This paper investigates the short-run effects of the uncertainties brought along with the Brexit referendum on the bilateral trade between Belgium and its main trading partners. I find that import and export markets have specific dynamics and react differently to changes in political uncertainty...

This paper examines how the pass-through of monetary policy measures in 6 EMU countries has evolved over time and whether there is convergence in monetary transmission. The countries included are: Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain, and the sample period is 1980-2000. We...

Seit dem Jahr 1995 existiert in Deutschland die Pflegeversicherung als eigenständige Säule der sozialen Sicherung. Vor dem Hintergrund der sich vollziehenden demografischen Entwicklung offenbart sich zunehmender Reformbedarf und es sind Lösungsansätze vonnöten, welche die Finanzierbarkeit...