De multidisciplinaire en interfacultaire STEP onderzoeksgroep van de VUB draagt bij aan het versnellen van de innovatiecyclus van duurzame processen voor de chemische industrie, een grote uitdaging die tegen 2050 moet worden bereikt, zo niet eerder in lijn met de Europese Green Deal 2030. Dat doen we door niet alleen de technologische uitdagingen grondig te bekijken, maar ook het economische en wetgevende kader, zodat er haalbare oplossingen ...
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 & ...
The Centre for Contemporary Social History, that has been incorporated in EDSG, is currently conducting research in two distinct veins. The first line of research belongs to the well-established tradition, especially at the VUB, of "structuralist" research in social and economic history. Exploiting in particular sources that lend themselves to quantitative analysis, the focus is on the inequality of personal wealth in Belgium in the 19th ...
research in (applied( macro/microeconomics
BEE's mission is to generate knowledge that is relevant to understand and steer behavior with the objective to help consumers and policy makers to foster individual and collective well-being.
The department for business economics and strategic policy seeks to bridge the gap between economic academic research and the business community. The study focuses on two main themes: (1) impact of economic policy on businesses and (2) long term business strategy. 1. The effects of economic policy tools applied by government are assessed according to the following criteria: - effectiveness; - legitimacy; - economic feasibility; - ...