EH.N: ANN: Position Announcement: University of Antwerp

[Marc Deloof]

The Department of Accounting and Finance of the University of Antwerp 
will recruit a full-time pre-doctoral researcher/Ph.D. student for a 
research project on 'Business groups, political connections and 
institutions: a long-term analysis', funded by the Flemish Fund for 
Scientific Research.

The project takes a long-term perspective on the role of business 
groups. The promoters are Prof. Marc Deloof and Prof. Ludo Cuyvers. 
Using a unique database of Belgium listed companies over the 19th and 
20th century and taking into account the evolution of institutions, 
we study how business groups affected company performance and how 
they used political connections to pursue the interests of their 
owners.

Profile:

Candidates should have: an MA in (Applied) Economics, Business 
Administration or equivalent; an interest in financial history and a 
strong motivation to write a Ph.D. dissertation; a strong academic 
record; an excellent knowledge of English and French; a good 
knowledge of Dutch is a plus.

We offer an appointment as a full-time researcher, starting as soon 
as possible until 31 December 2010. For further information, please 
contact Prof. Marc Deloof, email: marc.deloof at ua.ac.be, tel.: 
+32-3-220 41 69.

The closing date is 1 December 2007.