Frank Verboven
@frankverboven.bsky.social
Professor at KU Leuven
Research in economics, industrial organization
https://sites.google.com/site/frankverbo/
Research in economics, industrial organization
https://sites.google.com/site/frankverbo/
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Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Some authors have contacted AEA editors about an unexpected loss of data access that affects their ability to respond to an R&R. If this affects you, please explain the circumstances in your cover letter. Or reach out to the coeditor if you need guidance before resubmitting. @aeajournals.bsky.social
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Congratulations to Frank Verboven (@frankverboven.bsky.social) for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in empirical IO and related fields. His term starts on July 1. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
April 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Congratulations to Frank Verboven (@frankverboven.bsky.social) for being appointed as AER coeditor, handling papers in empirical IO and related fields. His term starts on July 1. I’m delighted to have him on our team. @aeajournals.bsky.social #EconSky
Slimme kilometerheffing levert volgens nieuwe studie veel meer op dan ze kost
April 19, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Slimme kilometerheffing levert volgens nieuwe studie veel meer op dan ze kost
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Recently the President ordered that coal generators don’t need to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS). My forthcoming JPE paper with Gautam Gowrisankaran and Wendan Zhang on uncertainty surrounding MATS, so it seems like it’s time for a thread! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Regulatory Relief for Certain Stationary Sources to Promote American Energy
1. Coal-fired electricity generation is essential to ensuring that our Nation's grid is reliable and that electricity is affordable for the
www.whitehouse.gov
April 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Recently the President ordered that coal generators don’t need to comply with the Mercury and Air Toxics Standard (MATS). My forthcoming JPE paper with Gautam Gowrisankaran and Wendan Zhang on uncertainty surrounding MATS, so it seems like it’s time for a thread! www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Happy to share our piece in Microeconomics Insights on geographic entry restrictions and monopoly, based on our analysis of notary lawyers.
New from @frankverboven.bsky.social & Biliana Yontcheva:
Comparatively little is known about the impact of geographic entry restrictions and price regulation, which go beyond general occupational licensing requirements.
Read our new article here: microeconomicinsights.org/private-mono...
Comparatively little is known about the impact of geographic entry restrictions and price regulation, which go beyond general occupational licensing requirements.
Read our new article here: microeconomicinsights.org/private-mono...
Private monopoly and restricted entry | Microeconomic Insights
Occupational licensing regulations are common across many service sectors, including health, education, transportation, and legal services. These regulations affect up to 20-30% of workers in both the...
microeconomicinsights.org
February 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy to share our piece in Microeconomics Insights on geographic entry restrictions and monopoly, based on our analysis of notary lawyers.
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The promised second book on the economics of platforms is still in the making, but the first one continues to be available:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
The Economics of Platforms
Cambridge Core - Industrial Economics - The Economics of Platforms
www.cambridge.org
January 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The promised second book on the economics of platforms is still in the making, but the first one continues to be available:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
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🎓 Ready to pursue a #PhD in #Economics?
KU_Leuven’s Department of Economics is now accepting applications for its doctoral program! We welcome candidates in all major fields of Economics.
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2025
🔗 Apply here: feb.kuleuven.be/phd-economics
KU_Leuven’s Department of Economics is now accepting applications for its doctoral program! We welcome candidates in all major fields of Economics.
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2025
🔗 Apply here: feb.kuleuven.be/phd-economics
January 14, 2025 at 9:53 AM
🎓 Ready to pursue a #PhD in #Economics?
KU_Leuven’s Department of Economics is now accepting applications for its doctoral program! We welcome candidates in all major fields of Economics.
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2025
🔗 Apply here: feb.kuleuven.be/phd-economics
KU_Leuven’s Department of Economics is now accepting applications for its doctoral program! We welcome candidates in all major fields of Economics.
🗓️ Deadline: January 31, 2025
🔗 Apply here: feb.kuleuven.be/phd-economics
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Call for papers Leuven Summer Event 2025!
📢📢
- IO, Applied Micro and Macro on different days.
- The IO workshop takes place on May 26-27
- For more information, see:
feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Call for papers Leuven Summer Event 2025!
📢📢
- IO, Applied Micro and Macro on different days.
- The IO workshop takes place on May 26-27
- For more information, see:
feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
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Leuven Summer Event: workshops in various fields in Economics
feb.kuleuven.be
December 20, 2024 at 4:02 PM
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Call for papers Leuven Summer Event 2025!
📢📢
- IO, Applied Micro and Macro on different days.
- The IO workshop takes place on May 26-27
- For more information, see:
feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
Call for papers Leuven Summer Event 2025!
📢📢
- IO, Applied Micro and Macro on different days.
- The IO workshop takes place on May 26-27
- For more information, see:
feb.kuleuven.be/research/eco...
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New working paper out! We empirically study improved matching mechanisms for day care, focusing on disadvantaged families (who benefit most). Affirmative action boosts their participation but also increases segregation. #EconSky
daycare.pdf
drive.google.com
December 16, 2024 at 10:17 AM
New working paper out! We empirically study improved matching mechanisms for day care, focusing on disadvantaged families (who benefit most). Affirmative action boosts their participation but also increases segregation. #EconSky
A day off in Seoul before tomorrow’s start of the Asian-Pacific IO conference (APIOC).
sites.google.com/view/apioc-2...
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APIOC 2024
The Asia-Pacific Industrial Organisation Conference (APIOC) 2024 will be held in Seoul, Korea on December 13 – 15, 2024.
The PDF version of the program book is downloadble here.
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December 12, 2024 at 2:53 PM
A day off in Seoul before tomorrow’s start of the Asian-Pacific IO conference (APIOC).
sites.google.com/view/apioc-2...
sites.google.com/view/apioc-2...
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#econsky What is, in your opinion, the biggest question IO has credibly settled?
Seems most of our contributions are either (a) fancy methods; (b) negative results (e.g. don't regress price on HHI); (c) narrow in scope (yogurts, etc); or (d) contested (have markups actually risen?)
Seems most of our contributions are either (a) fancy methods; (b) negative results (e.g. don't regress price on HHI); (c) narrow in scope (yogurts, etc); or (d) contested (have markups actually risen?)
December 1, 2024 at 8:18 PM
#econsky What is, in your opinion, the biggest question IO has credibly settled?
Seems most of our contributions are either (a) fancy methods; (b) negative results (e.g. don't regress price on HHI); (c) narrow in scope (yogurts, etc); or (d) contested (have markups actually risen?)
Seems most of our contributions are either (a) fancy methods; (b) negative results (e.g. don't regress price on HHI); (c) narrow in scope (yogurts, etc); or (d) contested (have markups actually risen?)
Paper by Ryan Kellogg on oil and the green paradox below 👇
Other interesting and complementary paper on the role of strategic incentives is by our job market candidate Charlotte Decanniere:
“Pump it? Market Power and the Energy Transition in the Global Oil Market”
sites.google.com/view/charlot...
Other interesting and complementary paper on the role of strategic incentives is by our job market candidate Charlotte Decanniere:
“Pump it? Market Power and the Energy Transition in the Global Oil Market”
sites.google.com/view/charlot...
December 2, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Paper by Ryan Kellogg on oil and the green paradox below 👇
Other interesting and complementary paper on the role of strategic incentives is by our job market candidate Charlotte Decanniere:
“Pump it? Market Power and the Energy Transition in the Global Oil Market”
sites.google.com/view/charlot...
Other interesting and complementary paper on the role of strategic incentives is by our job market candidate Charlotte Decanniere:
“Pump it? Market Power and the Energy Transition in the Global Oil Market”
sites.google.com/view/charlot...
Waarom een Musk misschien nuttiger zou zijn in België dan de VS met onze loonnormwet & loonindexering, wet op sluitingsuren, wet op verkopen met verlies, koopjeswet, vestigingswet voor apothekers, enz…
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m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20241...
De overheid afslanken met Elon Musk: België kan zijn diensten wellicht beter gebruiken dan de VS
Is Elon Musk de juiste man op het verkeerde continent? De tsaar van de overheidsefficiëntie kan in België misschien meer nuttig werk verrichten dan in de VS.
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November 30, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Waarom een Musk misschien nuttiger zou zijn in België dan de VS met onze loonnormwet & loonindexering, wet op sluitingsuren, wet op verkopen met verlies, koopjeswet, vestigingswet voor apothekers, enz…
m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20241...
m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20241...
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Happy to share that my and @cconlon.bsky.social's micro BLP paper was just accepted at the Journal of Econometrics! jeffgortmaker.com/files/Incorp...
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
November 29, 2024 at 3:50 PM
Happy to share that my and @cconlon.bsky.social's micro BLP paper was just accepted at the Journal of Econometrics! jeffgortmaker.com/files/Incorp...
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
It's our 2nd tied to our PyBLP software, so here's a thread on surprising (to me) benefits of combining methods research with open source work. 1/6
I enjoyed participating in the workshop on Trade, Market Failures, and Development in honor of the 2024 Distinguished CES Fellow Penny Goldberg. www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
November 22, 2024 at 9:19 AM
I enjoyed participating in the workshop on Trade, Market Failures, and Development in honor of the 2024 Distinguished CES Fellow Penny Goldberg. www.cesifo.org/en/event/202...
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Hey IO-folks — WU Vienna calling!
We have a non-tenure track Assistant Professor position (Post-Doc) in Industrial Organization open at @wuvienna.bsky.social.
Apply via EJM (econjobmarket.org) or here wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr...
We have a non-tenure track Assistant Professor position (Post-Doc) in Industrial Organization open at @wuvienna.bsky.social.
Apply via EJM (econjobmarket.org) or here wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr...
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 AM
Hey IO-folks — WU Vienna calling!
We have a non-tenure track Assistant Professor position (Post-Doc) in Industrial Organization open at @wuvienna.bsky.social.
Apply via EJM (econjobmarket.org) or here wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr...
We have a non-tenure track Assistant Professor position (Post-Doc) in Industrial Organization open at @wuvienna.bsky.social.
Apply via EJM (econjobmarket.org) or here wirtschaftsuniversitaet-wien-portal.rexx-systems.com/Assistant-Pr...
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Just published:
How economists influence antitrust: the contributions of Tim Bresnahan, Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop, and Bobby Willig. #EconSky
doi.org/10.1093/jaen...
How economists influence antitrust: the contributions of Tim Bresnahan, Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop, and Bobby Willig. #EconSky
doi.org/10.1093/jaen...
How economists influence antitrust: the contributions of Tim Bresnahan, Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop, and Bobby Willig
Abstract. Economists influence antitrust policy through theoretical and empirical economic research, translation and synthesis of that research, direct par
doi.org
November 18, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Just published:
How economists influence antitrust: the contributions of Tim Bresnahan, Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop, and Bobby Willig. #EconSky
doi.org/10.1093/jaen...
How economists influence antitrust: the contributions of Tim Bresnahan, Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop, and Bobby Willig. #EconSky
doi.org/10.1093/jaen...
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Some exciting announcements re #IIOC2025, May 2-4 @ Drexel in Philly. The Distinguished Fellow Award will go to Chad Syverson; he will deliver the keynote. Shane Greenstein will receive the Distinguished Service Award. There will be two plenaries.
November 15, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Some exciting announcements re #IIOC2025, May 2-4 @ Drexel in Philly. The Distinguished Fellow Award will go to Chad Syverson; he will deliver the keynote. Shane Greenstein will receive the Distinguished Service Award. There will be two plenaries.
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My first BlueSky post.
New paper alert! With #JohnAsker, #AllanCollardWexler, the great #CharlotteDeCanniere, and #JandeLoecker. Note that Charlotte is on the market this year, so you should hire her. @energy.bsky.social @energy.bsky.social #climate
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New paper alert! With #JohnAsker, #AllanCollardWexler, the great #CharlotteDeCanniere, and #JandeLoecker. Note that Charlotte is on the market this year, so you should hire her. @energy.bsky.social @energy.bsky.social #climate
t.co/hp7tpq5t7X
https://www.nber.org/papers/w33115
t.co
November 10, 2024 at 5:19 PM
My first BlueSky post.
New paper alert! With #JohnAsker, #AllanCollardWexler, the great #CharlotteDeCanniere, and #JandeLoecker. Note that Charlotte is on the market this year, so you should hire her. @energy.bsky.social @energy.bsky.social #climate
t.co/hp7tpq5t7X
New paper alert! With #JohnAsker, #AllanCollardWexler, the great #CharlotteDeCanniere, and #JandeLoecker. Note that Charlotte is on the market this year, so you should hire her. @energy.bsky.social @energy.bsky.social #climate
t.co/hp7tpq5t7X
Together with Jo Van Biesebroeck we just finished the paper "Demand, Competition and Public Policy in the Automobile Industry - An Overview of Research since BLP"
Happy reading, while waiting to see whether Empirical IO will get a Nobel prize this year drive.google.com/file/d/1RPN8...
Happy reading, while waiting to see whether Empirical IO will get a Nobel prize this year drive.google.com/file/d/1RPN8...
October 11, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Together with Jo Van Biesebroeck we just finished the paper "Demand, Competition and Public Policy in the Automobile Industry - An Overview of Research since BLP"
Happy reading, while waiting to see whether Empirical IO will get a Nobel prize this year drive.google.com/file/d/1RPN8...
Happy reading, while waiting to see whether Empirical IO will get a Nobel prize this year drive.google.com/file/d/1RPN8...
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How do economists influence antitrust? My essay frames and draws on profiles of four IO economists influential in antitrust: Tim Bresnahan (@timobres.bsky.social), Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop (@stevesalop.bsky.social), and Bobby Willig. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=4630062
How Economists Influence Antitrust:<span> </span>The Contributions of Tim Bresnahan, Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop, and Bobby Willig
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Economists influence antitrust policy through theoretical and empirical economic research, translation and synthesis of that research, direct participati
ssrn.com
October 4, 2024 at 2:07 PM
How do economists influence antitrust? My essay frames and draws on profiles of four IO economists influential in antitrust: Tim Bresnahan (@timobres.bsky.social), Janusz Ordover, Steve Salop (@stevesalop.bsky.social), and Bobby Willig. Available at ssrn.com/abstract=4630062