Archives for CORE
October 13, 2017
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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