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Regulating Public Services – Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice
Cambridge University Press, 2021
15th Belgian Environmental Economics Day 2022
22 November 2021POSTPONED TO MAY 30, 2022 – The Belgian Environmental Economics Day 2022 (BEED) provides an opportunity to researchers in the areas of environmental, resource and ecological economics from universities, university colleges, research institutes and research consultancy firms in Belgium, to present their work.
Data Methods for Empirical Researchers
The goal is to get on the frontier on best practices in data management, coding, reproducibility etc., from people in academia, data science and business.
3 Full-time Academic Positions
SBS-EM is hiring 3 new colleagues in the field of macroeconomics, public economics and mathematical economics.
Etienne Sadi Kirschen Prize
Florine Le Henaff received the Etienne Sadi Kirschen Prize from the Association of Economists of ULB and Solvay Business School (AEBr), for her master thesis « Gender gap in environmental concern and pro-environmental behaviors ». The price annually rewards a master thesis in economics at ULB, with emphasis on its originality in economic analysis and on its …
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UNCTAD/Academy of International Business Award
Baptiste Souillard received the UNCTAD/Academy of International Business Award for the Best Research Work on International Investment and Development for his paper “The Indirect Effect of Import Competition on Corporate Tax Avoidance.”
Paper prizes for Fabrizio Leone
We are very proud to announce that our PhD student Fabrizio Leone has won the best paper prizes at the “XXXV Jornadas de Economía Industrial” and “RIEF Doctoral Meeting” for his work on “Multinational Enterprises, Technology Transfers and Robot Adoption“.
Chocs transitoires, effets permanents
Une guerre civile ne s’arrête pas quand les armes se taisent. Est-ce que cela s’applique aussi à la crise du Covid-19 ? Philip Verwimp, February 13, 2021
André Sapir has been appointed as member to the High-Level Advisory Group on the main economic and social challenges the European economy will face in the post-Covid environment. The 8-member Group will advise the European Commissioner for the Economy, Paolo Gentiloni, on issues that include: the medium- to long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on …
ECARES Doctoral Lectures 2020-2021
Ruben Durante, UPF will give lectures on “Text Analysis for Economists”
12 MOIS, 12 EXPERTS
2020, année hors norme; et 2021? Douze chercheuses et chercheurs décryptent plusieurs temps forts de l’année écoulée et quelques grands rendez-vous à venir. Contribution of Glenn Magerman (October 2020)
“Il faudrait une cotisation solidarité sur les revenus” – Mathias Dewatripont
Mathias Dewatripont, économiste, était l’invité du Grand Oral RTBF/Le Soir ce samedi 28 novembre 2020 à 9h10 sur La Première. Au lendemain de l’annonce de la réouverture règlementée de certains commerces, pour préparer des fêtes qui s’organiseront en mode ultra mineur, il fait le bilan de la crise et des lendemains qui arrivent.
The ECARES Research Master Merit Award is an annual prize given to an outstanding student who is accepted into the doctoral school at ECARES. The total amount of this prize is of 10.000 euros and will be given at the beginning of the academic year (2021-2022).
WRDS Best Paper Award for Research Examines Role of Governance in Portfolio Results
Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) is pleased to announce Marco Becht, Goldschmidt Professor of Corporate Governance at Université libre de Bruxelles, Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management; Julian R. Franks, Professor at London Business School; and Hannes F. Wagner, Associate Professor at Bocconi University as recipients of the Drexel Governance Conference WRDS Best Paper Award.
China and the WTO: Why Multilateralism Still Matters – Petros Mavroidis and André Sapir
An examination of China’s participation in the World Trade Organization, the conflicts it has caused, and how WTO reforms could ease them