Guy Quaden: New views on firms’ investment and finance decisions Opening address by Mr Guy Quaden, Governor of the National Bank of Belgium, for the National Bank of Belgium Conference, Brussels, 27-28 May 2002. *  *  *  Ladies and Gentlemen, I am really pleased to welcome you here at the National Bank of Belgium 2002 Conference.
My wish, one of my wishes, since I have become Governor, and it is shared by the members of our Board, is to stimulate the scientific co-operation between the Bank and the academic community and more in particular the Belgian academic community in a modus operandi of mutual respect and independence.