Working Group Public Economics

ERIK SCHOKKAERT

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics
Department of Economics
Center for Economic Studies
Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Room 02.113
Tel.: +32 (0) 16 32 68 03
Fax: +32 (0) 16 32 67 96
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Personalia:

Born on July 6, 1954 in Puurs, Belgium
Licentiaat Psychologie (Psychology)
Ph.D. Economics, 1982
Full professor Katholieke Universiteit Leuven since 1995
Director of the Center for Economics and Ethics

Teaching:

Economie (S0A25A) (Economics)
Economie van de gezondheidszorg (E0780A) (The Economics of Healthcare)
Economische theorie van de politiek (D0105A) (Introduction to Public Choice Theory)
Welfare Economics (D0100A)
Welvaartstheorie en kosten-batenanalyse (D0086A) (Welfare Economics and Cost-benefit Analysis)

Research activities and interests:

Theories of distributive justice; empirical research on opinions concerning distributive justice
Measurement of the living standard in a non-welfarist framework
Efficiency and equity of taxation
Willingness-to-pay for public goods and social security
Justice and international public goods
Preference variation and consumer behaviour
Economics and Ethics
Analysis of health insurance markets
Social security and pensions
Intergenerational mobility and equality of opportunity
Altruism

Selected publications