Biography
Thomas Peeters is an associate professor at the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) where he serves as the director of the Department of Applied Economics. He also coordinates the activities of the Erasmus Center for Applied Sports Economics (ECASE). Thomas is a research fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and a member of the Erasmus Research Institute in Management (ERIM). His teaching focuses on sports economics, firm strategy and industrial organization.
Before joining Erasmus, he obtained a PhD in applied economics at the University of Antwerp. He has worked as a PhD-fellow at the Flanders Research Foundation and visiting research fellow at the University of Michigan.
Research
Thomas studies questions on the intersection of strategy economics, innovation, industrial organization and sports economics. His work has appeared in journals such as Management Science, Economic Policy, Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, International Journal of Industrial Organization, Labour Economics, Global Strategy Journal and the International Journal of Forecasting. ERIM awarded him the 2023 Open Science Award for his efforts in practicing and promoting open science practices. He won the 2022 ERIM Top Article Award for his work on the inventor labor market. In 2019, Erasmus School of Economics recognized his efforts for research dissemination with the "Societal Impact Award".
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Work
- Bernd Frick, Thomas Peeters & Rob Simmons (2024) - Guest Editorial - Jahrbucher fur Nationalokonomie und Statistik - doi: 10.1515/jbnst-2024-0079 - [link]
- Sam Hoey, Thomas Peeters & Jan van Ours (2023) - The Impact of Absent Coworkers on Productivity in Teams - Labour Economics, 83 - doi: 10.1016/j.labeco.2023.102400 - [link]
- Thomas Peeters, Stefan Szymanski & Marko Tervio (2022) - The Survival of Mediocre Superstars in the Labor Market - Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 38 (3), 840-888 - doi: doi.org/10.1093/jleo/ewab035
- Thomas Peeters (2021) - Remembering Stefan Kesenne (1950–2021) - Journal of Sports Economics, 22 (7), 739-743 - doi: 10.1177/15270025211039446 - [link]
- Thomas Peeters, B Mills, Enrico Pennings & H Sung (2021) - Manager Migration, Learning-by-hiring and Cultural Distance in International Soccer - Global Strategy Journal, 11 (3), 494-519 - doi: 10.1002/gsj.1354 - [link]
- Ajay Bhaskarabhatla, Luis Cabral, Deepak Hegde & Thomas Peeters (2021) - Are inventors or firms the engines of innovation? - Management Science, 67 (6), 3899-3920 - doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2020.3646 - [link]
- Thomas Peeters (2021) - De Super League toont dat betere regulering van het betaald voetbal nodig is - Economisch-Statistische Berichten, (4798), 282-285 - [link]
- S Hoey, Thomas Peeters & Francesco Principe (2021) - The transfer system in European football: A pro-competitive no-poaching agreement? - International Journal of Industrial Organization, 75 (March 2021) - doi: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2020.102695 - [link]
- Thomas Peeters & Jan van Ours (2021) - Seasonal Home Advantage in English Professional Football; 1974-2018 - De Economist, 169, 107-126 - doi: 10.1007/s10645-020-09372-z - [link]
- Thomas Peeters, S Salaga & M Juravich (2020) - Matching and Winning? The Impact of Upper and Middle Managers on Team Performance - Management Science, 66 (6), 2291-2799 - doi: 10.1287/mnsc.2019.3323 - [link]
- Julia Rose, Thomas Peeters & Andreas Alfons (2023) - Open science: What it means for economists (Speaker)
Activity: Invited talk › Academic - Thomas Peeters (2023) - Sports Economics Review (Journal) (Member of editorial board)
Activity: Editorial work › Academic - Thomas Peeters, Jacco van Sterkenburg, Gijsbert Oonk & Sandra Meeuwsen (2023) - Creation new Minor (BA-3) Sports @ Society, ESHCC with faculties of Economy (main coordinator) and Philosophy (Organiser)
Activity: Organising and contributing to an event › Academic
- Thomas Peeters (2023) - ERIM Open Science Award
- Thomas Peeters & Ajay Bhaskarabhatla (2022) - ERIM Top Article Award 2022
- TLPR (Thomas) Peeters (2019) - Societal Impact Award
- TLPR (Thomas) Peeters (2011) - Young Economist Award
NWO
- Start date approval
- June 2024
- End date approval
- June 2027
- Place
- DEN HAAG
- Description
- referent Zon MW projectaanvragen
Union of European Football Associations UEFA
- Start date approval
- October 2024
- End date approval
- December 2024
- Place
- NYON
- Description
- Simulatie alternatieve beleidskeuzes
Organisation and Strategy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB11006X
Internship Hub
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB63017
Seminar Strategy Economics
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB13051
Sports Economics
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB13092
Minor Sports and Society
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB53120
Organisation and Strategy
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB11006
Minor Sports and Society
- Year
- 2024
- Course Code
- FEB53120M
