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    Marcel Gérard       Contact Information  Current Appointments  Education  Research Interests  Teaching  Working Papers  Publications



Contact Information
gerard@fusl.ac.be
Phone: +32 2 787 9332
Fax: +32 2 211 7997
43 Blvd du Jardin Botanique
1000 Brussels, Belgium


Current Appointments

Part time Professor at the Facultés Universitaires St Louis, Brussels
Full Professor of Economics and Taxation, LSM, Fucam, Mons
Professor of Taxation, LSM-IAG, Ucl, Louvain-la-Neuve
Visiting Professor, College of Europe, Bruges
CESifo Fellow and member of IDEP

Education


Ph.D. in Economics, University of Namur

Research Interests

Public Finance, Taxation, Higher Education, Econometrics of Investment

Teaching

At FUSL, Taxation and Management of Companies; other institutions: Taxation, Public Finance, Public Economics, Economics, Macroeconomics, Regulation


Working Papers (Downloadable)


Downloadable from CESifo Website or from SSRN:
  • GERARD, M., 2004, “Combining Dutch presumptive capital income tax and US qualified intermediaries to set forth a new system of international savings taxation”, CESifo, Munich, WP 1340, 25p
  • GERARD, M., 2005, “Multijurisdictional firms and governments’ strategies under alternative tax designs”, CESifo, Munich, WP 1527, 28p.
  • GERARD, M., 2006, “Reforming the taxation of multijurisdictional enterprises in Europe: a tentative appraisal”, CESifo, Munich, WP 1795, 49p.
  • GERARD, M., 2006, “Reforming the taxation of Multijurisdictional Enterprises in Europe, “coopetition” in a bottom-up Federation”, CESifo, Munich, WP 1860, 41p.
  • GERARD, M. and F. RUIZ, 2006, “Interjurisdictional Competition for Higher Education and Firms”, CESifo, Munich, WP 1719, 31p.
Downloadable from the EU Commission Website, DG Ecfin:
  • GERARD, M., 2006, “Reforming the taxation of multijurisdictional enterprises in Europe: a tentative appraisal”, European Economy, Economic Papers of the DG Economy and Finance, EU Commission, 265, 47p.
Downloadable from IFIR, University of Kentucky:
  • GERARD, M., 2006, “Reforming the taxation of Multijurisdictional Enterprises in Europe, “coopetition” in a bottom-up Federation”, IFIR, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Ky, WP 2006-10, 39p.
Representative Publications (excerpt, since 2004)
  • WEINER, J. and M. GERARD, 2004, “Cross border loss offset, uncertainty, and formulary apportionment: A contribution to the European debate on the taxation of multinationals” Proceedings of the 96th (2003) Conference of the National Tax Association, pp. 360-366
  • GERARD, M. and M.-F. GILLARD, 2004, “Taxation, Financial intermodality and the least taxed path for circulating income within a multinational enterprise”, Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, 75-76, pp. 89-107
  • GERARD, M. and F. RUIZ, 2005, “Marginal, Average and Related Effective Tax Rate Concepts”, in : V. Kanniainen and S. Kari (eds), Taxation, Economic Policy and the Economy, University of Tampere, Tampere, pp. 17-39
  • GERARD, M., 2005, “The US Qualified Intermediaries and some EU Tax Innovations: Stones to build up a New System of International Savings Taxation”, Proceedings of the 97th (2004) Conference of the National Tax Association, pp. 215-220
  • GERARD, M., 2005, “The Challenge of Taxing Multijurisdictional Companies in Europe”, Tax Notes Int’l, 40 (13), December 26, pp. 1169-1173 (available on line in Worldwide Tax Daily, Tax Analysts, December 28)
  • GERARD, M. 2006, “A Closer Look at Belgium’s Notional Interest Deduction”, Tax Notes Int’l, 41 (5), February 6, pp. 449-453 (available on line in Worldwide Tax Daily, Tax Analysts, February, 8)
  • GERARD, M. 2006, “Belgium moves to Dual Allowance for Corporate Equity”, European Taxation, 4 (April), pp. 156-162
  • GERARD, M. et J. MARTENS WEINER, 2006, “Comment la compensation internationale des pertes et la répartition proportionnelle des revenus imposables peuvent affecter les choix des multinationales et la concurrence fiscale”, Économie et Prévision, n° 173, pp. 65-77
  • GERARD, M., 2006, “Enseignement supérieur et mobilité, l’interpellation du passager clandestin”, in M. Gérard et V. Vandenberghe, éds., “L’enseignement supérieur après Bologne”, Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 45(2), pp. 83-89
  • GERARD, M., 2006, “Le financement des études supérieures transfrontalières”, Revue d’Economie Politique, 116(6), pp. 789-796, reproduit dans Problèmes économiques, No 2.920 du 28 mars 2007
  • GERARD, M., 2007, “Stratégies des Multinationales et Recettes Publiques sous des systèmes fiscaux alternatifs”, Economie Publique – Public Economics, 18-19 (2006/1-2), pp. 177-209
  • GERARD, M., 2007, “Reforming the Taxation of Multijurisdictional Enterprises in Europe”, CESifo Economic Studies, 53, 329-361
  • GERARD, M., 2007, “Financing Bologna: which country will pay for foreign students?”, Education Economics, 15(4), pp. 441 – 454
  • GERARD, M. et C. VALENDUC, 2007, « La politique fiscale sous contraintes », in M. Castanheira et J. Hindriks, éds., « Politique économique pour la Belgique, enjeux et réformes », Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, 46(1-2)
  • GERARD, M. et V. VANDENBERGHE, 2007a, « Mobilité étudiante en Europe : une idée qui mérite mieux que des quotas », Regards Economiques, 54, Septembre
  • RUIZ, F. and M. GERARD, 2007, “Summary, Description, and Extensions of the Capital Income Effective Tax Rate Literature”, in C. Read and G. Gregoriou, éd., International Taxation Handbook, North Holland, chapter 2
  • GERARD, M., 2008, “Higher Education, Mobility and the Subsidiarity Principle”, in G. Gelauff, I. Grilo and A. Lejour, eds, Subsidiarity and Economic Reform in Europe, Springer, forthcoming
  • GERARD, M., 2008, “Les ETA, entre économique et qualité de vie”, Revue Nouvelle, forthcoming
  • PRINCEN, S. and M. GERARD, 2008, “International Tax Consolidation in the European Union: Evidence of Heterogeneity”, European Taxation, 3, forthcoming