Business and Economics
As so many others, the culture sector did not escape the impact of the corona virus either. Concerts got canceled, museums closed their doors. The sector reacted quickly and switched to online alternatives. As a result, Prof. dr. Dr Annick Schramme and Nathalie Verboven took part in setting up a large-scale public survey to discover the impact of the crisis on the cultural experience. Will the Flemish people return to the theaters, or is the online alternative here to stay?
Can a fiscal stimulus help bring back jobs for those struck by the Covid-19 recession? Research by Roland Winker (University of Antwerp), Christian Bredemeier and Falko Juessen (University of Wuppertal) indicates that it depends on how the stimulus is designed. A cut in the tax rate on labor income performs best in stimulating job creation for those who have borne the brunt of job losses.
More than a decade ago, a paper was published showing that oxytocin, a hormone which is known for its role in childbirth and breastfeeding, increased men’s trusting behavior in an economic game. Carolyn Declerck, together with her team, tested if oxytocin increases trust in both an anonymous and a minimal social contact condition.
Big Data generated by people provide enormous prediction value for Artificial Intelligent systems. However, explaining how these models use the data to make predictions is quite challenging. This Evidence Counterfactual explanation approach considers how a model would behave if it didn’t have the original set of data to work with.
Linda Peters obtained her PhD in Applied Economics at the University of Antwerp. In 1 minute, she explains how she has demonstrated that Global Public Policy is a promising application for Real Options.
PhD student Aman Srivastava gives 5 tips for a succesful PhD.
Elspeth Hannaford has quite a story to tell. Not only is she in the US Navy Reserve, she is also a US GI Bill student, a graduate at the Centre for Maritime & Air Transport Management (C-MAT) and a PhD student at the University of Antwerp.
Amalie Bjornavold is a 3rd year PhD student at the University of Antwerp. During the Doctoral Day, she received the Best Paper Award for her research in environmental economics.
20 May 2019: D-day. Not only because the final episode of Game of Thrones was broadcasted in Belgium that day, but also – and for Leentje Moortgat, more important – the day of her public defence.
Tim Huygh was a research associate at the Faculty of Business and Economics. He’s currently working as an assistant professor at the Open University Maastricht. Find out more about his journey.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed daily routines drastically. It is interesting to see that business practices and, even more specifically, marketing practices have changed and are changing. In this post we would like to give a helicopter view of how COVID-19 seems to change marketing across all of its levels.
In retrospect, Joris Beckers’ PhD was a mix of heights and lows, of opportunism and altruism, of freedom and pressure, and many more dualities. While these challenges are not necessarily different from other endeavours in life, he believes it is the extent of the contrasts that really sets this job apart. Coping with these extremes required some unique factors.