Projects
Valuation and hedging in a world of financial and actuarial risks. KU Leuven
Inleiding
De laatste jaren is de verzekeringswereld voortdurend onderhevig geweest aan verandering en werd ze met tal van nieuwe uitdagingen geconfronteerd. Nieuwe risico’s zoals klimaatverandering – of ook gewoon de verandering van bestaande risico’s – hebben verzekeraars ertoe aangezet nieuwe verzekeringsproducten in de markt te introduceren of bestaande producten aan te passen. Sommige van deze producten brengen niet alleen een ...
Co-creation, intra-preneurship, collective psychological ownership, and joy of work in family firms: about how and why they are connected. Hasselt University
Mutual Fund Analysis KU Leuven
This project aims at studying mutual fund behavior and fund investment strategies. We expect to conduct empirical analysis with respect to the behaviour of mutual fund managers.
Investment returns and risk premia for Belgian corporate bonds (1832-2010) University of Antwerp
Investment Returns in the Long Run: Evidence from Belgium 1838-2010. University of Antwerp
Understanding Outsourcing Relations in the Automobile Industry. KU Leuven
Outsourcing---the practice of contracting out certain stages of production to external suppliers---is an increasingly important feature of the globalized economy. This dissertation studies outsourcing relationships in the automotive industry to refine understanding of the theory of the firm. It is composed of three essays, each covering a different question on the structure of outsourcing relationships. The first essay investigates the ...
Contributions to the analysis of corporate information: Robustness, sustainability and textual analysis. KU Leuven
Trading in transparent and opaque financial markets. KU Leuven
This research investigates the structure and organization of financial markets. In particular, it concerns the behaviour of traders and prices, with a focus on recent evolutions in market fragmentation and market transparency/opacity. The first chapter shows that intraday short-term returns are predictable using publicly available order book information because traders adjust their order choice in order to optimize their execution ...