PHD, University of Ghent, 1993
Licence Law, University of Ghent, 1983

Visiting Professor,
IMADEC University, School of Law, Vienna, A
Professor of Law,
Washington University School of Law, St.Louis, MO, USA
(Visiting) professorships previously held at the George Mason University, the University of Virginia, Brussels University (K.U.B.), Antwerp University (U.I.A.), Stockholm University.

Main Academic Interests:
Law and Economics
Comparative Law
Regulatory Impact Analysis

Non-academic Positions held:
President, European Association of Law and Economics (EALE)
Consultant, Flemish Government (in cooperation with Deloitte & Touche)

Selected and Recent Publications:
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics (5 volumes, co-editor: B. Bouckaert)
Economic Analysis of Contract and Quasi Contract Law (in Dutch)
Comparative Law and Economics (anthology, forthcoming, co-editor: R. Van den Bergh)
"Information Problems Caused by Regulatory Competition, and Their Solution: International Standard Codes"
"The Filtering Effect of Sharing Rules"
"Judgment Proofness under Four Different Precaution Technologies"
"The Expectation Measure, Labor Contracts, and the Incentive to Work Hard"
"The Debate on the Scientific Status of Law & Economics"

Homepage: Washington University in St.Louis
eMail: degeest@wustl.edu