Erik van der Marel
Associate Professor at the Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management Discover more
Introducing myself
I’m Chief Economist at ECIPE, Associate Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and College of Europe, and Consultant Economist at the World Bank. My areas of expertise are in emerging areas of globalization, with a particular focus on digital trade.
Recent Publications
Below you will find some recent publications of mine, ranging from blogs to academic articles, to ECIPE working papers to external op-eds and publications.
Forget trade wars — the future isn’t about physical goods, but data, ideas and services
Link: Forget trade wars — the future isn’t about physical goods, but data, ideas and services
Digital Trade, Data Protection and the EU Adequacy Club
A peer-reviewed article in Economica (LSE) examining how the EU’s data-adequacy decisions affect digital trade. These agreements let trusted countries exchange data freely with the EU, and we find they significantly boost digital trade — with an extra “club effect”...
GDPR and EU’s digital trade
An ECIPE study examining whether the EU’s GDPR has affected digital-services trade with countries outside the EU. We find that after the GDPR took effect, digital-services imports from countries with very different privacy rules grew about 6% more slowly, and EU...
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