Frank Verboven
Education
Ph.D. Economics, University of Toronto
B.A. Catholic University of Leuven
Additional information
Professor Frank Verboven is Professor at the Catholic University of Leuven, editor of the Journal of Industrial Economics, an associate editor of the Journal of the European Economic Association and a fellow at the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR, London). He is also a member of the Economic Advisory Group of the Chief Economist's team at the European Commission (DG Competition). His main research interests are in the field of Industrial Organisation, econometrics and the application of empirical techniques to competition issues.
Professor Verboven has worked on a number of competition cases for the European Commission (e.g. Volvo/Scania) or for parties (his past clients include Aventis, Belgacom and Interbrew). He has contributed to policy reports for the European Commission on a number of issues such as efficiency defence in mergers or market definition in the passenger car sector. Professor Verboven has written numerous articles on market definition and merger assessment in peer-reviewed academic publications such as the Rand Journal of Economics, the Review of Economic Studies and Economic Policy amongst others.
Professor Verboven first received a BA at the Catholic University of Leuven and a PhD in Economics from the University of Toronto. Since 1993 he has taught Economics at Tilburg University and the University of Antwerp.
Professor Verboven is a native Dutch speaker.
E-Mail: frank.verboven@econ.kuleuven.ac.be
