ABOUT US
We are the research units in Accounting, Finance and Insurance at KU Leuven. Our staff strives for high quality research and education in audit, (management) accounting, tax, banking, investments and actuarial science.
AFI SEMINAR SERIES
News
› February, 2024, Managerial Accounting (MA) Group shines in BYU Rankings: 29th world-wide & 3rd in Europe. PhD program in MA: 16th world-wide & 2nd in Europe. PhD program with regard to experimental MA ranks 1st in Europe. › October, 2023, Marleen Willekens joined the FAR board as academic board member. › June, 2023, Roel Henckaerts, Marie-Pier Côté, Katrien Antonio & Roel Verbelen won the Patrick Brockett & Arnold Shapiro Actuarial Award. › July 2023, Lore Vanclooster takes first place at Ch'Triman Triathlon in Gravelines (Article). › May, 2023, PhD researcher Eva Verschueren won the Best EU Quant Finance MSc Thesis Award 2023 with ‘On the Pricing of Capped Volatility Swaps using Machine Learning Techniques’. › March, 2023, Three of our AFI colleagues rank among the Best Scientists in the field of Economics and Finance in Belgium according to research.com: Marc Goovaerts (who passed away too early), Jan Dhaene, and Hans Degryse!
CHOCOLATE & FLOWERS
› "Fiscal support and banks’ loan loss provisions during the COVID-19 pandemic" by Degryse, H. and Huylebroek, C. Forthcoming in Journal of Financial Stability › "GSIB status and corporate lending" by Degryse, H., Mariathasan, M. and Tang, T.H. Forthcoming in Journal of Corporate Finance (2023) › "When Green Meets Green" by Degryse, H., Goncharenko, R., Theunisz, C. & Vadasz, T. Forthcoming in the Journal of Corporate Finance (2023) › "Post-acquisition integration: managing cultural differences and employee resistance using integration controls" by Smeulders, D., Dekker, H., & Van den Abbeele, A. Accounting, Organizations and Society (2023). › "On-site inspecting zombie lending" by Bonfim, D., Cerqueiro, G., Degryse, H., & Ongena, S. Fothcoming in Management Science (2022)
Accounting
Research at the forefront of the scientific community in audit, management accounting, tax and beyond.
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Finance
Research at the forefront of the scientific community in banking and corporate finance.
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Insurance
Research at the forefront of the scientific community in actuarial science, insurance analytics and quantitative risk measurement.
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Recent papers
› Cardinaels E., Chen C.X., Yin H. (2018). Leveling the Playing Field: The Selection and Motivation Effects of Tournament Prize Spread Information. The Accounting Review.
› Karagiannis N., Tolikas K. (2017). Tail Risk and the Cross-Section of Mutual Fund Expected Returns. The Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis.
› Huyghebaert N., Wang L. (2017). Value Creation and Value Distribution in Chinese Listed Firms: The Role of Ownership Structure, Board Characteristics, and Control, The European Journal of Finance.
21st CORPORATE FINANCE DAYS 2024
Call for papers
September 12-13, 2024 KU Leuven (Hogenheuvelcollege)
SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCE CONFERENCE 2023
Keynote Mariassunta Giannetti
October 4, 2023 Antwerp Campus Carolus, KU Leuven
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SUSTAINABILITY AND FINANCE CONFERENCE 2022
Keynote Laura Starks
October 5, 2022 Antwerp Campus Carolus, KU Leuven
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OTHER FIELDS OF RESEARCH
Interested in other research domains, topics, research groups and research centers at the Faculty of Economics and Business?
AFI's Key Areas
Research at AFI is grouped in 6 domains: › Banking › Management accounting › Audit & Governance › Capital markets › Empirical corporate finance › Insurance
Hans Degryse receives the 'RCFS Best Paper Award' and the '2021 SANFI Award'.
Hans Degryse, Vasso Ioannidou, Jose Liberti and Jason Sturgess received the 'RCFS Best Paper Award' for their paper on "How Do Laws and Institutions Affect Recovery Rates for Collateral?".
Hand Degryse, Roman Goncharenko, Carola Theunisz and Tamas Vadasz recieved the 2021 SANFI Award to the Best Paper on Banking presented at the XXVIII Finance Forum of the Spanish Finance Association (AEFIN) for their paper “When Green Meets Green” .
May, July 2021
in the spotlight
News
› September 6-7, 2018 AFI co-organizes the 1st Endless Summer Conference on Financial Intermediation and Corporate Finance esearch Day in Accounting.
› March 27, 2018 Research Day in Accounting
› KU Leuven & Cass Business School PhD collloquim
› 'Zijn we klaar met cash' Prof. Hans Degryse in the campuskrant
› '5 financiele profielen onder de loep' Prof. Kristien Smedts in B NK Perspectives on banking
› 'Nationale Bank ontziet woningkopers' prof. Hans Degryse in De Standaard
› AFI hosts EARNET 2017 in Leuven
› Prof. Marleen Willekens elected vice-dean of research at FEB