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Rigid labour compensation and flexible employment? : firm-level evidence with regard to productivity for Belgium
Fuss, Catherine; Wintr, Ladislav - 2009
Using firm-level data for Belgium over the period 1997-2005, we evaluate the elasticity of firms' labour and real …
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The impact of uncertainty on investment plans
Butzen, Paul; Fuss, Catherine; Vermeulen, Philip - 2002
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001672872
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The interest rate and credit channels in Belgium : an investigation with micro-level firm data
Butzen, Paul; Fuss, Catherine; Vermeulen, Philip - 2001
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Firms' investment decisions in response to demand and price uncertainty
Fuss, Catherine; Vermeulen, Philip - 2004
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002039109
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How do Exporters React to Changes in Cost Competitiveness?
Decramer, Stefaan - 2014
Policy-making institutions such as the European Commission, the ECB and the OECD often use unit labor costs as a measure of international competitiveness. The goal of this paper is to examine how well this measure is related to international export performance at the firm level. To this end, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013040611
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Does offshoring shape labor market imperfections? : a comparative analysis of Belgian and Dutch firms
Dobbelaere, Sabien; Fuss, Catherine; Vancauteren, Mark - 2023
level in Belgium and the Netherlands. Wage-markup pricing stemming from workers' monopoly power is more prevalent than wage … measured by workers' bargaining power in Belgium. …
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The Interest Rate and Credit Channels in Belgium : An Investigation with Micro-Level Firm Data
Butzen, Paul - 2010
This paper investigates the effects of monetary policy on firms' investment behaviour. The analysis relies on a comprehensive database of Belgian firms covering all sectors of economic activity and firms of all sizes. We proceed in two steps. First, we estimate a reduced-form investment equation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136329
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The Impact of Uncertainty on Investment Plans
Butzen, Paul - 2010
In this paper we investigate how demand and output price uncertainty affect investment plans of Belgian manufacturing firms. We obtain time-varying uncertainty measures at the firm and industry level from the Belgian monthly business cycle survey and investment plans from the half-yearly...
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Labour Demand Adjustment : Does Foreign Ownership Matter?
Dhyne, Emmanuel - 2010
This paper examines whether multinational companies differ in their employment adjustment from domestic firms, on the … largest fraction of net employment creation, especially among multinational firms (MNFs). We obtain structural estimates of … substitution between workers). To adjust white-collar employment seems to be around half as costly for MNFs as for domestic firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136996
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Firms' Investment Decisions in Response to Demand and Price Uncertainty
Fuss, Catherine - 2010
We estimate the effect of demand and price uncertainty on firms' investment decisions from a panel of manufacturing firms. Uncertainty measures are derived from firms' subjective qualitative expectations. They are close to their theoretical counterparts, the variances of future demand and price...
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