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The process of European monetary integration: a comparison of the Belgian and Italian approaches
Maes, Ivo; Quaglia, Lucia - 2003
This paper analyses and compares the roles which Belgium and Italy have played in the process of European monetary … of the Belgian and Italian EMU strategies and the concrete contributions made by Belgium and Italy. Overall, these two … to be skilful negotiators. The main difference is that Belgium has been a constant and consistent "pace-setter" in …
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The spread of Keynesian economics: a comparison of the Belgian and Italian experiences
Maes, Ivo - 2007
European countries: Belgium and Italy. We focus on the post-World War II period, taking as the main message of Keynesian …. The study shows that Belgium and Italy were two countries were Keynesian economics gained ground only relatively late. The … countries was the strong position of fundamentalist Keynesianism in the academic world in Italy, while in Belgium …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506634
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The young Lamfalussy: an empirical and policy-oriented growth theorist
Maes, Ivo - 2009
Alexandre Lamfalussy has been highly influential in the process of European monetary and financial unification. In this paper we will analyse the work of the "Young Lamfalussy" (from the mid 1950s to the mid 1960s). Lamfalussy started his career as an academic, focusing on growth theory and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506683
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Trade crisis? What trade crisis?
Behrens, Kristian; Corcos, Gregory; Mion, Giordano - 2010
We provide an analysis of the 2008-2009 trade collapse using microdata from a small open economy, Belgium. First, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011506715
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Creating associations to substitute banks' direct credit: Evidence from Belgium
Bedayo, Mikel - 2016
had access to credit in Belgium over the period 2001-2011 and the firms that created each association, observing the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786070
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The employment consequences of SMEs' credit constraints in the wake of the great recession
Cornille, David; Rycx, François; Tojerow, Ilan - 2017
This article takes advantage of access to confidential matched bank-firm data relative to the Belgian economy to investigate whether and how employment decisions of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been affected by credit constraints in the wake of the Great Recession. Variability...
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Over-indebtedness and poverty: Patterns across household types and policy effects
Kuypers, Sarah; Verbist, Gerline - 2022
Belgium, using data from four waves of the Eurosystem Household Finance and Consumption Survey (HFCS). Our results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014305319
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Employment effect of citizenship acquisition: Evidence from the Belgian labour market
Bignandi, Sousso; Piton, Céline - 2022
This paper investigates whether citizenship acquisition affects immigrants' employment in Belgium. To do so, we rely on … in Belgium. Furthermore, the analysis by type of employment shows that citizenship has a positive effect on migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014550312
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Bank capital (requirements) and credit supply: Evidence from pillar 2 decisions
De Jonghe, Olivier; Dewachter, Hans; Ongena, Steven - 2016
We analyze how time-varying bank-specific capital requirements a ect banks' balance sheet adjustments as well as bank lending to the non-financial corporate sector. To do so, we relate Pillar 2 capital requirements to bank balance sheet data, a fully documented corporate credit register and firm...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011786058