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The reform of the Flemish registration and annual road taxes. An ex post analysis of their impact on the CO2 emission factors of new cars [22/04/2024]

The Flemish Region in Belgium reformed its registration tax for passenger cars and its annual road tax in 2012 and 2016 respectively. We find that those reforms have caused an accelerated, but small, decrease in the CO2 emission factors of new cars sold in Flanders.

Description and use of the QUEST III R&D model [06/02/2024]

As part of the 2024 costing of electoral platforms, the QUEST III R&D dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model will be used to simulate the long-term effects of structural and (para-)fiscal measures proposed by the political parties. This paper summarises the characteristics of the model, presents its structure and the main transmission mechanisms and constraints. The functioning of the model is then illustrated through five stylised structural and (para-)fiscal reforms.

Évaluation de l’impact du contrat d’insertion en Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Impactevaluatie van het inschakelingscontract in het Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest [22/03/2022]

Les mesures qui permettent d’acquérir une première expérience professionnelle accélèrent-elles les sorties du chômage vers l’emploi ? Une analyse de trois dispositifs en Région bruxelloise
Versnellen de maatregelen die een eerste werkervaring mogelijk maken de uitstroom van werkloosheid naar werk? Een analyse van drie maatregelen in het Brussels Gewest [08/07/2019]

Analyse macro-sectorielle des effets d’une hausse de la TVA [28/05/2014]

This study was commissioned by the Central Economic Council (CEC), and more particularly by the Special Advisory Commission ‘Construction’. It presents the sectoral results of a report that was produced in 2011 by the National Bank of Belgium and the Federal Planning Bureau. The federal government had asked both institutions to conduct a comprehensive study of a fiscal reform aiming at encouraging employment and supporting business competitiveness. As requested by the CEC, we comment here in detail the impact of a VAT increase without additional measures, on the one hand, and the impact of a VAT increase with transitional neutralization of the effect of that increase on the indexation. As regards the other measures examined, tables of results are annexed.