13th Christmas Meeting of Belgian Economists

UCLouvain Saint-Louis Bruxelles – Room P02

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) The (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)