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Welcome to my webpage.  I am a senior economist at the research department of the National Bank of Belgium. I am also an affiliated  associate professor at the department of Finance at Tilburg University.

Since April 2024, I am visiting part-time the ECB, at DGR-FIR as a Lead Economist, primarily in the context of the ESCB Research Network ChaMP (Challenges for Monetary Policy in a Changing World).  

Twice a year, I organize a workshop of the Empirical Financial Intermediation network. jointly with Mike Marathasian and Klaas Mulier. The aim of the EFI network is to organize small workshops on empirical financial intermediation during which researchers receive ample time to present and receive feedback on their work in a friendly atmosphere. 

In my empirical research, I examine various aspects of financial intermediation, related to :

• bank-firm relationships and shock transmission

• bank lending specialization

• empirical methods to decompose credit supply from credit demand

• the role of collateral in lending

• financial intermediation along firms' supply chain

Recent and Upcoming presentations :

• Session chair at BIS-CEPR-Gerzensee-SFI Conference on Financial Intermediation

• Seminar at Luiss University (May 26)

• Discussion at 5th Workshop on Banks and Financial Markets (Paris School of Business) May 29

• Chairing an NBB session at the European Finance Assocation (August 19-22)

It will be a pleasure to be reviewing papers for:

• the European Finance Association 2026 (in Ghent ❤️) - reviewing in process

• IBEFA winter meeting at ASSA 2027 (submission deadline is March 30, 2026)