Current Position Professor at the Economics School of Louvain since 1997 Research Fellow at IRES since 1997 Director of the Service d'analyse économique of IRES since 1997 Other Academic and Scientfic Activities Referee for the following reviews: Journal of Business, Journal of Economics and Business, International Review of Economics and Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Recherches économiques de Louvain, Economie et prévisions, Empirica. Member of the Editorial Board of : Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique Regards économiques Director of the IRES quarterly review Analyses économiques et prévisions Editor of Regards économiques Professional Experience Economist, International Monetary Fund, (Washington), 1994 - 1997 Teaching and Research Assistant, FUNDP Namur, 1986, 1988 -1989, 1991-1994 Education PhD in Economics, FUNDP Namur, 1994 Diploma in International Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies, (Geneva), 1989 Master of Arts in Economics, FUNDP Namur, 1985