Bram De Rock (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles and ECORE), Laurens Cherchye (KU Leuven) and Frederic Vermeulen (Tilburg University) have been awarded the VVE prize. The society for Flemish economists (Vereniging voor Vlaamse Economisten) grants this two yearly award to the best paper written by Flemish economists under the age of 35.