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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Master Open Day

Visit us on Saturday, 21 March 2026

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Bachelor Open Day

Visit us on Saturday, 3 October 2026

Full lecture hall during Bachelor Open Day.

Employees with health problems more likely to lose their jobs after private equity buyout

Incomes fall by almost 4% after a private equity buyout, with much larger losses for employees in poorer health, health and stress levels do not deteriorate.
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Experts on taxation defend accrual-based capital gains tax in Box 3

Aart Gerritsen argues that the Netherlands should stick to an accrual-based capital gains tax as the core of the new Box 3 regime.
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Decentralised approach to tackling inequality of opportunities may backfire

This argues Coen van de Kraats in a recent contribution to the Dutch economics journal ESB.
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Anne Gielen obtains an NWO Vici grant

Anne Gielen has been awarded a Vici grant worth up to €1.5 million by the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Low-income households feel the impact of new cabinet plans the most

The purchasing power of low-income households will be hardest hit by the new government plans. Casper de Vries comments on this in an economists panel.
Casper de Vries

Using operations research to reduce transports in e-commerce

Nearly half of all online purchases made during the festive season are sent back after Christmas. Wilco van den Heuvel researches alternative ways for returns.
Wilco van den Heuvel

Meet Charlotte Antoons

Meet Charlotte Antoons, Assistant Professor in the field of accounting, auditing and control at Erasmus School of Economics.
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Hofstra Medal 2026 awarded to Emeritus Professor Sijbren Cnossen

The prestigious Hofstra Medal 2026 has been awarded to Sijbren Cnossen, Emeritus Professor of Tax Law at Erasmus School of Economics.
Sijbren Cnossen

Sacking a manager mid-season usually pointless, says Jan van Ours

Dismissing a football manager during the season generally has little effect on a club’s performance.

Professor Huisman warns: grid congestion hampers Almere’s growth ambitions

An overloaded electricity grid threatens to seriously hamper Almere's ambitions to develop into the Netherlands’ fifth technological hotspot.
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Using Sports in Economics and Management Research

Presentations by a mix of leading and up-and-coming international speakers
Bokeh effect on the grass in a soccer stadium

Women in Top Academic Positions: Is There a Trickle-down Effect?

Milan Makany (Erasmus School of Economics)
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Student for a Day International Bachelor Economics and Business Economics

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Estimation of large approximate dynamic matrix factor models based on the EM algorithm and Kalman filtering

Matteo Barigozzi (Università di Bologna)

Reviving Pseudo-Inverses for Large Dimensional Portfolio Selection

Nestor Parolya (TU Delft)
Campus Woudestein, showcasing the flags of the School's and Institutes.

Valedictory Lecture Prof.dr. M.N. (Martin) Hoogendoorn RA

Financial Reporting and Sustainability Reporting: Conflicting principles or a harmonious marriage? *
Prod.dr. M. Hoogendoorne

Graph Joinings, Reversible Markov Chains, and Graph Isomorphism

Andrew Nobel (University of North Carolina)
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Master Open Day

Visit the Master Open Day at Erasmus University Rotterdam on Saturday 21 March 2026 and find the programme that suits you!
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