The research group "Economic Policy" of the Ghent University Association aims at supporting, visualising en intensifying the joint research of the research group SHERPPA (UGent), the Department Handelswetenschappen en Bestuurskunde (HABE, HoGent) and the Department Bedrijfsmanagement Mercator (BMER, HoGent) concerning the design and the effects of economic policy in several domains (labour market, macro economics, international economics, public economics, …).