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 organize a Financial History Workshop, with Carola Frydman as keynote speaker.

• New Working Paper: Public Health Shocks and Product Pricing Behavior.

• Our paper on Product Pricing Behavior got accepted at EHS (Warwick) and EHA (Tucson).

Media appearances:

• I was interviewed by Terzake on Bitcoin.

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

• De Tijd published my opinion on market efficiency in cryptocurrencies.

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