Gertjan Verdickt

Welcome

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at KU Leuven. My research interests include corporate finance, asset pricing, economic history, and life insurance. I have published in several leading academic journals, such as the European Review of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, Journal of Economic History, and Journal of Empirical Finance.

News

• My paper Scuttle for Shelter with Stefano Battelossi and Stefan Houpt is accepted in the European Review of Economic History.

• I have a new working paper with Lyndon Moore: Railroad Bailouts in the Great Depression.

• My paper Railroad Bailouts in the Great Depression is featured in an article in De Tijd and Trends.

• I have a new working paper with Gustavo Cortes: Did the 1918–19 Influenza Pandemic kill the U.S. Life Insurance Industry?

• My paper Public Health Shocks and Product Pricing Behavior received the Runner-Up Price at EBES 36.

• My paper on Public Health Shocks and Product Pricing Behavior got accepted at EHS (Warwick) and EHA (Tucson).

• I organize a Financial History Workshop in November 2021, with Carola Frydman as keynote speaker.