Projects
Economic growth and material living standards in a transistion economy: Venice (1600-1800). University of Antwerp
Economic growth and inequality. Explaining divergent growth paths in pre-industrial Europe (late Middle Ages – 19th century) Ghent University
This proposal aims to give a new impulse to the stronger tendency in social and economic research to look at the past in order to deal with contemporary questions of unequal economic growth and prosperity. We will study the mechanisms behind the diverging growth paths in medieval and early modern Europe, which are at the basis of the current global economic model. Four test areas will be studied in a comparative way.
Multinational firms in (Global) Cities: Mimicry, Knowledge networks, and Economic Growth KU Leuven
This dissertation examines the dynamic interrelationship between MNEs and cities. First, it examines cities as MNEs’ foreign direct investment location choice and imitation processes within these FDI location choices. Imitation not only enhances the attractiveness of the city by contributing to the generation of agglomeration economies and by encouraging additional imitation, but it also contributes to the further development of the ...
The wealth of cities. Economic growth and living standards in Brabant, Holland and Liège in the long run, 1500-1900. University of Antwerp
Economic policy and firm growth - Micro-econometric studies at the firm level KU Leuven
In the last decades, both policy makers in industrialized countries and academic scholars have broadly acknowledged the importance of small and medium-sized companies (SMEs) as backbone of the economic system in addition to the dominating large firms leading world markets. Particularly small, young high-tech companies have been identified as major source for future growth opportunities and welfare. However, these companies are also known to ...
Taxation, fiscal policy and economic growth and employment Ghent University
This project contains two parts:
*development, calibration and simulation of a general equilibrium macro model with overlapping generations for OECD countries. We study the relationships between (a) government expenditures and taxes, and (b) employment by age, education and economic growth.
*research into the relationship between ownership (and related taxes) and employment in Belgian districts since the 1970s (test ...
Fashionably Late? Economic growth and time awareness in early modern Europe (Antwerp & Amsterdam, 16th-18th century) University of Antwerp
Saline Farming – Innovative agriculture to protect the environment and stimulate economic growth Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
SalFar is one of the first research projects in the North Sea Region that uses experiments to explore the feasibility of saline agriculture in the coastal region. The aim is to look for salt-loving and salt-tolerant crops, their economic potential and the various socio-economic barriers to saline agriculture. The research is directly linked to the agricultural challenges facing climate change. ...
Rethinking the impact of economic growth: A comparative study of rural market and subaltern economies in early modern Italy (1650-1800) KU Leuven
This project aims to test whether economic growth had a positive influence on prosperity levels in the past. Growth has long been seen as a precondition for high prosperity. However, through the use of GNP figures and real wages, indicators that only record commercial transactions, commercialized companies with economic growth will automatically emerge as more prosperous. This project will develop a new multidimensional prosperity index, to ...