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Corporatism in macroeconomic policy making.
Abstract
The existing literature on the working of the corporatist modelof macroeconomic policy making is extended in two ways. First, the importance of asymmetric information is analyzed for the bargaining between the parties involved. Secondly, the fiscal policy of the government is also incorporated into the analysis. These improvements of the theory should ultimately lead to a better empirical specification of the examined empirical relations.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Co-promoter: Van Poeck André
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- Research Project
Wage flexibility in Europe: a comparative international study of its determinants
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The principal objective of this project is to further understanding of the changing structure of Euro-area labour markets, through an empirical investigation of the country specific wage curves, using a consistent cross-country microeconomic data set from 1985 to 1998. This is an important policy issue since the success of EMU will depend critically upon the structure and conduits of the constituent national labour markets.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
- Co-promoter: Plasmans Joseph
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- Research Project
Capital mobility, financial vulnerability and the Central and East European Countries' transition to the EMU.
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This research proposal focuses into the monetary and financial risks for the Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) after accession to the EU. Indeed it is to be expected that soon after their accession the 8 CEECs will posit their candidature for EMU-membership. In this phase they will be especially vulnerable to capital inflow reversals and to currency crises. Thsis project will study: 1. The vulnerability of CEECs to currency crises. In this section wel stress the potential role of combined current account and government deficits (twin deficits) in increasing the vulnerability of CEECs to currency crises. 2. Capital movements and fiscal consolidation in accession countries. Our research objective is to estimate the sensitivity of fiscal consolidation to capital movements in accession countries.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
- Co-promoter: Vanneste Jacques
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- Research Project
The effects of the introduction of the European Monetary Union on the European labour market
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We are interested in the direct and indirect impact of the single European Currency on the determinants of demand for and supply of labour and thus on the level and variability of the natural unemployment rate. Special attention is devoted to changes in labour market and to strategic behaviour of economic agents resulting from changes in the economic environment.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
- Fellow: Borghijs Alain
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- Research Project
Employment, unemployment and the EMU
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This research proposal aims to split the influence onthe individual EU-country unemployment and employment in three effects, I.e. a 'convergence effect' due to the measures to satisfy the Maastricht convergence criteria, an 'EMU-effect' owing the introduction of a monetary union and the EURO single currency (in 1999) and a 'residual effect' originating from a number of other factors such as labour market institutions (degree of centralisation of wage bargaining, degree of unionisation, employment protection legislation, unemployment benefits), real interest rates, the terms of trade and the innovation capacity. A variable parameter labour model for various EU-countries will be used.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
- Co-promoter: Meersman Hilde
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- Research Project
Final editing of the course 'Introduction to the Belgian Economy'.
Abstract
Final editing of this course for the Open University.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
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- Research Project
World-wide growth prospects for the coming decade
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This study's objective is to develop a practical framework that is consistent with the economic theory to prospect medium and long run growth rates of country's welfare. After having looked at the data requirements and the post-war growth record, the paper will briefly review theoretical literature. The third section deals with indicators for the most important indicators of economic growth and recent empirical evidence on them. In section four the growth prospects for different countries are derived from the framework.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
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- Research Project
Course development for Open-University course 'Introduction to the Belgian Economy'.
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to adapt two modules of the Open-University course 'Introduction to the Dutch Economy' (Open University, Heerlem, 1993) to the Belgian situation.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
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- Research Project
The effects of taxes and other forms of contributions on the labor market in Belgium
Abstract
The aim of the project is to investigate how and to what extent taxes and other forms of employer and employees contribution affect the demand and supply of labour and wage formation in Belgium. We also consider the effect on employment.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
- Co-promoter: Vanneste Jacques
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- Research Project
The economic structure and the economic policy in small open economics.
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The purpose of this project is to examine the divergent economic results of small open economics against the background of the structural differences between the countries involved and the differences in actual economic policy.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Van Poeck André
- Co-promoter: Plasmans Joseph
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- Research Project