Erasmus School of Economics

Based in Rotterdam, the School has provided excellent education and produced excellent research for over a century
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Bachelor Open Day

Visit us on Saturday, 3 October 2026

Full lecture hall during Bachelor Open Day.

Master Open Day

Visit us on Saturday, 21 November 2026

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Low rents cost housing associations billions in investment capacity

Matthijs Korevaar concludes that measures to keep social housing rents low are costing Dutch housing associations around €4 billion in annual rental income.
Matthijs Korevaar

Making Rotterdam my home

Meet Laila, an international student in Rotterdam. She will tell you her about her favourite places and biggest lessons from her move.
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Backbone Magazine 2026: economics in action, from global markets to student life

Erasmus School of Economics proudly announces the publication of the 2026 edition of Backbone Magazine.
Dean Patrick Groenen receives the 2026 issue of Backbone Magazine

First neighbourhood-level study on the effects of the Purchase Protection Act wins Rotterdam Thesis Award 2026

Hugo van den Belt, an alumnus of Erasmus School of Economics, has won the Rotterdam Thesis Award 2026.
Hugo van den Belt Rotterdam Thesis Award

Investors divided over AI: high expectations leave markets vulnerable

According to Mary Pieterse-Bloem, the combination of enthusiasm and doubt toward the economic potential of AI could point to a hype in the stock market.
Mary Pieterse-Bloem

‘Recognition and rewards are like a compass that directs employees’ attention’

Economist Robert Dur argues that a recognition and rewards programme needs to be carefully designed to steer employees in the right direction.
Robert Dur

Economists increasingly support taxing income from wealth

Support among economists for taxing income from wealth has increased significantly in recent decades says Aart Gerritsen.
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Leading change among flamingos and giraffes

Belinde Bakker is the new CEO of Diergaarde Blijdorp. In this interview, she looks back fondly on her time at Erasmus School of Economics.
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‘There is no human version of Pinocchio’s nose’

How often do people actually lie, and how good are we at detecting deception? Sophie van der Zee researches lying and deception.
Sophie van der Zee

Is the Netherlands really drowning in red tape?

Following the rules costs the Dutch economy €16.8 billion a year, according to PwC. Dyaran Bansraj and Arjan Non say the real picture is more complicated.
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Pop-Up Swap Shop

The Pop-Up Swap Shop, an initiative led by the International Office, aims to promote sustainability by encouraging the reuse of everyday items.
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Emotional Communication and Trust: Valence, Beliefs, and Ambiguity Attitudes

Fantine Xiao (Erasmus School of Economics)
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Maternal Labor Supply: What Mothers Say

Christian Pugnaghi Zimpelmann (Hamburg Universityl)
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Bayesian Double Machine Learning for Causal Inference

Laura Liu (University of Pittsburgh)
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Policy Afternoon ‘Unequal Neighbourhoods, Unequal Chances: What Can Policy Do?’

With presentations by Matthijs Korevaar, Sara Signorelli and Elisabeth Leduc.

PhD defence O. (Ona) Čiočytė

Essays on Public Finance
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A robust test for equal predictive accuracy

Yannick Hoga (Universität Duisburg-Essen)
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Liquidity-Adjusted Expected Shortfall Tests

Ekaterina Kazak (Birmingham)
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Dutch Workshop on Corporate Taxation 2026

Bringing together tax researchers from accounting and economics at Dutch universities
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FinEML Conference 2026

Financial Econometrics Meets Machine Learning
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