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Frank Verboven is a full Professor at the Department of Economics within the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven. His research focuses on empirical industrial organization, competition policy, and applied microeconomics, with methodological expertise in structural demand modeling and bargaining power analysis.
- KU Leuven, Faculty of Economics and Business
- Economics Research Group
Research Interests:
Verboven’s work bridges industrial organization, environmental economics, and microeconomic policy. He analyzes globalizing consumer markets, location decisions in regulated sectors, and develops structural econometric models to assess geographic entry restrictions in professions like notaries. His sabbatical research explores competition dynamics in consumer goods markets and regulatory trade-offs in semi-public sectors such as education and healthcare.
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Advising & Grants:
He supervises PhD students including De Cannière, C., Burton, W.H., and Hidalgo Rodriguez, J.F. His projects are funded by KU Leuven’s Bijzonder Onderzoeksfonds (BOF) and focus on competition, decarbonization, and data infrastructure.