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About us Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB) Research at the Faculty of Economics and Business Graduate School of Economics and Business PhD programme Information for prospective PhD candidates Research programme Global Economics & Management

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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