Research in the Department of Economics at the University of Antwerp focuses mainly on applied economics and economic policy, organized around the following fields:
- macroeconomics
- labor economics
- economics of innovation
- the history of economic thought
- industrial organization
- health economics
- microeconomic theory
- public economics
- transport economics
The researchers of the Department in Economics have recently published their research in leading international journals such as
- American Economic Journal: Microeconomics
- The Economic Journal
- International Economic Review
- Journal of Health Economics
- International Journal of Industrial Organization
- Journal of Labor Economics
- Journal of Urban Economics
- among others ...