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: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy for the year 1992. Based on the estimation of a …
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Using a new survey of European households, we study how exogenous variation in the macroeconomic uncertainty perceived by households affects their spending decisions. We use randomized information treatments that provide different types of information about the first and/or second moments of...
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The relative popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages (ARMs) and fixed-rate mort- gages (FRMs) varies considerably both across countries and over time. We ask how movements in current and expected future interest rates affect the share of ARMs in total mortgage issuance. Using a nine-country...
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experiences to help drive secure, affordable and clean energy transitions.Belgium’s energy and climate policies push for energy … industrial competitiveness. Belgium has made notable progress on deploying offshore wind and increasing the share of electric … have considerable work ahead of them to meet Belgium’s targets for increasing the share of renewables, lowering energy …
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. Using the universe of buyer-supplier relationships in Belgium, the paper develops a set of stylized facts that motivate a …
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-oriented manufacturers generate substantial value added in other Belgian firms, in particular providers of services; c) Belgium's backward …
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performance in Belgium. The results show that the numerous retirement and social security program reforms have had a marked impact …
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We estimate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on business failures among small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) in seventeen countries using a large representative firm-level database. We use a simple model of firm cost-minimization and measure each firm's liquidity shortfall during and after...
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