are for-profit firms certified by the non-profit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability, and transparency. To date, our theoretical and empirical understanding of how the financing, performance and survival of B Corps differ from commercial ...

Development, implementation and pilot-testing of a gamified E-learning platform for the improvement of (motor)cycling knowledge & skills of Vietnamese adolescents Hasselt University

Kris BRIJS

Traffic Safety, Ton Duc Thang University

Traffic accidents and traffic concerns are always types of heavy pressure on the society. Several studies indicate that violation of traffic laws and a lack of situation awareness are core issues leading to traffic accidents, especially, poor hazard perception and undeveloped driving skills are main reasons of young-novice accidents. In Vietnam, to improve road safety in adolescents, a number of solutions such as strengthening communications on ...

Children as change makers in a householdU+2019s sustainable food consumption. Exploring how in-store marketing interventions targeting children can affect sustainable food literacy, -attitudes and - choices in children and their parents. Ghent University

Iris Vermeir

Department of Marketing, Innovation and Organisation

Stimulating consumers towards more sustainable food consumption (consumption activities which provide for the needs of the current generation while preserving the needs of future generations) is becoming increasingly important for governmental and academic actors and the food industry. For retailers, it can become a path to economic growth, because providing sustainable food options can lead to positive consumer responses. Reaching children ...

Optimisaton of the nautical supply chain towards the port of Antwerp. University of Antwerp

Kenneth Sörensen

Antwerp Maritime Academy, Engineering Management

Purpose of this research project is to investgate the diferent characteristcs and needs of the vessel trafc towards the port of Antwerp. Data analysis will permit us to predict beter the intensity of the trafic and to have beter insight into the capacity needed to minimize the delays of the nautcal services at peak moments. We want to create a beter efcient system for each needed service by a nautcal actor. This will have its efect on the ...

The effect of proximity to nature, biodiversity and climate change on the spread of tick-borne diseases and associated health costs. Hasselt University

Environmental Economics

Tick populations and tick-borne infections, including Lyme borreliosis, have significantly increased in several European countries since the mid-1990s, leading to an increase in associated health costs. Whereas the effect of increased proximity of green areas in urban environments could potentially result in increased tick infection risk (an ecosystem "disservice"), the impact of biologically more diverse areas (habitat quality) could result in ...

The Adverse Effects of New Bank Regulation: Contingent Convertibles and Expected Provisioning. KU Leuven

Roman Goncharenko

Research Centre Finance, Leuven

The banking sector was a focal point during the financial crisis of 2007-2008. The experience of the Great Recession revealed the weak points of the then existing regulation. In particular, bank’s low level of capitalization prior to 2007 was blamed. First, low levels of capital and reserves contributed to the contraction of bank lending. Basel III significantly increased the minimum capital requirements at the same time allowing them to be met ...

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