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Econometrics Seminar

Francesco Ravazzolo, Free University of Bolzano

Assessing the predictive ability of sovereign default risk on exchange rate returns Francesco Ravazzolo, Free University of Bolzano Increased sovereign credit risk is often associated with sharp currency movements. Therefore, expectations on the probability of a sovereign default event can...
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Brown Bag Seminar

Marion Collewet, CORE

Measuring income-leisure preferences using hypothetical questions Marion Collewet, CORE Using hypothetical survey questions, we obtain direct measures of income-leisure preferences at the individual level. First, we ask respondents to indicate which different combinations of working time...
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UCLouvain Economics Seminar

Catherine Guirkinger, Université de Namur

Buy As You Need Nutrition and Food Storage Imperfections Catherine Guirkinger, Université de Namur In this paper, we investigate how the activation of local food markets impacts the nutritional status of both children and adults, in a context characterized by large seasonal fluctuations in...
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UCLouvain Economics Seminar

Olivier Charlot, University of Cergy

Taxation of Temporary Jobs: Good Intentions With Bad Outcomes? Olivier Charlot, University of Cergy This paper analyzes the consequences of the taxation of temporary jobs of short duration recently introduced in several European countries to induce firms to create more open-ended contracts and...
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Operations Research Seminar

Daniel De Wolf, UCLouvain

Optimal Design of new Hydrogen Transmission Pipeline Networks for France Daniel De Wolf, UCLouvain The development of an hydrogen economy will need a transportation infrastructure to deliver hydrogen from production sites to end users. For the specific case of hydrogen, pipelines networks...
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