Gertjan Verdickt

Welcome

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

News

• 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 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.

Media appearances:

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

• De Tijd published my opinion on the future of cryptocurrencies.

• Het Laatste Nieuws interviewed me about the potential dividendstop proposed by Vooruit.

• I was interviewed by Terzake on Bitcoin.

• Bloomberg wrote about my paper on the Influenza Pandemic with Gustavo Cortes.

• My paper "Go Active or Stay Passive" with Jan Annaert is featured in an article in Trends.