Gertjan Verdickt

Welcome

I am an Assistant Professor of Finance at KU Leuven. My research interests include empirical asset pricing, wine, and economic history. 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

• I got featured in HLN about the recent performance of Bitcoin: August 2022.

• My working paper 'Model-Free Implied Dependence and the Cross-Section of Return' is accepted at FMA Melbourne and RBHC (Amsterdam).

• I have an update on my working paper with Lyndon Moore: Railroad Bailouts in the Great Depression.

Old news:

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

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