2026 Johannes Van Biesebroeck: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	32	3349	3052	39	36	87	12047

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Current World Ranking

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Economics and Finance

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Overview

Johannes Van Biesebroeck is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and has contributed extensively to research in economics and management. Their work primarily spans the fields of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, as well as Business, Management and Accounting, with a focus on specific subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Economics, Econometrics and Finance, General Health Professions, Strategy and Management, and Development.

Their research addresses several main topics, including:

Global trade and economics
Economic Growth and Productivity
Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
Social Policies and Healthcare Reform
Global Trade and Competitiveness
Firm Innovation and Growth

Johannes Van Biesebroeck has published research in notable venues, frequently contributing to:

SSRN Electronic Journal
International Journal of Industrial Organization
World Economy
International Economic Review
Industrial and Corporate Change

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Johannes Van Biesebroeck include:

"Trade liberalisation and the extensive margin of differentiated goods: Evidence from China," 2022, World Economy
"Where Has All the Dynamism Gone? Productivity Growth in China's Manufacturing Sector, 1998-2013," 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
"Market size and competition: A "hump-shaped" result," 2020, International Journal of Industrial Organization
"Cash or Care? Insights from the German Long-Term Care System," 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
"ENTRY DECISIONS AND ASYMMETRIC COMPETITION BETWEEN NON-PROFIT AND FOR-PROFIT HOMES IN THE LONG-TERM CARE MARKET," 2021, International Economic Review

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

Iris Kesternich
Elena Zaurino
Liza Archanskaia
Gerald Willmann
André Romahn

Best Publications

Creative Accounting or Creative Destruction? Firm-level Productivity Growth in Chinese Manufacturing

Loren Brandt;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Yifan Zhang

3091
Citations
Exporting raises productivity in sub-Saharan African manufacturing firms

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

1561
Citations
Value chains, networks and clusters: reframing the global automotive industry

Timothy J. Sturgeon;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Gary Gereffi

1311
Citations
WTO Accession and Performance of Chinese Manufacturing Firms

Loren Brandt;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Luhang Wang;Yifan Zhang

1024
Citations
ROBUSTNESS OF PRODUCTIVITY ESTIMATES

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

700
Citations
Firm Size Matters: Growth and Productivity Growth in African Manufacturing

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

469
Citations
Globalisation of the automotive industry: main features and trends

Timothy J. Sturgeon;Olga Memedovic;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Gary Gereffi

401
Citations
Challenges of working with the Chinese NBS firm-level data

Loren Brandt;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Yifan Zhang

382
Citations
Trade Growth under the African Growth and Opportunity Act

Garth Frazer;Johannes Van Biesebroeck

306
Citations
Global value chains in the automotive industry: an enhanced role for developing countries

Timothy J. Sturgeon;Johannes Van Biesebroeck

224
Citations
Exporting Raises Productivity in Sub-Saharan African Manufacturing Plants

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

213
Citations
Effects of the crisis on the automotive industry in developing countries : a global value chain perspective

Timothy J. Sturgeon;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Johannes Van Biesebroeck

207
Citations
The Sensitivity of Productivity Estimates

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

180
Citations
Revisiting Some Productivity Debates

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

152
Citations
Using export market performance to evaluate regional preferential policies in China

Annette Schminke;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Johannes Van Biesebroeck

148
Citations
Productivity Dynamics with Technology Choice: An Application to Automobile Assembly

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

147
Citations
Proximity strategies in outsourcing relations: the role of geographical, cultural and relational proximity in the European automotive industry

Alexander Schmitt;Johannes Van Biesebroeck

135
Citations
The impact of export promotion on export market entry

Annette Broocks;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Johannes Van Biesebroeck

99
Citations
Protection for sale with imperfect rent capturing

Giovanni Facchini;Johannes Van Biesebroeck;Gerald Willmann

84
Citations
Complementarities in Automobile Production

Johannes Van Biesebroeck

69
Citations
Exports and productivity : comparable evidence for 14 countries

Leonhard Pertl;Stefano Schiavo;Mirabelle Muuls;Mauru Pisu

43
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Loren Brandt University of Toronto

Jozef Konings Nazarbayev University

Gary Gereffi Duke University

Joachim Wagner Leuphana University of Lüneburg

Holger Görg Kiel University

Richard Kneller University of Nottingham

David Greenaway University of Nottingham

Davide Castellani University of Reading

External Links

Personal website of Johannes Van Biesebroeck

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