Welcome to my personal webpage. I am a Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics at Ghent University in Belgium where I am a member of the International Economics research group. 

My interests lie in empirical work using firm-level data concerning topics mainly related to international economics such as Multinational Networks,  Supply Chains, Offshoring, and Firm Productivity.                            

View drafts of my current research papers here. Find my publications here.

Latest

• • We are hiring (application until 28/09/2026):
    The Department of Economics at Ghent University is recruiting for a junior faculty position in International Economics, with a primary research focus on international trade. The successful candidate will join our International Economics research group.  For the full vacancy, eligibility requirements, and application details, please follow this link. 

  • Home country effects of multinational network restructuring in times of degloblization: Evidence from European MNEs  (with B. Michel) published in Journal of International Economics (vol. 162, August, 2026) - earlier version at SSRN - SUERF Policy Brief - GEI no.21 

  • European Integration, Border Regimes, and cross-border Technology Diffusion through FDI Spillovers (with V. Purice)  is forthcoming in the Journal of Comparative Economics - VoxEU contribution

  • State-Owned Enterprises in Europe - Firm Performance and Aggregate Effects (with P. Muylle) is forthcoming in the Journal of Comparative Economics - earlier version at SSRN

Recent publications

• • Financial Crises and the Global Supply Network: Evidence from Multinational Enterprises (with S. Basco, G. Felice, and M. Mestieri), published in Journal of International Economics, vol. 152, November 2024 -  VoxEU contribution - Interview on the paper

  • Gains From Trade: Demand, Supply and Idiosyncratic Uncertainty (with R. Dewitte and G. Rayp) published in Journal of Applied Econometrics, August 2024, vol. 39(5), pp. 870-886

Recent papers

• • Foreign-controlled R&D in Belgium: Navigating strategic autonomy amidst global dependencies and rising geopolitical fragmentation (with A. Spithoven)

  • The Margins of Ownership Structures - Insights from 150,000 networks over 25 years (with A. Theodorakopoulos)  (redrafting, mail me for a copy)

  • Intangibles within firm boundaries (with A. Theodorakopoulos)

Ongoing projects

• • October 1 2024 we launched the BE-WISE project on industrial policy and the competitiveness of the Belgian offshore wind industry, financed by the Belgian Government's Energy Transition Fund. This is an interdisciplinary research project involving several UGent research groups and the Belgian Offshore Cluster.

  • I am a member of a recently launched interdisciplinary network on  sanctions, MINOS