Using panel data for 2,329 Belgian firms observed between 1985 and 1999, this paper aims at getting a better understanding of Belgian firms' investment behavior. Two main and interrelated topics are investigated: the link between financial structure and investment decision, on the one hand, the...

Due to the higher workload it produces, reducing the size of operational teams in the chemical process industry can have a negative effect on the ability to control abnormal situations, fatigue, etc. A lack of qualified operational personnel in unusual conditions and the resulting lack of...

As a result of the higher workload given rise to, reducing the size of operational teams in the Chemical Process Industry can have a negative effect on the ability to control abnormal situations. A lack of qualified operational personnel in unusual conditions and the resulting lack of process...

This study is devoted to the analysis of the main effects, on the Belgian economy, of various forms of tax shifting aimed at increasing taxes on energy and decreasing other taxes(mainly taxes on labour). Results show that, if the increase in energy taxes is combined with a reduction of taxes on...