In the economics profession there is a fierce debate whether industrial and innovation policy should be targeted to specific sectors or firms. This paper discusses the welfare effects of such targeted policies in a third-market international trade model under imperfect competition. A theoretical...

This paper illustrates the propagation at the macro level of various types of shocks in a multifirm model representing a miniature economy which consists of firms of 4 different sizes. Our modelling exercise focuses on the interaction between internal and external labour flows. These flows are...

This paper illustrates the propagation at the macro level of various types of shocks in a multifirm model representing a miniature economy which consists of firms of 4 different sizes. Our modelling exercise focuses on the interaction between internal and external labour flows. These flows are...

This article assesses the performance of a number of long-term interest rate forecast approaches, namely time series models, structural economic models, expert forecasts and combinations thereof. The predictive performance of these approaches is compared using outside sample forecast errors,...

Noback I., Broersma L. and van Dijk J. Gender-specific spatial interactions on Dutch regional labour markets and the gender employment gap, <italic>Regional Studies</italic>. This paper analyses gender-specific employment rates and the gender employment gap in Dutch municipalities for 2002. The novelty of this...