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The Origins of Firm Heterogeneity : A Production Network Approach

Bernard, Andrew B. - 2019

. Using the universe of buyer-supplier relationships in Belgium, the paper develops a set of stylized facts that motivate a …

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The Role of Exporters and Domestic Producers in GVCs : Evidence for Belgium based on Extended National Supply-and-Use Tables Integrated into a Global Multiregional Input-Output Tab...

Michel, Bernhard - 2018

-oriented manufacturers generate substantial value added in other Belgian firms, in particular providers of services; c) Belgium's backward …

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Social Security Incentives in Belgium : An Analysis of Four Decades of Change

Fraikin, Anne-Lore - 2018

performance in Belgium. The results show that the numerous retirement and social security program reforms have had a marked impact …

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COVID-19 and SME Failures

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier - 2020

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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Assessing the Age Specificity of Infection Fatality Rates for COVID-19 : Meta-Analysis & Public Policy Implications

Levin, Andrew T. - 2020

To assess age-specific infection fatality rates (IFRs) for COVID-19, we have conducted a systematic review of … seroprevalence studies as well as countries with comprehensive tracing programs. Age-specific IFRs were computed using the prevalence … IFR for COVID-19. The estimated age-specific IFRs are very low for children and younger adults but increase progressively …

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Dominant Currencies : How Firms Choose Currency Invoicing and Why it Matters

Amiti, Mary - 2020

Using new data on currency invoicing for Belgian firms, we analyze how firms make their currency choice, for both exports and imports, and the implications of this choice for exchange rate pass-through into prices and quantities. We derive our estimating equations from a theoretical framework...

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COVID-19 and SMEs : A 2021 "Time Bomb"?

Gourinchas, Pierre-Olivier; Kalemli-Ozcan, Sebnem; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

This paper assesses the prospects of a 2021 time bomb in SME failures triggered by the generous support policies enacted during the 2020 COVID-19 crisis. Policies implemented in 2020, on their own, do not create a 2021 "time-bomb" for SMEs. Rather, business failures and policy costs remain...

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Product Differentiation, Multi-product Firms and Estimating the Impact of Trade Liberalization on Productivity

De Loecker, Jan - 2007

In this paper I analyze the productivity gains from trade liberalization in the Belgian textile industry. So far, empirical research has established a strong relationship between opening up to trade and productivity, relying almost entirely on deflated sales to proxy for output in the production...

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Wage Structure and Firm Productivity in Belgium

Lallemand, Thierry - 2007

The objective of this paper is twofold. First, we analyse the structure of wages within and between Belgian firms. Next, we examine how the productivity of these firms is influenced by their internal wage dispersion. To do so, we use a large matched employer-employee data set (i.e., a...

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Innovativity : A Comparison Across Seven European Countries

Mohnen, Pierre - 2006

: Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy for the year 1992. Based on the estimation of a …

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