Luc Everaert
Last Updated: January 04, 2012Luc Everaert is Assistant Director in the European Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in charge of the Euro Area and EU Policies Division. He joined the IMF in 1992 and worked on European transition economies during the 1990s. Subsequently, he took on responsibilities for several advanced European economies and the euro area. Current research interests focus on imbalances in monetary union, economic growth, and the impact of financial sector stress on the real economy.
Fluent In: Dutch, French.
Education:
1988 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago (Department of Economics)
1987 Ph. D. in International Economics, University of Geneva, Graduate Insitute of International Studies (IUHEI), Switzerland.
1983 Licence in Economics, University of Ghent, Belgium.
Previous Experience:
1989-1992 Country Economist for Turkey, World Bank
1988-1989 Young Professional, World Bank
1986-1988 Lecturer for executive courses in "Interest Rate Economics and Forecasting" of the Center for Money and Banking Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
1987 Associate Professor of International Corporate Finance, Graduate School of Management, Geneva, Switzerland
1985-1987 Researcher for project on global business cycles funded by the Swiss National Science and Ford foundations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Lifting Euro Area Growth: Priorities for Structural Reforms and Governance, Staff Position Note SPN10/9, November 22, 2010
Structural Reforms in the Euro Area: Economic Impact and Role of Synchronization Across Markets and Countries, Working Paper No. 06/137, June 01, 2006
Capital Operating Time and Total Factor Productivity Growth in France, Working Paper No. 03/128, June 01, 2003
Other IMF Publications
"France, Germany, Italy, and Spain: Explaining Differences in External Sector Performance Among Large Euro Area Countries" with Celine Allard, Mario Catalan and Silvia Sgherri, in "Exchange Rate Analysis in Support of IMF Surveillance: A Collection of Empirical Studies" edited by Carlo Cottarelli, Atish R. Ghosh. Gian Maria Milesi-Feretti, and Charalambos Tsangarides, Washington, D.C., International Monetary Fund, 2008.
"Europe: Riding Out the Turbulence," IMF Survey Magazine Online, November 12, 2007
Other/Non-IMF Publications
"International Aspects of Business Cycles: Some Evidence and a Consistent Theoretical Framework," Discussion Papers in International Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, November 1988.
"Statistical Properties of Macroeconomic Time Series," (with Svein Andresen) Working Papers Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, 1985.
"Is Belgium Prepared for the cost of Aging?: March 27, 2008, Itinera Institute Nota
"How to Breathe New Life into the Eurozone" Europe's World, Spring 2011, with Celine Allard
"Time to Put the Pension System on ABS" MAy 10, 2010, Itinera Institute Analysis
Luc Everaert is Assistant Director in the European Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in charge of the Euro Area and EU Policies Division. He joined the IMF in 1992 and worked on European transition economies during the 1990s. Subsequently, he took on responsibilities for several advanced European economies and the euro area. Current research interests focus on imbalances in monetary union, economic growth, and the impact of financial sector stress on the real economy.
Fluent In: Dutch, French.
Education:
1988 Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Chicago (Department of Economics)
1987 Ph. D. in International Economics, University of Geneva, Graduate Insitute of International Studies (IUHEI), Switzerland.
1983 Licence in Economics, University of Ghent, Belgium.
Previous Experience:
1989-1992 Country Economist for Turkey, World Bank
1988-1989 Young Professional, World Bank
1986-1988 Lecturer for executive courses in "Interest Rate Economics and Forecasting" of the Center for Money and Banking Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
1987 Associate Professor of International Corporate Finance, Graduate School of Management, Geneva, Switzerland
1985-1987 Researcher for project on global business cycles funded by the Swiss National Science and Ford foundations at the Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva, Switzerland
IMF Books and Working Papers:
Lifting Euro Area Growth: Priorities for Structural Reforms and Governance, Staff Position Note SPN10/9, November 22, 2010
Structural Reforms in the Euro Area: Economic Impact and Role of Synchronization Across Markets and Countries, Working Paper No. 06/137, June 01, 2006
Capital Operating Time and Total Factor Productivity Growth in France, Working Paper No. 03/128, June 01, 2003
Other IMF Publications
"France, Germany, Italy, and Spain: Explaining Differences in External Sector Performance Among Large Euro Area Countries" with Celine Allard, Mario Catalan and Silvia Sgherri, in "Exchange Rate Analysis in Support of IMF Surveillance: A Collection of Empirical Studies" edited by Carlo Cottarelli, Atish R. Ghosh. Gian Maria Milesi-Feretti, and Charalambos Tsangarides, Washington, D.C., International Monetary Fund, 2008.
"Europe: Riding Out the Turbulence," IMF Survey Magazine Online, November 12, 2007
Other/Non-IMF Publications
"International Aspects of Business Cycles: Some Evidence and a Consistent Theoretical Framework," Discussion Papers in International Economics, Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, November 1988.
"Statistical Properties of Macroeconomic Time Series," (with Svein Andresen) Working Papers Graduate Institute of International Studies, University of Geneva, 1985.
"Is Belgium Prepared for the cost of Aging?: March 27, 2008, Itinera Institute Nota
"How to Breathe New Life into the Eurozone" Europe's World, Spring 2011, with Celine Allard
"Time to Put the Pension System on ABS" MAy 10, 2010, Itinera Institute Analysis