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Working Paper 13-12 - Consumptieprijzen in België en de buurlanden - Aandachtspunten voor het beleid
[Working Paper 13-12 - Consumer prices in Belgium and its neighbouring countries: Policy issues]

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  • Jan van der Linden

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Food prices in Belgium are higher and rise faster than in its neighbouring countries. This can be verified from Eurostat databases, and has been noticed as part of the European Semesters. During the past few years, the phenomenon of price differntials has been studied at the Belgian and the international level. From these studies can be deduced that the causes are manifold, but that there are also factors that work out favourably in Belgium. Four factors that seem to be outstanding in Belgium: the small economic-geographic scale in combination with the bilingualism, wholesale prices, labour cost and the strategy of certain store chains.

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  • Jan van der Linden, 2012. "Working Paper 13-12 - Consumptieprijzen in België en de buurlanden - Aandachtspunten voor het beleid [Working Paper 13-12 - Consumer prices in Belgium and its neighbouring countries: Policy issues," Working Papers 201213, Federal Planning Bureau, Belgium.
    • Handle: RePEc:fpb:wpaper:201213
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    Keywords

    Market behaviour; Regulation;

    JEL classification:

    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation
    • L11 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Production, Pricing, and Market Structure; Size Distribution of Firms
    • L41 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies - - - Monopolization; Horizontal Anticompetitive Practices
    • L81 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Services - - - Retail and Wholesale Trade; e-Commerce

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