14 PhD Theses

• 901 - Capital and Markets for the Missing Middle: Essays on Impact Investing and Agricultural Value Chains in Developing Economies

  Author: Philipp Kollenda

  Supervisors: Remco Oostendorp, Peter Lanjouw

  Defense date: September 23, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• 899 - Facing the Hydra: Advancing Research Methods in the Social Sciences

  Author: Jack Fitzgerald

  Supervisor: Arjen van Witteloostuijn

  Defense date: September 15, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• 898 - Essays on Public Finance

  Author: Ona Ciocyte

  Supervisors: Agnieszka Markiewicz, Casper de Vries

  Defense date: September 21, 2026

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

• 894 - Three Studies on Job Finding Rate Heterogeneity in Macroeconomics

  Author: Iulian Ciobica

  Supervisors: Björn Brügemann, Pieter Gautier

  Defense date: June 18, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 893 - Targeted Estimation in Heterogeneous Panel Data Models

  Author: Georgia Banava

  Supervisors: Francisco Blasques, Siem Jan Koopman, Hande Karabiyik

  Defense date: May 11, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• 892 - Shaping The Next Generation: How Family and Policy Influence Human Capital Formation

  Author: Sander de Vries

  Supervisors: Nadine Ketel, Maarten Lindeboom

  Defense date: April 01, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• 891 - Local Divergences with Time Series Applications

  Author: Ramon de Punder

  Supervisors: Dick van Dijk, Cees Diks, Roger Laeven

  Defense date: March 06, 2026

  University: University of Amsterdam

• 890 - Essays on the Economics of Second Chances: Causal Evidence from Schools, Prisons, and Families

  Author: Maddalena Totarelli

  Supervisors: Erik Plug, Giuseppe Sorrenti

  Defense date: March 20, 2026

  University: University of Amsterdam

• 889 - Essays in Stochastic Modeling with Applications to Economics

  Author: Xu Lin

  Supervisors: Rick van der Ploeg, Sweder van Wijnbergen

  Defense date: January 26, 2026

  University: University of Amsterdam

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• 888 - Advanced Methods in Personalization for Marketing Decisions

  Author: Hong Deng

  Supervisors: Bas Donkers, Dennis Fok

  Defense date: February 27, 2026

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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• 887 - Working under Pressure

  Author: Yang Zhong

  Supervisor: Thomas Buser

  Defense date: January 30, 2026

  University: University of Amsterdam

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• 886 - Econometric Analyses of Financial Markets: Essays on Market Microstructure

  Author: Ion Lucas Saru

  Supervisors: Albert J. Menkveld, Norman Seeger

  Defense date: February 09, 2026

  University: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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• 885 - The Rate of Collateral Reuse Within the Financial System

  Author: Magdalena Donohue

  Supervisor: Enrico Perotti

  Defense date: February 11, 2026

  University: University of Amsterdam

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• 884 - Setting (and Mapping) Expectations: Essays on the Measurement of Beliefs, Learning Through Experience and Decision Making under Uncertainty

  Author: David Gonzalez Jimenez

  Supervisors: Aurélien Baillon, Chen Li

  Defense date: January 23, 2026

  University: Erasmus University Rotterdam

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