Professor of Economics
PhD in Economics - Columbia University - New York - 1972
On the stability and efficiency of decentralized economic policy systems

Contact information
Universiteit Antwerpen - Department of Economics, Prinsstraat 13 
BE-2000 Antwerpen

Research interests

• Microeconomic theory 
• Applications of game theory
  • macroeconomic policy
  • firms' pricing policies in oligopolistic markets
  • antidumping policies
  • renegotiation of government procurement contracts
  • competition among universities 

Courses taught

        Game theory

Degrees & awards

• H.G. Friedman Prize - best doctoral dissertation in the Department of Economics - Columbia University - 1972 

Key publications

• W. Pauwels & P.M. Kort (2009), A Game of Settlements in Public Contracts, International Game Theory Review,Vol. 11, No.2, 157-179.
• N. Acocela, G. Di Bartolomeo & W.Pauwels (2009), Is there any Scope for Corporatism in Macroeconomic Policies?, Empirica. August.  
• E. Vanhaecht & W. Pauwels (2008), University Competition: Symmetric or Asymmetric Quality Choices, in Higher Education in a Globalized World: Governance, Competition and Performance, M. Dewatripont, F. Thys-Clément & . Wilkin, eds., Les Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, 163-188.   
• Di Bartolomeo G. & W. Pauwels (2006), The issue of instability in a simple policy game between the central bank and a representative union, Public Choice, 126, Nr 3-4, 275-296. 
• Pauwels W. & L. Springael (2002), The Welfare Effects of a European Anti-dumping Duty and Price-undertaking Policy, Atlantic Economic Journal, Vol. 30, number 2, pp. 121-135.
• Pauwels W., H. Vandenbussche & M. Weverbergh (2001), Strategic Behaviour under European Antidumping Duties, International Journal of the Economics of Business, Volume 8, number 1, pp. 75-99.
• Pauwels W. (1999), Correct and Incorrect Measures of the deadweight loss of taxation, Economic Welfare: Concepts and Measurements, Creedy John, editor, Cheltenham, Elgar, pp. 149-157.

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