The workshop will comprise a first session on the state of play and the rationale behind the taxation of wealth, including some example of recent experiences by Member States and a second session that looks into specific instruments (e.g. transmission taxes, housing taxes) and the specific...

The idea of the workshop is to gather together three recognised researchers who will make individual presentations on a policy relevant topic, and to make them then interact with policy-makers from international and Belgian institutions during a roundtable. We want to discuss the interactions...

Regional disparities in unemployment and wages are large, often persistent, and presumably not efficient. To what extent is it due to a range of frictions (search-matching frictions, lack of labor mobility,...), imperfect competition or discrimination? Is the functioning of the housing market...