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| April 2010 |
| Location | Itinera Institute - Boulevard Leopold II laan 184d - 1080 Brussels | ||||||
| Time | 11:45hrs - 13:30hrs | ||||||
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| Details | Luncheon Lecture: “Green cars: the salvation of the car industry?” It’s all over the media, and politicians talk about it non-stop: Green cars are the ultimate answer to decaying car industry. Everyone agrees that we need a solid industrial policy, but should the government invest massively in green cars? Johan Albrecht, environmental economist and senior fellow at the Itinera Institute examines the case. Victor Heylen, a car industry analyst reacts. Program 11.45 h Welcome and sandwiches 12.15 h Introduction Ivan Van de Cloot, Chief Economist at the Itinera Institute 12.20 h “Green cars: the salvation of the car industry?” Johan Albrecht, senior fellow at the Itinera Institute 12.40 h Reaction by Vic Heylen, car industry analyst 13.00 h Questions The presentation will be given in Dutch, but questions can be asked in English or French. This event is free of charge, but the available seats are limited. |
Luncheon Lecture: “Green cars: the salvation of the car industry?”
New Years Memo 2009
The Price of Political Crisis: Economic Adjustment and Political Transformation in Belgium and the Netherlands
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Calimero and the car
Deficit spending can not push away political reforms
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Flanders within Europe's top regions?
Towards a resource-efficient transport system
Does Flanders need additional stimulus measures?
Flanders compared
Flanders’ economy compared
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Use public funds only to support activities with an already established base of private knowledge and R&D
Coordinate industrial policy at European level
Reserve public funds for new technologies only
Assess public investments based on clear objectives
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Housing in times of scarcity – Towards a renovated housing policy
Housing becomes ever more expensive for buyers as well as for renters. Johan Albrecht and Rob Van Hoofstat show – in a new Itinera Institute study – that the demand for new houses increases every year while construction of new buildings decreases. The tension on the housing market rises and it affects housing prices.
Urgent measures need to be adopted in order to improve the affordability on the buying and rental markets. Those need to insure an increase in the housing supply while improving accessibility of the lowest revenues on the rental market.
Itinera proposes that only rent subsidies coupled to new incentives for building new houses can offer a budgetary answer against the tensions on housing markets. The model of social housing is 4 to 5 times more expensive and has the very same results. Hence it is budgetary unsustainable.
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