European Finance Association

53nd Annual Meeting

Ghent, Belgium 19-22 August 2026

Program Committee

Stijn Van Nieuwerburgh

Program Chair
Columbia Business School

Local Organizing Team
Koen Inghelbrecht (Chair, Ghent University)
Mathieu Simoens (Ghent University)
Sophie Manigart (Vlerick Business School)
Marie De Brabander (Vlerick Business School)
Track Chairs
  • Sumit Agarwal, National University of Singapore
  • Lieven Baele, Tilburg University
  • Bo Becker, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Juliane Begenau, Stanford University
  • Geert Bekaert, Columbia Business School
  • Anna Cieslak, Duke University
  • Riccardo Colacito, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Claudia Custodio, Imperial College Business School
  • Hans Degryse, KU Leuven
  • Isil Erel, Ohio State University
  • Mariassunta Giannetti, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Xavier Giroud, Columbia Business School
  • Francisco Gomes,  London Business School
  • Arpit Gupta, New York University
  • Per J Strömberg, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Dirk Jenter, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Marcin Kacperczyk, Imperial College London
  • Bryan Kelly, Yale School of Management
  • Elisabeth Kempf, Harvard Business School
  • Ralph Koijen, University of Chicago
  • Cami Kuhnen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Tim Landvoigt, University of Pennsylvania
  • Alexander Ljungqvist, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Hanno Lustig, Stanford University
  • Pascal Maenhout, INSEAD
  • Nadya Malenko, Boston College
  • Sophie Moinas, Toulouse School of Economics
  • Arna Olafsson, Copenhagen Business School
  • Steven Ongena, University of Zurich & Swiss Finance Institute
  • Marco Pagano, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
  • Marcus Pelger, Stanford University
  • Loriana Pelizzon, Goethe University Frankfurt
  • Joel Peress, INSEAD
  • Giorgia Piacentino, University of South California
  • Paola Sapienza, Northwestern University
  • Kathrin Schlafmann, Copenhagen Business School
  • Lukas Schmid, University of Southern California
  • Philipp Schnabl, New York University
  • Henri Servaes, London Business School
  • Christophe Spaenjers,  University of Colorado Boulder
  • Johannes Stroebel, New York University
  • Allan Timmermann, University of California at San Diego
  • Margarita Tsoutsoura, Washington University in St. Louis
  • Boris Vallee, INSEAD
  • Jules van Binsbergen, University of Pennsylvania
  • Andrea Vedolin, Boston University
  • Annette Vissing-Jorgensen, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
  • Kairong Xiao, Columbia Business School
  • Mindy Xiaolan, University of Texas at Austin
  • Laura Xiaolei Liu, Peking University
  • Constantine Yannellis, Cambridge University
  • Kathy Yuan, London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Shaojun Zhang, University of British Columbia
Local Scientific Committee
  • Jan Annaert, University of Antwerp
  • Lieven Baele, Tilburg University
  • Geert Bekaert, Columbia Business School
  • Carole Bernard, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • Christof Beuselinck, IÉSEG School of Management
  • Christian Bittner, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Ranoua Bouchouicha, Ghent University
  • Kris Boudt, Ghent University
  • Bertrand Candelon, UCLouvain
  • Maxime Couvert, HKU Business School
  • Sven Damen, University of Antwerp
  • Adrien d’Avernas, Stockholm School of Economics
  • Marc De Ceuster, University of Antwerp
  • Olivier De Jonghe, National Bank of Belgium
  • Lieven De Moor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
  • Selien De Schryder, Ghent University
  • Rudy De Winne, UCLouvain
  • Hans Degryse, KU Leuven
  • Marc Deloof, University of Antwerp
  • Nico Dewaelheyns, KU Leuven
  • Catherine D’hondt, UCLouvain
  • Marie Dutordoir, Alliance Manchester Business School
  • Michael Frömmel, Ghent University
  • Bruno Gerard, BI Oslo
  • Eric Ghysels, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • Jean-Yves Gnabo, Université de Namur
  • Jim Goldman, McGill University
  • Roman Goncharenko, KU Leuven
  • Martin Götz, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Julien Hambuckers, HEC Liège
  • Florian Hoffmann, KU Leuven
  • Georges Hübner, HEC Liège
  • Leonardo Iania, UCLouvain
  • Koen Inghelbrecht, Ghent University
  • Kris Jacobs, University of Houston
  • Philipp König, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • François Koulischer, University of Luxembourg
  • Thomas Lambert, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • Bart Lambrecht, University of Cambridge Judge School
  • Martien Lamers, Ghent University
  • Nathan Lassance, UCLouvain
  • Helen Lu, Vlerick Business School
  • Angelo Luisi, Ghent University
  • Hanno Lustig, Stanford University
  • Mathieu Luypaert, Vlerick Business School
  • Pascal Maenhout, INSEAD
  • Frederic Malherbe, University College London
  • Sophie Manigart, Vlerick Business School
  • Mike Mariathasan, KU Leuven
  • Natalya Martynova, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Virginie Mataigne, Ghent University
  • Christoph  Meinerding, Deutsche Bundesbank
  • Leentje Moortgat, Ghent University
  • Klaas Mulier, KU Leuven
  • Steven Ongena, University of Zurich & Swiss Finance Institute
  • Mikael Petitjean, UC Louvain
  • Diane Pierret, University of Luxembourg
  • Hughes Pirotte, Université Libre de Bruxelles
  • Luc Renneboog, Tilburg University
  • Tarik Roukny, KU Leuven
  • Caterina Santi, HEC Liège
  • Glenn Schepens, European Central Bank
  • Koen Schoors, Ghent University
  • Naciye Sekerci, KU Leuven
  • Piet Sercu, KU Leuven
  • Henri Servaes, London Business School
  • Mathieu Simoens, Ghent University
  • Balbinder Singh Gill, Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Christophe Spaenjers, UC Boulder
  • Stefan Straetmans, University of Antwerp
  • Carola Theunisz, Erasmus University Rotterdam
  • James Thewissen, UCLouvain
  • Joris Tielens, National Bank of Belgium
  • Wouter Torsin, HEC Liège
  • Tamas Vadasz, KU Leuven
  • Tom Vanacker, Ghent University
  • Rudi Vander Vennet, Ghent University
  • Quentin Vandeweyer, University of Chicago
  • Cara Vansteenkiste, University of Sydney
  • Dieter Vanwalleghem, Rennes School of Business
  • Gertjan Verdickt, University of Auckland
  • David Veredas, Vlerick Business School
  • Theo Vermaelen, INSEAD
  • Thanos Verousis, Vlerick Business School
  • Arnt Verriest, KU Leuven
  • Frédéric Vrins, UCLouvain

 

Doctoral Tutorial Chairs
  • Esther Eiling, University of Amsterdam
  • Kristian Miltersen, Copenhagen Business School
  • Frans de Roon, Tilburg University