Realized Semicovariances
VENI project This year I had the honor of being awarded a VENI grant for a line of research revolving …
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Afriat in the Lab
The Generalised Axiom of Revealed Preferences (GARP) allows for testing utility maximisation when choices and prices are observed (Afriat’s Theorem, …
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Why are Homes Sold above the Asking Price?
In 2016, more than half of the homes offered for sale in Amsterdam were sold above the asking price. This …
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Team Incentives, Task Assignment and Performance: A Field Experiment
Organizations must solve two canonical problems to perform well: coordination (who performs which tasks?) and motivation (what must happen to …
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Banking Panics and Liquidity in a Monetary Economy
When a banking panic occurs, the central bank usually provides liquidity to help rescue the private banks that are in …
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Spillovers in welfare dependency within the family
VIDI project In an attempt to fight social inequalities, most Western countries offer individuals in need a wide range of …
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The Persistence of Foreign Ownership Benefits
Countries around the world compete fiercely to attract foreign direct investment (FDI). Their interest in doing so is motivated by …
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Bank Competition and Risk Taking in a Zero Interest Environment
How do near-zero interest rates affect bank competition, risk taking and financial regulation? To answer these questions, I develop a …
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The lost boarding pass and the seven dwarfs
Imagine a group of 100 Icelanders boarding a plane from Reykjavík to Tenerife. They board one at a time. The …
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