December 19, 2025

As in previous years, this event will offer a relaxed and collegial atmosphere for presentations and discussions. The Department of Economics at Saint-Louis is hosting the meeting and will provide lunch, coffee breaks, and an early Christmas drink. The program will feature 8 presentations by Belgian economists working abroad. 

Programme

09:30 - 10:00 Registration with Coffee

10:00 - 11:10

• Sabien Dobbelaere (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
  R&D decisions and productivity growth: evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
• Laurence Jacquet (Cergy) 
  Generalized production efficiency

11:10 - 11:40 Coffee break

11:40 - 12:50

• Nathan Hancart (Oslo) 
  Selection Procedures in Competitive Admission
• Thomas Peeters (Erasmus Rotterdam) 
  Racial Disparities in Managerial Career Progression

12:50 - 14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 - 15:10

• Caroline Miehe (Nova Lisbon) 
  he (perceived) quality of agricultural technology and its adoption: Experimental evidence from Uganda
• Martijn Huysmans (Utrecht) 
  From Champagne to Kampot pepper: EU development aid to export the idea of Geographical Indications

15:10 - 15:40 Coffee Break

15:40 - 16:50

• Thomas Lambert (Erasmus Rotterdam) 
  (In)dependent central banks
• Clément Staner (Heidelberg) 
  Frustrating Events and Dynamic Choice: An Event-Based Approach to Negative Emotions

16:50 Early Christmas Drinks

Organizing committee

• Michèle Belot (Cornell), 
• Bram De Rock (ULB), 
• Hélène Latzer (Saint-Louis), 
• Glenn Rayp (UGent), 
• Gonzague Vannoorenberghe (UCLouvain), 
• Frederic Vermeulen (KU Leuven), 
• Sunčica Vujić (UAntwerp)

Venue

UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles 
Room P02
43 Boulevard du Botanique 
1000 Bruxelles

The event will be held in Room P02 at UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles, located within walking distance from Brussels North station (approximately 10 minutes). More information about access and directions can be found on this page. 

Access to Room P02 is easiest going through the Saint-Louis parking, accessible via Rue du Marais 119. Once in the parking, cross it and enter through the “Préfecture” door: room P02 is the first door on your right after entering.

Registration

To ensure proper catering arrangements, we kindly ask you to register before December 12th by filling in this form