Macroeconomics
Modern Macroeconomics is firmly grounded in the principles of economic theory and allows for heterogeneity, frictions and incomplete markets. A lot of the research is quantitative and uses micro data. Specific topics include: optimal taxation with climate change, public and private insurance with information frictions, understanding the implications of wage rigidities and labor market sorting.
Macroeconomics
Modern Macroeconomics is firmly grounded in the principles of economic theory and allows for heterogeneity, frictions and incomplete markets. A lot of the research is quantitative and uses micro data. Specific topics include: optimal taxation with climate change, public and private insurance with information frictions, understanding the implications of wage rigidities and labor market sorting.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Chen, Y., Ward, F., Palma, N. and Brzezinski, A. (2024). The Vagaries of the Sea: Evidence on the Real Effects of Money from Maritime Disasters in the Spanish Empire Review of Economics and Statistics, 106(5):1220--1235.
Cahuc, P., Carcillo, S., Patault, B. and Moreau, F. (2024). Judge bias in labor courts and firm performance Journal of the European Economic Association, 22(3):1319–1366.
Bosker, M. and Westbrock, B. (2024). The network origins of the gains from trade Journal of Economic Theory, 216:.
De Haan, M., Gautier, PieterA., Oosterbeek, H. and van der Klaauw, B. (2023). The Performance of School Assignment Mechanisms in Practice Journal of Political Economy, 131(2):388--455.
Cai, X., Gautier, P. and Wolthoff, R. (2023). MEETINGS AND MECHANISMS International Economic Review, 64(1):155--185.
Discussion Papers
25-001/VI - Soft Landing and Inflation Scares
Date: January 08, 2025
24-071/VI - Corporate Legacy Debt, Inflation, and the Efficacy of Monetary Policy
Date: November 26, 2024
24-054/VI - Competitive search with private information: Can price signal quality?
Date: August 30, 2024
24-053/VI - The Chinese waste import ban and the emergence of waste havens within Europe
Date: August 22, 2024
23-080/VI - R&D Decisions and Productivity Growth: Evidence from Switzerland and the Netherlands
Date: December 22, 2023
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
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Luca Dedola (ECB, Germany)
- Research on Monday
PhD Defense
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:30
Environmental Policy in Open Economies: Differences in Policy...
Konstantin Sommer
- PhD Defense
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:15
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Donghai Zhang (National University of Singapore)
- Macro Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
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Julia Cajal Grossi (Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland)
- Research on Monday
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:15
Title to be announced
Job Boerma (University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States)
- Macro Seminars
Academic Distinctions
January 06, 2025
Felix Ward obtains NWO Open Competition SSH XS grant
Felix Ward
November 01, 2024
Yao Chen (Erasmus University Rotterdam) has been awarded a NWO...
Yao Chen
July 17, 2024
Albert Jan Hummel receives Veni grant for research on labor-market...
Albert Jan Hummel