I am an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business at KU Leuven and a member of the Collegium of the Belgian Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts (Class Technology and Society).
My research examines the interplay between financial systems, technological innovation, and public policy. I focus in particular on information governance – how information is produced, shared, and regulated – with applications to systemic risk, digital finance, financial crime, and technological diffusion.
Selected output
No Country for Dirty Money? The Economic Footprint of Anti-Money Laundering Standards
with Cesare Fracassi (UT Austin) and Eric Lee (UT Austin)
Working Paper - SSRN, 2025
The Interoperability of Financial Data
with Elif Cansu (KU Leuven) and Tamas Vadasz (KU Leuven)
Working Paper - SSRN, 2025
Asset Overhang and Technological Change
with Hans Degryse (KU Leuven, CEPR) and Joris Tielens (NBB)
Forthcoming @ the Review of Financial Studies, 2024
Decentralised Finance (DeFi): information frictions and public policies
Policy report prepared for the EU Commission - DG Fisma, 2022
Compressing Over-the-Counter Markets
with Marco D’Errico (European Systemic Risk Board)
Operations Research, 2021
The Price of Complexity in Financial Networks
with Stefano Battiston (UZH), Guido Caldarelli (IMT Lucca), Robet May (Oxford) and Joseph E. Stiglitz (Columbia)
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 2016