Alexandre Girard

Teaching

I am currently teaching courses at Université Saint-Louis - Bruxelles:

• Financial Institutions and Corporate Finance (Advance Master in Financial Risk Management)
  
• Introduction to accounting.
  
• Introduction to Financial Markets
  
• Business simulation
  

and for the Michigan State University Study Abroad Program in Finance

• Michigan State University Study Abroad Program in Finance at UNamur
  

Research

I am currently performing my research at the Center of Research in Economics (CEREC) of the Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles and I am also an associate member of the LFIN-CORE (UCLouvain) and the CEREFIM (UNamur) research centers.

My main research areas are:

• Central Banking
• Central Bank Communication
• Empirical Macroeconomics
• Credit Ratings

My main publication are:

"The Importance of Conflicts of Interest in Attributing Sovereign Credit Ratings" (2016) with O.Bernal and J-Y.Gnabo, International Review of Law and Economics (47) pp. 48-66.

"The Value of Understanding Central Bank Communication" (2020) with R.Beaupain, Economic Modelling (85) pp.154-165

cited by C.Lagarde (ECB President in her response to Mr Gunnar Beck (Member of the European Parliament)

Consulting and Research Services

I occasionally offer consulting and research services. Feel free to contact me to discuss any potential research, teaching or private-sector collaboration. (Exemple of services : consultancy to private and public entities, member of selection board, on-site firm courses,...)

I am currently expert in the office of the Minister of Higher Education Valérie Glatigny (Higher Education Policies, Budgeting, Renovation of University Infrastructures (EU Next-Generation))

Contact :

Alexandre Girard

Office E-13

Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 43

B- 1000 Bruxelles
  alexandre.girard(at)usaintlouis.be