The Department of Spatial Economics at the VU University Amsterdam is engaged in many economic problems in which space plays a prominent role. The department of Spatial Economics offers insights and applications from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
The 60 staff members are involved in both fundamental research, as well as in national and international commissioned research. With this research, the department has gained national and international recognition, as shown by the large number of international publications and awards, the appearance of different staff members as experts in the media and the presence of various section members on the typically Dutch phenomenon of 'Economists Parade'.
Programs and Degrees in Regional Science
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VU Graduate School of Economics and Business
MSc program STREEM: Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics |
Thesis on Regional Science in the last five years
2016
Bakens, Jessie – Ph.D. – Economic impacts of immigrants and ethnic diversity on cities
H.L.F. de Groot, R.J.G.M. Florax & P. Mulder
Dimitropoulos, Alexandros – Ph.D. - Low emission vehicles: Consumer demand and fiscal policy
J.N. van Ommeren
Husby, Trond – Ph.D. – Economic impacts of behavioural responses to flood risk - Exloring general equilibrium using micro-level insights
M.W. Hofkes & H.L.F. de Groot
Jacobs-Crisioni, Chris – Ph.D. – Spatial data analyses of urban land use and accessibility
H.J. Scholten & E. Koomen
Kagan, Mark – Ph.D. – Issues in climate change economics: Uncertainty renewable energy innovation and fossil fuel scarcity
C.A.A.M. Withagen & F. van der Ploeg
Mouwen, Arnoud – Ph.D. – The impact of public transport reform: An assessment of deregulation policies
J.N. van Ommeren & C.C. Koopmans
Ryszka, Karolina – Ph.D. - Resource extraction and the green paradox: Accounting for political economy issues and climate policies in a heterogeneous world.
C.A.A.M. Withagen & G.C. van der Meijden
Wang, Zhiling. People on the move: Barriers of culture, networks and language
P. Nijkamp, T. de Graaff & B.R. Chiswick
2015
Caragliu, Andrea – Ph.D. – The economics of proximity: regional growth, beyond geographic proximity
P. Nijkamp & R. Capello
Dijk, Justin – Ph.D. – On the efficiency and effectiveness of policy instruments for the procurement of environmental services
D.P. van Soest & J.H. Ansink
Estrada Porrua, Francisco – Ph.D. – (2015, April 01). A contribution to the study of the economic causes and consequences of climate change: An interdisciplinary approach
R.S.J. Tol, E. Papyrakis & P. Perron
Gheasi, Masood – Ph.D. – Social economic aspects of the diaspora world
P. Nijkamp & P. Rietveld
Gosens, Tom – Ph.D. – The value of recreational areas in urban regions
P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal
Gubins, Sergejs – Ph.D. –Information technologies and travel
E.T. Verhoef & dr. T. de Graaff
Kobus, Martijn – Ph.D. – Economic studies on public facility use
P. Rietveld & J.N. van Ommeren
Ridderstaat, Jorge – Ph.D. – Studies on determinants of tourism demand dynamics in a small island destination
P. Nijkamp & R.R. Croes
Silva Montalva, Hugo – Ph.D. – Airport pricing policies. Airline conduct, price discrimination, dynamic congestion and network effects
E.T. Verhoef & V.A.C. van den Berg
Vries, Jacob J. de – Ph.D. – Estimation of Alonso's theory of movements for commuting
J.N. van Ommeren & P. Rietveld
Weijde, Harry van der – Ph.D. – The industrial organization of transport markets. modeling, pricing, investment and regulation in rail and road networks
E.T. Verhoef & V.A.C. van den Berg
2014
Gerritse, Michiel – Ph.D. – Policy competition and the spatial economy
H.L.F. de Groot & E.T. Verhoef
Loon, Ruben van – Ph.D. – Tourism and the economic valuation of cultural heritage
P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal
2013
Behrens, Christian – Ph.D. – Product differentiation in aviation passenger markets. The impact of demand heterogeneity on competition
E.T. Verhoef, E. Pels & M.G. Lijesen
Duijn, Mark van – Ph.D. – Location choice, cultural heritage and house prices
P. Rietveld & J. Rouwendal
Groot, Stefan – Ph.D. – Agglomeration, globalization and regional labor markets
H.L.F. de Groot & P. Rietveld
Koster, Hans – Ph.D. – The internal structure of cities
P. Rietveld & J.N. van Ommeren
Mohlmann, Jan – Ph.D. – Globalization and productivity
H.L.F. de Groot & P. Rietveld
Ozgen, Ceren – Ph.D. – Impacts of immigration and cultural diversity on innovation and economic growth
P. Nijkamp & H.J. Poot
Peer, Stefanie – Ph.D. – The economics of trip scheduling, travel time variability and traffic information E.T. Verhoef & C.C. Koopmans
Steenbruggen, John – Ph.D. – Road traffic incident management and situational awareness
P. Rietveld, H.J. Scholten & A.J. van der Vlist
Awards in Regional Science in the last ten years
NARSC Graduate-Student-Led Paper Competition 2011 - Sergej Gubins - Teleworking and Congestion: A Dynamic Bottleneck Analysis, co-authored by Erik Verhoef
2011 - Hans Koster - Upscale Neighbourhoods: Historic Amenities, Income and Spatial Sorting of Households, co-authored by Jos van Ommeren en Piet Rietveld |
2010 - Michiel Gerritse - Commuting and solvable agglomeration
2008 - Eveline van Leeuwen - The Effects of Future Retail Developments on the Local Economy - Combining Micro and Macro Approaches
2000 - Thomas de Graaff - Estimating the Effect of Labor Market Absorption of Ethnic Minorities
1996 - Erik Verhoef - The Implementation of Marginal External Cost Pricing in Road Transport |
Regional Science Scholars’
Henri L.F. de Groot This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI04373 |
Frank R. Bruinsma This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03813 |
Eric Koomen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI06940 |
Erik Verhoef This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03774 |
Peter Nijkamp This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03542 |
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Eric Pels This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03782 |
Jan Rouwendal This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03812 |
Thomas de Graaff This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03692
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Peter Mulder This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03723 |
Jasper Dekkers This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03766 |
Paul R. Koster This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03711 |
Eveline van Leeuwen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03789
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Hans Koster This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI00025 |
Martin Adler This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI05944 |
Rixt Bijker This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI03722
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Christian Behrens This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI04367 |
Raymond Florax This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI04387 |
Maureen Lankhuizen This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI04379 |
Vasco Diogo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. RSAI04382 |
REPEC Ranking
The Department of Spatial Economics at VU University Amsterdam is a world player in the domains of Spatial, Transport and Environmental Economics. REPEC ranks the Department in the top 5% of the world in the following domains: Transport Economics, Tourism Economics, Economic Geography Environmental Economics, Energy Economics, and Urban and Real Estate economics. For the Transport Economics field it even achieves position 4 worldwide (May 2013).
No less than 7 professors from the Department are ranked by REPEC in the top 5% of Economics authors of the world, namely Peter Nijkamp, Richard Tol, Piet Rietveld, Rick van der Ploeg, Cees Withagen, Erik Verhoef and Henri de Groot.