Hans Koster received the Journal of Economic Geography Best Referee Award 2016
Hans Koster
Journal of Economic Geography Best Referee Award 2016
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Sander Renes has been awarded the Best paper award, XXVIII Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Public Economics (SIEP)
Sander Renes
Sander Renes is TI alumnus and Assistant Professor at the Erasmus School of Economics.
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An NWO Research Talent grant has been awarded to Pim Kastelein
Pim Kastelein, Roel Beetsma
Research Master student Pim Kastelein has been awarded a five-year NWO Research Talent grant to fund a PhD project on "Pension Funding, Housing Wealth and Macroeconomic Demand". The project will be supervised by research fellows Roel Beetsma and Ward Romp, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Amsterdam.
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Stephanie Chan wins best paper award at the 2016 (ECMI) Annual Conference
Stephanie Chan, Sweder van Wijnbergen
PhD student Stephanie Chan (University of Amsterdam, supervisor is Sweder van Wijnbergen) won the best paper award for young academics at the 2016 European Capital Markets Institute (ECMI) Annual Conference, held November 9, 2016 at the National Bank of Belgium for her paper “Contingent convertible instruments(CoCos): Design, Risk Shifting Incentives and Financial Fragility” (TI Discussion Paper, 16-007/VI, co-authored with fellow Sweder van Wijnbergen).
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Pierson Medal for Jan Stoop
Jan Stoop
Jan Stoop, of the Erasmus School of Economics, has been awarded the prestigious Pierson Medal of the Stichting Mr. N.G. Pierson Fonds. The medal is awarded by the during the KVS, the Royal Dutch association for economists. In addition to the medal Jan Stoop received a cash prize of € 5,000.
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Shaul Shalvi elected to the Young Academy of Europe
Shaul Shalvi
Shaul Shalvi (University of Amsterdam) was elected to the Young Academy of Europe based on his leadership in research and contributions to the field of Behavioural Ethics, strengthening the links between psychological and economic science.
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DFID-ESRC Research Grant for Wendy Janssens
Wendy Janssens
Wendy Janssens (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) has received a research grant for the project "Women's empowerment, social norms and domestic violence". The grant was awarded by DFID-ESRC, the Joint Fund for Poverty Alleviation Research of the Economic and Social Research Council.
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An NWO VICI grant (€ 1,500,000) has been awarded to Bas van der Klaauw
Bas van der Klaauw
Bas van der Klaauw (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit, received an NWO-VICI grant for his research project “Improving Human Capital by Allocating Individuals Efficiently to Schools and Jobs”.