Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Filip Abraham Ph.D., Economics, University of Michigan

Current Positions Rochester-Bern Executive Programs, Switzerland Adjunct Professor of International Business (since 1996)  Teaching the International Business course Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Professor in International Economics (since 1987)  Teaching courses in International Economics and European Integration Vlerick Business School, Belgium Professor in International Economics (since 2000)  Partner (since 2012)  Best Teacher in the Executive MBA program in 2009 and 2013  Best Teacher in the Junior Management Program in 2001-2002 Journal of International Trade Law & Policy Member of the editorial board Policy Advice and Consulting Management training and/or consulting for several major Belgian and multinational companies (KBC, IBM, ING, KPMG, Rabo Bank, SmithKlineBeecham, Intersport, Capsugel, Philips,Siemens…) Visiting professorships Netherlands, Germany, and Austria Board Memberships (past or present)  BNP Paribas Fortis  Credimundi, Delcredere  Vlerick Business School  Various investment funds of KBC Asset Management  KU Leuven  University hospital of UZ Leuven  Various other institutions of higher education  Museum M in Leuven

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Former Positions Teaching & Research Positions 2009 University of Vienna, Austria Visiting Professor Teaching a course on European and International Business 2004/2007 Institut für Weltwirtschaft, Kiel, Germany Visiting Professor in the Advanced Studies Program Teaching the course on European Economic Integration 1989-2004 University of Rochester / Nijenrode Universiteit, The Netherlends Adjunct Professor in International Business Best Teacher Award 1993 Management & Business Positions 2005-2013 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Vice –President for Social Sciences including Business and Economics, Law, Humanities, Social and behavioral sciences Member of the Executive Committee and the Board of the University 2001-2005 Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Dean of the Faculty of Business and Economics 1999-2001 Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management Editor in Chief Policy Advice and Consulting 2011 Policy Research for Essencia on productivity in the Belgian chemical industry. 2010 Policy Research for the Belgian Federation of Enterprises (VBO) on the relation between labor costs, employment and productivity. 2010 Policy Research for Agoria on the economic performance of the technological sectors and lessons from German Labor Market Reforms. 2008 Policy Research for the FABA (Federation of contractors in construction) on the prospects for social negotiations and social protection in the Belgian construction sector 1988-2006 Independent expert for European Union institutions (Commission of the European Communities (DG ECFIN, DG Comp, DG Internal Market, DG Regional Policy), Eurostat, European Court of Auditors). 2005 Policy Research for VKW Limburg on the competitive analysis of companies in the Belgian region of Limburg. 09.2004 Teaching of a course on the economics of European integration for European Commission officials (DG ECFIN). 2003-2004 Research contract for the Flemish Government on the impact of EU enlargement of labor migration and the functioning of the Flemish labor market (VIONA). Together with Idea Consult 2001-2003 Policy Research for the Belgian Government (DWTC) on the sectoral employment effects of international trade 2000-2001 Policy Research for the Flemish government (VIONA) on employability in collaboration with Idea Consult 1999-2002 Policy Research for the Flemish government (PBO) on the impact of the extension of the EU on the Flemish economy 1999 Policy Research for the FABA (Federation of contractors in construction) on the impact of social integration in the European Union 2/9

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Independent expert for the Nationale Delcredere Dienst (Belgian export insurance Agency) on official export insurance Policy Research for VKW Limburg on the regional growth performance of companies (Regional Employer Organisation) Policy Research for the Tractebel Chair on the challenges of globalisation for companies Research for the Generale Bank Chair on the Belgium and European Monetary Union Research for the Belgian Government (DWTC) on the employment effects of innovation Policy Research for the VEV (Flemish Employer Organization) on reforms in the centralised bargaining system between unions and employers Independent policy consultant for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Netherlands on the impact of the European internal market on retail and distribution Policy Research for the VBO (Belgian Employer Organization) on the international trade position of Belgian

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Belgische Werkgelegenheid in een Mondialiserende Economie: Impact op de Microeconomische en de Geografisch-territoriale Structuur. (Belgian employment in a global economy). Academia Press: Gent, (co-authored with Vanneste D., Cabus,P. and L. Sleuwaegen) De Nieuwe EU: de Doodsteek voor de Vlaamse Economie. (The impact of the EU extension on the Flemish Economy). Acco Leuven. (co-edited with Konings, J., Veugelers, R., Van Hove,J. and I. Vansteenkiste) The European Union and Central and Eastern European Countries. Leuven University Press. (co-edited with F., Stuyck, J. and E. Terryn) Financial Services and Financial Markets in Europe: Changes and Adjustment. Leuven University Press. (co-edited with Stuyck, J. and E. Terryn) Tax Policy and the Impending Economic and Monetary Union. Leuven University Press. (co-edited with Stuyck,J. and F. Vanistendael) Privatisations and Public Procurement in the European Union. Leuven University Press, (co-edited with Stuyck, J. and E. Ballon) Subsidies and Competition in the European Economy. Leuven University Press. (co-edited with F., Stuyck, J. and C. Goemans) Recent Economic and Legal Developments in European Environmental Policy. Leuven University Press. (co-edited with Deketelaere, K. and J. Stuyck)

Abraham, F., Studnicka, Z. and J. Van Hove (2015) “Export Strategies of Belgian Chocolate Companies,” Forthcoming in Squicciarini,M.P. and J. Swinnen eds. The Economics of Chocolate. Oxford University Press. Staying Home or Moving Away: The Effect of Restructuring on Employment in Multinational Headquarters and their Affiliates, in La Crise Economique et Financière: Quelles Conséquences? CIFoP, (co-authored with Konings, J. and T. Goesaert) Intra-industry Trade and Technological Spillovers: The Case of Belgian Manufacturing in Regional Economic Policy in Europe: New Challenges for Theory, Empirics and Normative Interventions, (ed. Stierle-von Schütz, U., Stierle, M.H, Jennings, F.B. and Kuah, A.T.H.; coauthored with J. Van Hove) 3/9

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A Vision on Cost and Productivity, in Europe at Work, September 2008, ADP Federale of Regionale Loonvorming? (Federal or Regional Wage Setting?) in Gedachten over Sociaal Federalisme. Acco: Leuven, (ed. Cantillon, B. and V De Maesschalck) The Four Freedoms in the European Union: Free at Last? in Liber Amicorum Frans Vanistendael EU Enlargement and Labour Migration: A View on Flanders and Belgium in Labour Market Research and Policy Making in Flanders. (ed. Vranken, J., Jans M. and P. van der Hallen; coauthored with Bilsen, V. and V. Minne) Comparatieve Voordelen (Comparative Advantage), in Theo Peeters: Beleidsgericht Vrijdenker. Lannoo: Tielt Regional Adjustment and Convergence in Euro-land, in Regional Adjustment and Convergence in Euro-land (ed. Meeusen, W. and J. Villaverde) Growth Differentials in euro-land, in How to Promote Economic Growth in the Euro Area, Edgar Elgar Publishing (ed. Smets, J. and M. Dombrecht) Challenges for Successful Wage Setting in Europe, in The Economic and Business Consequences of the EMU. A Challenge for Governments, Financial Institutions and Firms, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston-Dordrecht-London (ed. Ooghe, H., Heylen, F., Vander Vennet, R. and J. Vermaut; co-authored with De Bruyne, K. and I. Van der Auwera) Regional Competition in the European Union, in Regional Competition: Advances in Spatial Science. Springer: Berlin (ed. Batey, P.W.J. and P. Friedrich) Reflecties over Loonvorming in euroland. Wordt het Belgisch Macro-economisch Loonbeleid een succes? (Wage formation in euroland: Will Belgian Macro-economic Wage Policy Be a Success?), in EMU: dé Uitdaging, 24è Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres (ed. in Ooghe, H., Heylen, F. and R. Vander Vennet; co-authored with De Bruyne,K. and I. Van Der Auwera) Globalisering, Innovatie en Werkgelegenheid in de Belgische industrie (Globalisation, Innovation and Employment in Belgian Industry), in Informatie en Kennis in de Economie. Referatenboek 23è Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres, Universitaire Pers: Leuven, (ed. De Bondt, R. and R. Veugelers; co-authored with E. Brock) Stock Market Evaluations of a European Monetary Union, in Quiet Pioneering: Robert M. Stern and his International Economic Legacy, The University of Michigan Press (ed. Maskus, K., Hooper, P, Leamer, E. And J.D. Richardson; co-authored with A. Thompson) Het Concurrentievermogen van de Belgische Economie in Micro- en Macro-Economisch Perspectief (The micro- and macroeconomics of Belgian Competitiveness), in Leuvense Economische Standpunten 1996/87 (co-authored with J. Van Rompuy) De Belgische Economie: Op Zoek naar Een Strategisch Plan (The Belgian Economy: In Search of a Strategic Plan), in Roularta Books (co-authored with Tharakan, M., Sleuwaegen, L and J. Van Overtveldt) Strategic Subsidies and International Competitiveness, in Subsidies and Competition in the European Economy, Leuven University Press (ed. Abraham, F., Stuyck, J. and C. Goemans; coauthored with N. Verret) De Verschuivingen in de Internationale Omgeving (Global Changes), in De Belgische Economie: Op Zoek naar Een Strategisch Plan. Roularta books (ed. Abraham, F, Tharakan, M., Sleuwaegen, L en J. Van Overtveldt) Werkt de Belgische Arbeidsmarkt (Does the Belgian Labor Market Function?), in De Belgische Economie: Op Zoek naar Een Strategisch Plan. Roularta books (ed. Abraham, F, Tharakan, M., Sleuwaegen, L en J. Van Overtveldt

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Bedenkingen bij de Relatie tussen Sociale Zekerheid en Concurrentievermogen (Social Security and Competitiveness), in De Sociale Zekerheid Verzekerd? Notulenboek van het 22ste Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres. VUB Press. (ed. Despontin, M and M. Jegers) Regional Adjustment and Wage Flexibility in the European Union, in The Location of Economic Activity: New Theories and Evidence. CEPR: London, (ed. Krugman, P and A. Venables) The Social Dimension of an Integrated EC-Nordic Area, in European Integration: A Nordic Perspective. Avebury: Aldershot (ed. Lundberg, L. and J. Fagerberg) L Union Européene Conduit-Elle au Féderalisme? (Does European Union lead to Federalism ?), in Du Franc Poincaré à l ECU, Comité pour l'Histoire Economique et Financière de La France. Imprimerie Nationale de La France Consequences of an Import Surcharge: Theory and Empirical Evidence for the U.S, in Computational Analysis of Global Trading Arrangements. The University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor (ed. Deardorff A.V. and R.M. Stern; co-authored with Deardorff, A.V. and R.M. Stern) The Impact of Tariffs on Profits in the United Sates and other Major Trading Countries, in Computational Analysis of Global Trading Arrangements. The University of Michigan Press: Ann Arbor, p 167-180. (ed. Deardorff A.V. and R.M. Stern; co-authored with Deardorff, A.V. and R.M. Stern)

Journal Articles and Papers 2014 Abraham, F., Goesaert, T. and J. Konings (2014) "Staying home or moving away? Restructuring Efforts Within Multinational Enterprises” World Economy vol 37 Issue 5 p 1-17. 2011 European Competitiveness: Learning from De Grauwe Policy Cycles, in Review of Business and Economics, vol LVI, October-December 2011 2011 Chinese Competition in OECD Markets: Impact on the Export Position and Export Strategy of OECD Countries, in Journal of Economic Policy Reform, vol 14, no2, June 2011, (co-authored with J. Van Hove) 2010 FDI Spillovers in the Chinese Manufacturing Sector: Evidence of Firm Heterogeneity, in Economics of Transition, vol. 18, no 1, (co-authored with F, Konings,J. and V. Slootmaekers) 2010 Loonkosten, Productiviteit en Werkgelegenheid in een Concurrentiële Internationale Omgeving (Labor Costs, Productivity and Employment in a Competitive International Environment), in Over Werk, vol 2010/4, (co-authored with J. Konings) 2009 Price and Wage Setting in an Integrating Europe, in Review of World Economics, vol 145, no 1, (co-authored with Konings,J. and S. Vanormelingen) 2007 De Concurrentiepositie van België: Zin of Onzin van de Loonnorm (Belgian Competitiveness: Do Wage Restrictions Make Sense?), in Leuvense Economische Standpunten. 2007/11 (coauthored with Goos,M. and J. Konings) 2006 Leidt de EU-uitbreiding tot Sociale Afbouw? (Does EU enlargement lead to social dumping?), in Belgisch Tijdschrift voor de Sociale Zekerheid vol 48(4) 2005 The Rise of China: Prospects for Regional Trade Policy, in Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), vol 141, no 3, (co-authored with J. Van Hove) 2003 Sectoral Employment Effects of Trade and Productivity in Europe, in Applied Economics, vol 35, (co-authored with Brock, E) 2002 Global and European Labor Costs, in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, vol XLVII no 3 2002 Sectoral Employment Effects of Trade and Productivity in a Small Open Economy, in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, vol XLVII no 2, (co-authored with Brock, E) 2001 Globalisering: Troef of Bedreiging (Globalisation: threat or opportunity), in Tandheelkundige Tijdingen, vol 29(4)

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Export Promotion via Official Export Insurance, in Open Economies Review, vol. 11 no 1, (coauthored with G. Dewit) Will Wage Policy Succeed in Euro-land? The Case of Belgium, in Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles no 168, (co-authored with De Bruyne, K. and I. Van der Auwera) Kwaliteit van het Overheidsapparaat en Europa als Springplank (The quality of public services and the impact of European Integration), in Nieuwsbrief van het Standpunt A Policy Perspective on European Unemployment, in Scottish Journal of Political Economy, vol. 46 no 4 Does the Opening of Central and Eastern Europe Threaten Employment in the West?, in The World Economy, vol. 22 no 4, (co-authored with J. Konings) Is Belgium ready for EMU? A look at national, sectoral and regional developments, in De Economist 147, no 3, (co-authored with J. Van Rompuy) Groeideterminanten van de Grote Limburgse Ondernemingen (Growth determinants of large companies in Limburg), in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management vol. XLIV, 4, (coauthored with C. De Becker) Is the European Model Still an Option, in CEMS Business Review, vol 2 no 4 The euro: Why does it Matter for Asia, in Economic Bulletin, vol 27 no 12 De Arbeidsmarkt in de EMU: Struikelblok of Sleutel tot Succes ? (Labor markets in EMU: Hurdle or Key to Success?), in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management vol. XLIII, 3 Sociaal en Inkomensbeleid in de EMU (De EMU in Breed Perspectief) (Social and Incomes Policies in EMU (A broad view on EMU)), in Preadviezen van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor de Staatshuishoudkunde 1997, Lemma: Utrecht (co-authored with J. Van Rompuy) Trade Integration in the Twentieth Century: What does Belgian History Tell us?, in Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, 133/4, (co-authored with Buyst E, and S. Geyssens) A case of Sectoral Export Promotion: Export Insurance Subsidies in Belgium, in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, vol XII no 4, (co-authored with G. Dewit) Loonbeleid in de Europese Monetaire Unie (Wage Policies in the European Monetary Union), in Leuvense Economische Standpunten 1997/88 (co-authored with J. Van Rompuy) Economic Federalism and European Union in Social Protection and the European Economic and Monetary Union, Avebury Regional Adjustment and Wage Flexibility in the European Union in Regional Science and Urban Economics 26 Regional Convergence in the European Monetary Union, in Papers in Regional Science, vol 74(2), (co-authored with P. Van Rompuy) Strategic Subsidies in the European Union: Is MITI a Myth?, in Cahiers déconomie. Centre Universitaire Luxembourg, (co-authored with N. Verret) Social Protection and Regional Convergence in a European Monetary Union, in Open Economies Review 5 Do We Need a European Social Dimension?, in Cahiers d' Economie V, Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg Zijn Beleggingsbladen een Goede Belegging (Is Stock Investment Advice a Good Investment?), in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, (co-authored with G. Van Camp and H. Dewachter) Internationale Concurrentie en Werkgelegenheid. Hoe Arbeidsvriendelijk is ons Loonbeleid? (International Competition and Employment), in Leuvens Economisch Standpunten no 1993/74 Labour Migration, in Belgium and EC Membership, Evaluated Pinter Publishers London

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Convergence-Divergence and the Implications for Community Structural Policies, in Cahiers Economiques de Bruxelles, no 135, (co-authored with P. Van Rompuy) Towards an EC Policy on Export Financing Subsidies: Lessons from the 1980's and Prospects for Future Reform, in The World Economy, vol 15 no 3, (co-authored with Couwenberg, I. and G. Dewit) Aandelenkoersen en Opiniepeilingen (Stock Prices and Election Polls), in Economische Statistische Berichten, no 3853, (co-authored with Craps, B. and H. Dewachter) Foreign Dependence of Individual Stock Prices: The Role of Aggregate Product Market Developments, in Open Economies Review 2, (co-authored with Leliaert, H. and D. Heremans) Economic Federalism and the E.M.U., in European Economy. Special Edition no 1, (coauthored with Van Rompuy, P. and D. Heremans) Building Blocks of Europe's Single Market, in Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management 36 Building Blocks of the Single Market: The Case of Mutual Recognition, Home Country Control and Essential Requirements, in Economia 1, no 1 Wage Norms and Europe's Single Market, in Modelling the Labour Market, Proceedings of the Meeting of the Applied Econometrics Association in Strasbourg Financial Liberalization and Fiscal Harmonization in Europe's Single Market, in Cahiers d' Economie III, Centre Universitaire de Luxembourg Unions and the Government - What Does Economic Theory (not) Tell Us? in Okonomie und Gesellschaft, Jahrbuch 7, Campus Verlag: New York Het Macroeconomisch Beleidsveld van de Kleine Open Economie (The Scope for Macroeconomic Policy in a Small Open Economy), in Referaten van het Negentiende Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres: Mundialisering van de Economie, (co-authored with A. Van Poeck) The Impact of Tariffs on Profits in the United States and other Major Trading Countries, in Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 124(4), (co-authored with Deardorff, A.V. and R.M. Stern) Nationale Vakbonden, Interprofessionele Loonakkoorden en Economische Politiek (National Unions, Central Wage Agreements and Economic Policy), in Leuvense Economische Standpunten, 1988/44 Consequences of an Import Sur-charge: Theory and Empirical Evidence for the U.S, in Journal of Policy Modeling 9(2), (co-authored with Deardorff, A.V. and R.M. Stern) Efficiency, Predictability and News on the Foreign Exchange Markets: Floating Exchange Rates versus Adjustable E.M.S. Rates, in Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 121, no 1 The European Monetary System, The European Currency Unit and the Banking World, in Revue de la Banque, February special issue, (co-authored with Abraham, J.P. and Y. LacroixDestree)

Economic Policy Reports 2011 Corporate Productivity in the Belgian Chemical Industry, Essencia, January 2011, (co-authored with J. Konings) 2010 The Economic Performance of the Technological Sectors: International Benchmarking and Lessons from German Labor Market Reforms, Agoria, September 2010, (co-authored with Konings, J., Vanormelingen, S., Friebel,G. and M. Heinz) 2010 Loonkost, Productiviteit en Werkgelegenheid in een Concurrentiële Internationale Omgeving: Een Analyse met Belgische Bedrijfsgegevens. (Labor costs, productivity and employment in a competitive international environment: An analysis with Belgian company data), Verbond Voor Belgische Ondernemingen (VBO), June 2010, (co-authored with J. Konings)

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Directe en Indirecte Beloning in de Bouwsector: Op Zoek naar Nieuwe Evenwichten? (Direct th and Indirect Remuneration in Construction: Towards a New Equilibrium?, 29 Driejaarlijks Congres van FABA, (co-authored with A. de Crombrugghe) Leidt de EU-uitbreiding tot Sociale Afbouw? (Does EU enlargement lead to social dumping?), VKW Metena Beleidsnota no 11, February 2006 Concurrentie-analyse van Limburgse Ondernemingen (Competitive Analysis of companies in the Belgian region of Limburg), VKW Limburg, (co-authored with J. Van Hove) Sleutels voor Groei: Een Econometrische Analyse van de Top 500 Limburgse Ondernemingen (Determinants of Growth: An Econometric Analysis of the TOP 500 companies in Limburg), VKW Limburg, (co-authored with C. De Becker De Invoering van de Euro en het Sociale Europa (The Introduction of the euro and the European Social Dimension), Federatie van Algemene Bouwaannemers Schept het Innovatiebeleid Jobs? (Does innovation policy create jobs?), in Trends Review no 2, (co-authored with Konings, J and R. Veugelers) De Toekomst van het Sociaal Overlegmodel (The Future of the Belgian System of Collective Bargaining), in Sociaal-Economische Nieuwsbrief, Extra Nummer November 1998 De Sociale Overlegeconomie op een Keerpunt (The Collective Bargaining System at a Crossroad), Vlaams Economisch Verbond, (co-authored with J. Van Rompuy) Distribution: The Single Market Review, Office for Official Publications of the European Communities and Kogan Page Publishers (co-authored with De Bruijn, G.M, Griffejoen, Thiel, V) De Internationale Positie van de Belgische Economie in Toekomstperspectief (The Belgian International Position Tomorrow), Verbond van Belgische Ondernemingen, (co-authored with N. Verret) Belgium as a Small Open Economy in the Core of Europe, in VATT Government Institute for Economic Research Discussion Papers no 109. Helsinki Delocalisatie (Delocalisation), in Internationale Concurrentie en Delokalisatie. Verslagboek, Centrale Raad voor het Bedrijfsleven The Effects on Intra-Community Competition of Export Subsidies to Third Countries: The Case of Export Credits, Export Insurance and Official Development Assistance, Commission of the European Communities: Luxembourg.

Completed Research Papers 2010 Can Belgian firms cope with the Chinese dragon and the Asian tigers? The export performance of multi-product firms on foreign markets, in National Bank of Belgium Working Paper no 204, October 2010, (co-authored with J. Van Hove) 2010 Verankering in België: Hoofdzetels zijn een Hoofdzaak (Staying Home or Moving Away in Belgium: Headquarters matter), in VIVES Briefings, April 2010, (co-authored with Konings, J. and T. Goesaert)

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Honors and Awards  International Research Fellow of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy  Open Economies Review Second Prize Award for best article in 2000, jointly with Gerda Dewit  Best Teacher in the Junior Management Program of the Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School, 20012002  Parker Memorial Price in Social Sciences, University of Michigan, 1987  Franqui-CRB Fellowship, Belgian Educational Foundation, 1982-1983  Fellowship of the Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research (NFWO), 1982-1986

Education 1987 1982 1981 1980

University of Michigan PhD. in Economics Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Master of Arts in Economics Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Licentiate in Economics Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Special bachelor's degree in philosophy

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