On Tuesday 29 May 2012 Julia Swart will defend her PhD thesis entitled 'Natural resources and the environment: implications for economic development and international relations'. Supervisor is Professor Philip Hans Franses.

Dr Philipp Koellinger, assistant professor in economics and entrepreneurship at Erasmus school of economics, and Matthijs van der Loos, PhD student at Erasmus School of Economics, have written an article that has been published in the renowned journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA.

Willem Verbeke, Professor of Sales and Account Management at Erasmus School of Economics, has been awarded the Excellence in Research award by the offices of the AMA Sales SIG. Willem Verbeke has won the price together with Bart Dietz en Ernst Verwaal for the paper entitled “Drivers of Sales Performance: A Contemporary Meta-Analysis. Have Sales people Become Knowledge Brokers?”

The Netherlands has bucked the trend of Europe-wide resistance to EU austerity demands by sending a budget-cutting plan to Brussels that will bring its deficit below EU limits. The position of the Netherlands was a bit ironic, because the Netherlands has always been an advocate of using the 3% rule. Bas Jacobs, Professor of economics and public finance at Erasmus School of Economics, states his opinion regarding this issue in the Financial Times of April the 27th.

Of all the people rocked by the debt and austerity tumult rattling Europe, the famously prudent but prosperous Dutch were seldom on anybody’s watch list. Until now. In The New York Times of May 1st an overview of opinions is given by experts concerning the upcoming budgets cuts. Some of them argue that it is good to accept the pain quickly, so that we are rid of it. However, Bas Jacobs, Professor of economics and public finance at Erasmus School of Economics, does not agree.

Heleen Mees, promovenda at Erasmus School of Economics, writes about her view on the crisis in the eurozone. She attends to several aspects of the crisis and looks ahead.

Scientific Integrity and Data Management Practices Recent incidents of scientific misconduct, but also demands from bodies such as NWO regarding data access and the expected “revitalization” of codes of scientific conduct such as the ones of VSNU and ESF, have highlighted scientific integrity as an increasingly institutional responsibility. Therefore, and to support our members in further improving the quality of their research and publishing, ERIM is developing a number of initiatives. ERIM will focus these initiatives on useful guidance and support for the long term academic career progress of its members. In particular, ERIM would like to encourage reflection on and synthesis of best practices regarding data management. Data management covers the entire process of collecting, processing, analyzing, archiving, re-using (and providing access to) research data.

On Thursday 10 May 2012 Rianne Legerstee will defend her PhD thesis entitled 'Evaluating Econometric Models and Expert Intuition'. Supervisor is Professor Philip Hans Franses.