Hylke Vandenbussche
I am a full professor and Head of the international economics section at the University of Leuven in Belgium. I started my academic career as a lecturer at the University of Cambridge, UK. After that I was a professor at the university of Louvain-la-neuve for several years, affiliated to the center CORE. In the US, I have been teaching as a visiting professor at Dartmouth College and a regular visitor to Penn State in the US. I am a member of the American Economic Association and the European Economic Association and a research fellow of CEPR, London. I serve on the scientific committee of the US Midwest Trade conference and the European Trade study group (ETSG). I teach international trade and micro-economics. My research deals with firm-level trade and the role of demand, firm-size distributions, input-output linkages, global value chains and the interaction with trade policy. 

  
Fields: International Trade, Economics, Trade Policy 
Contact: Full Professor International Economics, University of Leuven (KULeuven), Department of Economics, Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven Belgium T: +32 16/32.69.20; hylke.vandenbussche@kuleuven.be  


"I will pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend and oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of Liberty"  by John. F. Kennedy




  1. B.Y. Aw, Y. Lee and H. Vandenbussche (2019),"How Important is Consumer Taste in Trade?", CEPR paper n° 13614, London. pdf
  2. H. Vandenbussche, W. Connell, W. Simons (2018),"The cost of non-TTIP. A Global Value Chain Approach", CEPR paper n° 12705, London. pdf
  3. H. Vandenbussche, W. Connell, W. Simons (2017),"Global Value Chains, Jobs and Trade Shocks. An application to Brexit", CES-IFO paper, pdf, Vox-column, Vives-briefing, The Sun, La Libre Belgique, de Standaard, De Morgen, het Nieuwsblad
  4. H. Vandenbussche, W. Connell, W. Simons (2017),"De Impact van Brexit op de Vlaamse Economie", KULeuven-Vives, Beleidspaper,pdf
  5. H. Vandenbussche, W. Connell, W. Simons, E. Zaurino (2017),"America First! What are job losses for Belgium and Europe?", KU Leuven-Vives paper. pdf
  6. H. Vandenbussche and C. Viegelahn (2018), "Input Re-allocation within Multi-product Firms",  CEPR paper, pdf ,slides, September - Journal of International Economics, Vox-column.
  7. A. Bernard, E. Blanchard, I. Van Beveren & H. Vandenbussche (2018),”Carry-along Trade”, February - Review of Economic Studies, (pdf), presentation, slides
  8. F. di Comite, J. Thisse and H. Vandenbussche (2014),”Vertizontal Differentiation in Export Markets”, (pdf), Journal of International Economics, 93, pp. 50-66, presentation, slides, Vox-column.
 
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