Projects
Risk assessment of spillover of bumblebee parasites Ghent University
This project aims to assess an risk assessment on the spillover of parasites in bumblebees, as important pollinators in our environment.
The content analysis perspective of sovereign credit ratings and corporate spillover effects KU Leuven
Firm level heterogeneity and the demand and supply side of FDI spillovers Ghent University
This project investigates spillovers from foreign to domestic firms. Three types of characteristics determine the direction and magnitude of spillovers. Therefore positive spillovers are conditional rather than automatic. We consider spillovers to depend on demand side characteritics (characteristics of domestic firms), supply side characteristics (characteristics of foreign subsidiaries), and ‘environment’ characteristics (industry, country, ...
Sectoral spillovers in the macroeconomy KU Leuven
Macroeconomists are typically concerned with changes in aggregate economic activity. Traditionally, the drivers of these aggregate fluctuations are considered to also be of aggregate nature, such as productivity, aggregate demand or monetary policy shocks. Most of the literature on economic fluctuations outright disregards the possibility of microeconomic shocks to specific sectors or firms to generate relevant aggregate fluctuations. A ...