Leo Van Hove (MOFI-ECON)

Leo Van Hove is Associate Professor of Economics at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, where he teaches courses in monetary economics, electronic commerce, and Advanced IT. His current research interests include e-money, network economics, and the use of currency. He has published extensively on these and other subjects in national and international journals (such as Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking; International Journal of Electronic Commerce; De Economist; Netnomics; Energy Economics; and European Journal of Operational Research). He also maintains a comprehensive reference database on electronic purses as part of the ePSO website of the European Central Bank (Homepage: http://econ.vub.ac.be/cfec/leo.htm).