Peter Wakker
As part of its 50th anniversary, the Journal of Economic Theory presents a special issue that includes the 50 most influential papers the journal has published over the years. One of these selected papers is "An index of loss aversion", written by Peter Wakker (Erasmus School of Economics) together with Veronika Köbberling.
Xuan Wang
Xuan Wang (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) is ECB Young Economist's competition finalist. Every year the European Central Bank invites young economists to enter its research competition. Finalists are invited to the annual ECB Forum on Central Banking, and the overall winner is awarded €10,000.
Roger Laeven
NWO has granted a VICI grant to Roger Laeven, Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam for his research project "21st-Century Risks: Tackling the Complex Interplay of Risks in Time and Space". This research project will develop innovative concepts, methods and techniques to model and measure 21st-century global risks like a financial, climate or cyber crisis.
Zhen Li
TI alumnus Merrick (Zhen) Li has been awarded Joop Hartog Dissertation Award for the best PhD thesis at the Amsterdam School of Economics defended in 2018 or 2019. The award consists of a medal and a cash prize of EUR 2,500. The prize has been awarded biannually since 2008.
Martijn de Jong
Martijn de Jong, Professor of Marketing Research at Erasmus University Rotterdam is the winner of the 2020 Global Marketing SIG Award for his article “A Global Investigation into the Constellation of Consumer Attitudes Toward Global and Local Products.”
Stefan Stremersch
Stefan Stremersch (Erasmus School of Economics) is the winner of the EMAC Distinguished Marketing Scholar Award 2020. The two main criteria for the award are: (1) outstanding marketing scholarship as reflected in extensive, impactful research contributions, and (2) outstanding contributions to the European Marketing Academy.
Hans Koster
For his paper on 'The Welfare Effects of Greenbelt Policy: Evidence from England', Hans (School of Business and Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amserdam) received the Sakip Sabanci International Research Award from the Sabanci University in Istanbul. This year, the award acknowledges studies concentrating on the government's role in and economic policies related to the wide range of topics from inequality to income distribution, climate change to energy, traffic congestion to air pollution, transportation to housing. The prize amounts to 10.000 $.