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Key researchers and their expertise

  • Prof. Dirk Bezemer (financial economics, Monetary analysis, Growth and development
  • Prof. Rian Drogendijk (Internationalization strategy of firms; Organization of Multinational Corporations; Cross Cultural Management; Measures of Cultural Distance or Differences)
  • Prof. Harry Garretsen (International economics and geography, Economics of agglomeration, FDI and international business, Economic growth and development, International monetary and financial economics)
  • Prof. Jakob de Haan (Monetary policy, Fiscal policy, Political economy, European integration, Economic growth)
  • Prof. Robert Inklaar (Economic growth and development)
  • Dr. Tristan Kohl (International trade, trade policy, political economy, and economic geography)
  • Prof. Bart Los (Global Value Chains, International Trade, Technology spillovers, Input-Output Analysis, Data Envelopment Analysis, Regional Economics)
  • Dr. Anna Minasyan (Political economy of foreign aid, gender and development)
  • Prof. Alan Muller (Antecedents and outcomes of corporate social responsiveness (CSR), Multinationals and the drivers & structure of cross-border CSR, Organizational attention patterns, identity and managers’ values as intrinsic drivers of CSR)
  • Prof. Milena Nikolova (The economics of happiness; technological change; economics of transition; entrepreneurship)
  • Prof. Rieneke Slager (sustainability; responsible investment; shareholder engagement; fsQCA; ESG; ratings)
  • Prof. Marcel Timmer (Productivity, International comparisons, Technological change, Industrial development, Asia)
  • Prof. Gaaitzen de Vries (International Development Economics, Structural Change, Global Value Chains)
  • Dr. Konstantin Wacker (Empirics of economic growth and macroeconomic development, foreign direct investment, export upgrading, panel data)

See the programme website for a full list of faculty

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