Tinbergen Institute
Encyclopedia
The Tinbergen Institute is a joint institute for economic research
of the University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit
and the Erasmus University
. The institute was founded in 1987 and it is named after the Dutch economist Jan Tinbergen
, a Nobel prize
-winning professor at the Erasmus University.
The Tinbergen Institute has over 100 research fellows from the three participating universities, and some 170 PhD students. It is ranked among the World Top 50 Economic Institutions according to IDEAS/RePEc
. It cooperates with many world class economics departments (in US for example Harvard University
, Princeton University
, in Europe for example with Pompeu Fabra University
, Oxford University, University College London
, CERGE-EI
in Prague, or European University Institute
in Florence.
Economics
Economics is the social science that analyzes the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. The term economics comes from the Ancient Greek from + , hence "rules of the house"...
of the University of Amsterdam, the Vrije Universiteit
Vrije Universiteit
The Vrije Universiteit is a university in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The Dutch name is often abbreviated as VU and in English the university uses the name "VU University". The university is located on a compact urban campus in the southern part of Amsterdam in the Buitenveldert district...
and the Erasmus University
Erasmus University
Erasmus University Rotterdam is a university in the Netherlands, located in Rotterdam. The university is named after Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus, a 15th century humanist and theologian...
. The institute was founded in 1987 and it is named after the Dutch economist Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen
Jan Tinbergen , was a Dutch economist. He was awarded the first Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel in 1969, which he shared with Ragnar Frisch for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes...
, a Nobel prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
-winning professor at the Erasmus University.
The Tinbergen Institute has over 100 research fellows from the three participating universities, and some 170 PhD students. It is ranked among the World Top 50 Economic Institutions according to IDEAS/RePEc
Řepeč
Řepeč is a village and municipality in Tábor District in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic.The municipality covers an area of , and has a population of 267 ....
. It cooperates with many world class economics departments (in US for example Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, in Europe for example with Pompeu Fabra University
Pompeu Fabra University
Pompeu Fabra University is a university in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It is widely considered to be one of the best universities in Spain and in Europe, and was ranked 1st in scientific productivity in Spain in 2009. Founded in 1990, it is named after the Catalan philologist Pompeu Fabra...
, Oxford University, University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
, CERGE-EI
CERGE-EI
CERGE-EI is an academic institution that provides an American-style PhD program in economics, a US-chartered Master of Arts program in Applied Economics , and the UPCES study abroad program. CERGE-EI also conducts research in theoretical and policy-related economics...
in Prague, or European University Institute
European University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
in Florence.
Directors
| 1992–1998 | Herman K. van Dijk |
| 1998–2004 | Coen Teulings |
| 2004–2008 | Maarten Janssen |
| 2008-2010 | Herman K. van Dijk |
| 2011 - Bauke Visser |
External links
Publications
- Erasmus University Rotterdam's RePub: http://repub.eur.nl/resource/orgunit:95/index.html