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Corporatism in macroeconomic policy making.
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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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History of Economic Thought in Belgium, 1830-1945.
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The proposed project is preceded by an exploratory research project funded by the University of Antwerp. The proposed research project will analyse the collected material in order to focus on two main issues : (1) the history of higher education in economics in Belgium, and (2) scientific research in economics with international relevance and will analyse this material in order to clarify the national and international role of Belgian economists and their research. Impact will be measured using citation analysis, recorded interventions at national and interantional meetings and membership (active of otherwise) of scientific organisations.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Fellow: Mosselmans Bert
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- Research Project
Universities and firms: a comparative analysis of the interaction between market processes, organizational strategies and governance. Satellite UA: regulation and management of universities.
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The goal of the project is to explore new developments in the theory of organizations and of regulation, and to apply them to the specific case of universities.While the project has a strong microeconomic theory component, it also relies on general management, human resource management and organizational sociology perspectives. The focus is twofold: (1) the government is primarily interested in the use, the design and the effects of various funding formulas and regulatory mechanisms; (2) the university itself has also to design its own policy.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Co-promoter: Nonneman Walter
- Co-promoter: Vloeberghs Daniel
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Essays on coordination failures.
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The aim of this project is to examine situations which are characterised by uncertainty, complementarities in actions, and scattered information among agents. Potential applications include initial public offering of stock, currency crises and industrial investment under imperfect competition. In these analyses use will be made of the work of Cooper (1999). Cooper considers key macroeconomic problems (on growth theory, trading costs, synchronisation of activity ...) explicitly as co-ordination games. Doing so he forces economists to rethink classic papers and the role of government. Morris and Shin (2000) present a research path for the future. Specific analyses for the topics from Cooper (1999) could offer very interesting policy descriptions.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Fellow: De Bock Reinout
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- Research Project
Essays in empirical health and development economics.
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The political economy of capitalism: an evolutionalry approachResearcher(s)
- Promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Co-promoter: Vermeersch Christel
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Effect of the liberalisation of the telecommunications market on competition. With special attention to mobile telephones.
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The proposed project aims to analyze the effects of the liberalization in the telecommunication industryon competition. Attention will be paid to both price and non-price competition (quality, new services). The general research methodology follows the New Industrial Organization. The analysis at the level of the industry, with its specific institutional features, is ventral and combines theoretical modeling with econometric structural analysis. The telecommunication industry is very complex and in the middel of major changes. It is useful to distinguish between various segments. Special attention wil be paid to competition in the market for mobile communication services. //..Starting from the specific situation of the telecom industry, in particular the market for mobile communications, theoretical models are developed and estimated to better understands the problems of diffusion, competition and government intervention. The advantage of the approach is a clear interpretation of the results an the possibility to calibrate the models based on realistic parameter values. In addition, the research results can help to bridge the still remaining gap between theoretical and emiprical research in Industrial Organization, and at the same time lead to normative implications for management (marketing) and public policy.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Verboven Frank
- Co-promoter: Bouckaert Jan
- Co-promoter: Campo Katia
- Co-promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
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- Research Project
The impact of the EU competition policy on the evolution of market structure and firm growth
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This project's objective is to analyse the effects of EU antitrust- (KUL) antd anti-dumping (UFSIA) legislation on marketstructure and firm growth in Europe in comparison to the US. The theoretical framework which will be used largely stems from modern industrial organisation theory and in particular from the theoretical framework developed by Sutton (1991). The latter consists of a relationship between the intensity of price-competition an the evolution of marketstructure and firm growth. In addittion attention will be given to general welfare implications and employment effects in Belgium and the other EU countries.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Co-promoter: Vandenbussche Hylke
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- Research Project
Regulating the electricity supply industry
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The research consists of three parts. First, the tasks of the electricity sector are described from the point of viewof the industrial economy. Based on this information, we compose a list of criteria and methods of assessment. This list presents an normative frame for evaluating the different markets and options of regulations. Next, we compare the markets and regulations in e few selected countries, where liberalisation is already in progression e.g. California, United Kingdom, Norway and the Netherlands. The analysis of the different markets and systems of regulating lead to a notion of the possibilities and problems involved. Finally, the information and knowledge gained in first two parts are compared to the Belgian reality. Wr then decide which market organisation and regulations are desirable, necessary and feasable.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Verbruggen Aviel
- Co-promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
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Optimal taxation and regulation of transport services in a federal system.
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Determine optimal transport taxes in a federal system, taking account of tax competition, external effects with spill-overs, and restrictions on tax instruments. Simulation exercise for Europe.Researcher(s)
- Promoter: De Borger Bruno
- Co-promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Co-promoter: Schroyen Alfred
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Ideology and macro-economic policy-making
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This project aims at analysing the role of ideology in macro-economic policy making. Which decisions are made and what are the important arguments and strategies ?Researcher(s)
- Promoter: Dierickx Guido
- Co-promoter: Boey Koen
- Co-promoter: Pauwels Wilfried
- Co-promoter: Plasmans Joseph
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- Research Project