About Koen Schoors

Koen Schoors (Deinze, 8 december 1968) is a Belgian economist and professor at the university of Ghent. In the past he also taught at the catholic university of Louvain, the Vlerick business school and the Higher School of Economics in Moskou.

Schoors studied economy at the university of Ghent and the Catholic university of Louvain. He received his PhD in 1998, studying the rise of the commercial banking system of Russia at the start of the ’90s of the 20th century, at the university of Ghent. This was followed with a postdoctoral study at Oxford. He is ranked in the top 10% of the IDEAS top of worldwide economists.