Ce document de travail propose une évaluation de la performance des ports de l’Axe Seine (Le Havre, Rouen, Caen, Paris), une analyse de l’impact de ces ports sur leur territoire et une appréciation des politiques et de la gouvernance dans ce domaine. Il fait le constat du caractère...

Ce document de travail propose une évaluation de la performance du port de Marseille-Fos, une analyse de l?impact de ce port sur son territoire et une appréciation des politiques et de la gouvernance dans ce domaine. Il fait le constat du caractère déclinant de la performance portuaire au...

Using the works of Steven Lukes, John Kenneth Galbraith and Kenneth Boulding, this paper gives a typology of power relationships in economics, a concept that has been “forgotten” by the mainstream. Secondly, this typology is used to evaluate and show the real aim of neo-liberal policies...

This paper analyses the path of private consumption and its main macroeconomic determinants. These are related to the life-cycle approach which helps explaining consumption smoothing. In that respect, it is important to go beyond the simple correlation between current disposable income and...

This paper provides an extensive overview of the economic importance and development of the Port Autonome de Liège, over the period 1997 - 2002. Focusing on the three major variables of value added, salaried employment and investment, it also provides information about the financial situation...

The Port Autonome de Liège, with its 26 kilometres of berths and several multimodal platforms, plays an important role in the Walloon and Belgian economy. This update paper gives an extensive overview of the economic importance and the latest developments of the Port Autonome de Liège, through...

This paper is an annual publication prepared by the Microeconomic Analysis unit of the National Bank of Belgium. The Flemish maritime ports -Antwerp, Ghent, Ostend, Zeebrugge- and the Autonomous Port of Liège play a major role in their respective regional economies and in the Belgian economy,...

This paper is an annual publication issued by the Microeconomic Analysis service of the National Bank of Belgium. The Flemish maritime ports (Antwerp, Ghent, Oostend, Zeebrugge), the Autonomous Port of Liège and the port of Brussels play a major role in their respective regional economies and...

This paper is an annual publication issued by the Microeconomic Analysis service of the National Bank of Belgium. The Flemish maritime ports (Antwerp, Ghent, Oostende, Zeebrugge), the Autonomous Port of Liège and the port of Brussels play a major role in their respective regional economies and...