Econometrics in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg (Benelux)

• NAKE opgeheven (discontinued) April 2010
• Econometric Game, April 12-14, 2010, Amsterdam:
  1. Monash University, 2. VU University Amsterdam, 3. Aarhus University
• Submission Deadline May 3: Fifth Netherlands Econometric Study Group Conference, June 11-12, 2010, Arenberg (Leuven), Belgium Keynote speaker: Victor Chernozhukov (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) ( Apr 2010)
• Links vooraanmeldingen BSc econometrics (2010/2011) vernieuwd
• Dutch Economists and Econometricians' Top 20 citation index(Mar 2010)
• QANU Research Review Economics (Econometrics) and Business Studies (2001-2007) (Nov 2009)
• Landelijke Econometristendag, March 8, 2010, Amsterdam
• VICI grants 2010: André Lucas
• VIDI grants 2009: Roger Laeven, Federico Camia.
• VENI grants 2009: Teresa Bago d'Uva, Lennart Hoogerheide, Gijs vd Kuilen
• Third Netherlands Econometric Study Group Conference, June 12, 2009, Amsterdam Keynote speaker: Donald Andrews. ( June 2009)
• Jan Kiviet lid KNAW (mei 2009)
• Lans Bovenberg lid KNAW (mei 2009)
• Econometric Game 2009, April 7-9, 2009, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (april 2009)
  • Results Econometric Game 2009:
  1. Carlos III University of Madrid
  2. Maastricht University
  3. University of Cambridge
  <> Econometrics tournament for MSc and PhD students. Contestants: Carlos III University of Madrid University of Oxford, Boston University, New York University, University of Exeter, Corvinus University of Budapest, London School of Economics, Maastricht University, University of Cambridge, University of Amsterdam, University of Copenhagen, University of Aarhus, University of Warsaw, Leibniz University of Hannover, Central European University, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Humboldt-Universit�t zu Berlin, University of Economics, Prague, Monash University, Tilburg University, Erasmus University, University College London, University of Dortmundt, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration.
• Landelijke Econometristendag, March 3, 2009, Groningen
• Economen top 40 2008 (Dec 2008)
• Wagelmans and Paap on Elsevier Rankings Universities (Oct 2008)
• New Journal lists for Internal Research Assessment (Jul 2008) http://center.uvt.nl/top30/2007.html
• Third Netherlands Econometric Study Group Conference, June 13, 2008, Tilburg
• Econometric Game, April 7-8, 2008, Amsterdam won by Cambridge University.
• Landelijke Econometristendag, 21 februari 2008, Eindhoven
• Bas Werker head of department of Econometrics Tilburg (Jan 2008)
• NWO Vici Grants December 2007, Jan Boone, Anja de Waegenaere
• Economen top 40 2007 (Dec 2007)
• NWO Veni and Vidi Grants December 2007, Erik Kole
• NWO Vidi Grants July 2007, Bas Jacobs, Harro Maas.
• NWO Veni Grants April 2007, Michael Koetter, Adriaan Soetevent,
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Econometrics in the Netherlands and Belgium

Econometrics in the Netherlands (toc)

Amsterdam: (toc Netherlands)

Department of Econometrics, Free University Amsterdam (VU)

Kritische Aktuarissen en Econometristen (Kraket) (Students' website)

Department of Finance and Financial Sector Management,( FIN/BFS ) Free University Amsterdam ( VU )

Finance Seminars @ VU and @ TI

AMBER Amsterdam Institute for Business and Economic Research (previously: Economisch en Sociaal Instituut (ESI)), Free University Amsterdam

No seminars

Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

FADO seminars on Thursdays

UvA Econometrics

Seminars and Workshops

Research in Econometrics at the University of Amsterdam

Amsterdam School of Economics Unversity of Amsterdam

Seminars @ UvA and @ TI

Center for Nonlinear Dynamics in Economics and Finance (CeNDEF), University of Amsterdam (UvA)

Department of Quantitative Economics (KE), University of Amsterdam (UvA) (NL) , English version

Vereniging Studenten Actuariaat, Econometrie en Operationele Research (VSAE) (Students'website )

Master Program in (Quantitative) International Finance (MIF), University of Amsterdam (UvA)

econometrie.nl, Landelijk Orgaan der Econometrische Studieverenigingen (LOES)

Stichting Economisch Onderzoek (SEO) UvA

no seminars. www.seo.nl unstable January 2012

Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS)

Interdisciplinary academic institute.

Finance Group, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam

CIFRA

Tinbergen Institute, Graduate School for Economics and Econometrics, also in Rotterdam!

PhD Lunch seminars on Tuesdays all seminars, Econometrics Seminars

De Nederlandsche Bank. (DNB PVK)

Onderzoek

Koninklijke Vereninging voor Staathuishoudkunde (KVS)

Dutch Royal Economic Society. Activities.

Breukelen: (toc Netherlands)

Nyfer

Economic Research

Groningen: (toc Netherlands)

Department of Econometrics RuG Basiseenheid Econometrie Rijksuniversiteit Groningen (RuG, old homepage),

No seminars.
Vereniging van Econometriestudenten in Groningen (Vesting). (Students' website)
Sytse Knypstra software and interactive texts

Centre for Economic Research (CCSO)(Macroeconometric modeling), RijksUniversiteit Groningen (RUG)

Institute of Economics and Econometrics (IEE) Seminars

The Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), also in Utrecht and Nijmegen

Research Center and Graduate School for theory construction and research methods in the social sciences. Sections on E) Data Collection and Data Archiving and D) Development of Models for Measurement and Analysis (Multilevel)

Maastricht: (toc Netherlands)

Econometrics Department of Quantitative Economics (KE), Universiteit Maastricht (UM)

Verenigde Econometristen Uit Maastricht (VEctUM) . (Students' website )

METEOR: graduate school for (quantitative) business economics and research institute

Seminars (colloquia): no direct link.

Rotterdam: (toc Netherlands)

Econometric Institute Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)

Econometric Institute Seminars , TI Econometrics Seminars,
Econometrisch Dispuut (Students' website)

ECORYS- Former Netherlands Economics Institute (NEI)

No seminars. ECORYS houses the Economics Weekly Economisch Statistische Berichten (ESB)

Tinbergen Institute, Graduate School for Economics and Econometrics, also in Amsterdam!

PhD Lunch seminars on Tuesdays all seminars

econometrie.pagina.nl, by Rene Segers

By Rene Segers, Erasmus University econometrics graduate student.

The Hague (area): (toc Netherlands)

Statistics Netherlands, formerly: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS)

Department of Statistical Methods Statistics Netherlands

Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, formerly: Central Planning Bureau (CPB)

Seminars

Tilburg: (toc Netherlands)

Department of Econometrics, Tilburg University

feb news Tilburgse Econometristen Vereniging (Students'website) ,

Centre for Economic Research (Economics, Econometrics and Management Science), Tilburg University

All seminars ,

Netspar, Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement

Research Network supervised by Lans Bovenberg

Netherlands Network of Quantitative Economics, NAKE, (National) Graduate Education in Economics and Econometrics, Tilburg

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CentER-AR (formerly Economics Institute Tilburg)

No seminars

OSA (Institute for Labour Studies), Organisatie voor Strategisch Arbeidsmarktonderzoek

(Extensive Dutch Panel) Datasets

Utrecht: (toc Netherlands)

Tjalling C. Koopmans Institute

Minor Econometrie for Mathematics bachelors in Utrecht

At the Faculteit Wiskunde en Informatica

Econometrics in Belgium (toc)

Bruxelles: (toc Belgium)

European Centre for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES), Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB)

Seminars and other meetings

Federal Planning Bureau

Gent: (toc Belgium)

Financial Economics department, University of Ghent

Leuven: (toc Belgium)

Econometrics workgroup, Catholic University Leuven

Liège: (toc Belgium)

Department of Operations, University of Liège

No seminars

Louvain-la-Neuve: (toc Belgium)

Center of Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), Econometrics Group, Louvain-la-Neuve .

seminars

Econometrics in Luxembourg (toc Benelux)

Luxembourg:

Cellule de Recherche en Economie Appliqu�e (CREA) Centre de Recherche Public .

Statistics Groups in the Netherlands (toc Benelux)

WWW sites for statistics groups in the Netherlands

Last update 2001. for the VVS (Vereniging voor Statistiek en Operationele Research)

Congresses and Workshops for statistics in the Netherlands (VVS)

Dutch/Flemish Classification Society (Vereniging voor Ordinatie en Classificatie), Leiden

Conferences and meetings

Economics Groups and Institutes in the Benelux (toc Benelux)

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers (EDIRC) in Belgium

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers (EDIRC) in the Netherlands

Economics Departments, Institutes and Research Centers (EDIRC) in Luxembourg

mailing list (toc Benelux)

TIECTR-L

moderated mailing list with a user-friendly interface and archive for econometric seminars, workshops and conferences in the Netherlands and Belgium

Software (toc Benelux)

International Econometric Software Providers

The list of lists on The econometric links of the Econometrics Journal

SAS in the Netherlands

Can-diensten, Amsterdam

Distribueert Maple, Mathematica, S-PLUS

Cosinus Computing BV, Drunen

Distribueert (vroeger als Smit consult) GAUSS, Stata, Statgraphics, Eviews, OxMetrics
and NAG, LINDO, LINGO

Statsoft Benelux, Groningen

Distributes Statistica

Surfspot.nl

Distributes: SPSS, MS Office

Mathworks Benelux (MATLAB distributor)

www.mathworks.nl

Science Plus Group b.v. (Groningen University)

Formerly: Pro Gamma. Extensive academic software catalogue with prices in Euro. No links to other software producers.

VVS-SSP [NL]

Statistical software section (SSP) of the Dutch The Netherlands Society for Statistics and Operations Research. Organises S-PLUS user days. Discontinued: 2004

Rankings (toc Benelux)

EUR/ESB Top 40 of Dutch Economists (May 2010)

ESB citation Top 20 of Dutch Economists and Econometricians (March 2010)

Based on Hirsch index and location of employer. Compare with Top 20 of 2006-2007.

ESB citation Top 745 of Dutch Professors of Economics, Econometrics and Operations Research (March 2010)

Based on Hirsch index and location of employer

QANU Research Review Economics & Business Sciences in the Netherlands (Nov 2009)

By Quality Assurance Netherlands Universities (QANU). Covers period 2001-2007.

CentER/ESB Output Top-40 of Dutch economists (December 2008) (Economen Top 40 2008). Discontinued in 2009
ESB Article by Albert Jolink
and Output Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (December 2008)

CentER/ESB Citations Top-30 of Dutch economists (April 2008) (Economen Top 30 2007)
and Citations Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (April 2008) (Top 10 2007)

CentER/ESB Output Top-40 of Dutch economists (December 2008) (Economen Top 40 2007)
and Output Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (December 2007)

IDEAS/RePEc Top 20% of Institutions and Economists in the Netherlands

Citation based

CentER/ESB Output Top-40 of Dutch economists (December 2006) (Economen Top 40 2006)
and Output Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (December 2006)

ESB Dutch Economist Top 20 November 2006 (November 2006) . Correction (Mar 07)

Combines production and impact ranking.
Rankings based on h-index or Hirsch Number (defined as the number of papers with citation number higher or equal to h) for 2005/2006, for Web of Science citations of people working in Dutch departments of economics
Author ranking h-index 2005/2006:

1. Peter Wakker (EUR/UM) (21)
2. Aalt Dijkhuizen (WU) (18)
3. Benedikt Steenkamp (UVT) (17)
4. Lans Bovenberg (UVT) (15)
5. Peter Nijkamp (VU) (15)
6. Piet Rietveld (VU) (15)
7. Ruud Huirne (WU) (15)
8. Mike Wright (EUR/U Nottingham) (15)
9. Arnoud Boot (UVA) (14)
10. Philip Hans Franses (EUR) (14)
11. Eddy van Doorslaer (14)
12. Jean-François Hennart (UVT) (13)
13. Han Bleichrodt (EUR) (13)
14. HE Nusse (13) (RUG)
15. Dick Wittink (RUG/Yale U) (13)*
16. Richard Tol (VU/U Hamburg ) (13)
17. John Hagedoorn (UM/UVA) (13)
18. Rommert Dekker (EUR) (13)
19. Stijn Claessens (UvA) (13)
20. Michel Wedel (RUG/Michigan) (13)

*: died June 04, 2005.
Department h-index-ranking (sum of indices individual Top 20 authors):

1. EUR Rotterdam (74)
2. UVT Tilburg (45)
3. VU Amsterdam (36)
4. UvA AMsterdam (34)
5. RUG Groningen (32)
6. WUR Wageningen (33)
7. UM Maastricht (25)

ESB Economists Citation Top-30 1999-2003 (April 2006)

CentER/Intermediair/ESB Output Top-40 of Dutch economists (December 2005)
and Output Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (December 2005)

CentER Top-30 Citation Top-30 of Dutch Economists (March 2005)
CentER/Intermediair/ESB Top-40 of Dutch economists (December 2004)
and Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (December 2004)

CentER/Intermediair/ESB Top-40 of Dutch economists (December 2003)
and Top-10 of economics departments of Dutch universities/institutes (December 2003)

Rules of the game (impact weighted ISI journals 1997-2001)
First ranking since 2000

CWTS Elseviers study 2002 Hot paper rankings 1991-2000

Dutch economics/econometrics top 40 of 2000 (people are registered under their 1 Jan 2000 affiliation) Based on publications over 1995-1999

Login: top40, Password: tilburg. The 1999 impact factors for econometrics related journals are here.

Dutch Economist's top 30, based on (S)SCI citation in 1999 and 2000

Provided bij ESB

1999 top 39 Dutch Economists by undergraduate and by graduate education

In Dutch, by Philip Hans Franses for ESB

Comment on Dutch rankings and CentER ranking by Eric van Damme (Univers, 17 Feb 2000)

1999 top 40 of Dutch economists

Published January 2000 by CentER (Tilburg)

CentER's 1998 top 40 of Dutch Economists

With details by economist, by yearly JCR journal impact factor, by score per article

Belgian Research rankings (economics and econometrics), by Luc Bauwens

Methodology analogous to CentER's system for the Netherlands

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Journal Rankings Benelux Economics Departments

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VU rankings of economics, econometrics and OR journals (2004) (2008) direct link.

Used for internal research rankingsVU University Amsterdam.

RESAM Journal rankings (2007), RESAM Journal rankings (1999)(.xls format)

Used for internal research rankings at faculty of economics and econometrics, University of Amsterdam

Tinbergen Institute Ranking of Economics Journals (2007)

Used for internal research ranking at Tinbergen Institute

Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM) journal list 2007

Used for internal research rankings at faculty of economics and faculty of business administration, Erasmus Unversity Rotterdam

World and European Econometric Research rankings

Academic Jobs (toc Benelux)

Royal Economic Society PhD Presentation meeting

European Job Market in Economics and Econometrics

Job market for economists (EEA / AEE)

European Job Market in Economics and Econometrics

www.academictransfer.nl

All vacancies of Dutch Universities in one database

www.academictransfer.org

All vacancies of Dutch Universities in one international database

Job Openings for Economists in the Netherlands (JOEN)

Administered by NAKE.
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Research Databases (toc Benelux)

Digital Academic Repositories, DARE [NL]

METIS

• METIS VU
• METIS UvT

Netherlands Institute for Scientific Information Services (NIWI-KNAW)

Nederlandse Onderzoek Databank (NOD) IP-based access

(Online) Papers (toc Benelux)

Picarta: Combined catalogue articles (Online contents), working papers (full-text online) and books (Dutch central catalogue).

Most up to date service

Pica: Dutch University Library catalogues online

International economic preprint services

(Online) Inschrijfverzoeken (Vooraanmeldingen) en Inschrijvingen Econometrie en Operationele Research 2011/2012 en totalen per Universiteit (toc Benelux)

U v Tilburg Vooraanmeldingen 2011/2012

Openbaar en in .pdf, wekelijks ververst

EUR

Extensive data from Studielink. Weekly updates (2011)

TUE

2011/2012

UT Twente vooraanmeldingen

Includes overview complete universities

VUA Vooraanmeldingen

Old CBAP style (first preference only) and ISIS Studielink (first preference and others interested)

UvA monitor vooraanmeldingen 2011/2012 .

UvA Intranet only.

Micro Data (toc Benelux)

Data archiving and Network Services (DANS)

Omvat o.a. oude Wetenschappelijk Statistisch Agentschap (WSA)

• Oxford University MSc and PhD students win Econometric Game 2007 in Amsterdam, second time in a row.
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid is runner-up.
  K�benhavns Universitet finishes third. 19 teams participate.
• Kabinet Balkenende IV (Feb 2007)
• Landelijke Econometristen Dag (LED), March 15, 2007, Amsterdam
• Second Netherlands Econometric Study Group Conference, June 15, 2007, Maastricht
• NWO Vici Grants, December 2006. Han Bleichrodt
• Economen top 40 2006 (Dec 2006)
• Conference on "20 Years of Cointegration: Theory and Practice in Prospect and Retrospect", March 23-24, 2007, Rotterdam
• Econometric Game 2007, April 23-24 2007, Amsterdam (econometricgame.com)
  • International two-day event for students
• Dutch Economist Top 20, 2006 (Nov 2006)
  • First ranking based on h-index
• Netherlands Network of Economics Research (NAKE) day, 27 October 2006, Amsterdam
• (EC)² Conference on the Econometrics of Monetary Policy and Financial Decision-Making, December 15-16, 2006, Rotterdam
• NWO Vidi Grants, July 2006. Koen Frenken , Bettina Klaus, Ingolf Dittmann.
• NWO Veni Grants, July 2006. Franz Dietrich, Roger Laeven, Federica Pasquotto.
• Henk Don bijzonder hoogleraar bij Econometrisch Instituut Eramus Unversiteit Rotterdam (May 2006)
• Philip Hans Franses decaan Faculteit Economische Wetenschappen Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam (Sep 2006)
• Oxford University Students win Econometric Game in Amsterdam 2006 in an international field of 15 teams (Apr 2006)
• June 6-16, December 15-16, 2006, Econometric Institute 50 years' anniversary activities conferences and workshops
• Econometric Game 2006: April 27-28, 2006, Amsterdam, Alternative site.
• Coen Teulings directeur CPB (Volkskrant, Jan 2006)
• Landelijke Econometristendag, February 16, 2006 Rotterdam
• NWO Vidi Grants, December 2005. Wouter den Haan
• NWO Veni Grants, December 2005. Tom van Ourti, Bas van Velzen, Jeroen van de Ven,
• ESB/CentER top 40/ top 10 economists, December 2005
• Prof. Ton Steerneman passed away, September 28, 2005
• NWO Veni Grants, March 2005. Charles Bos, Ada Ferrer-i-Carbonell, Ruud Hendrickx, Bas Kleijn, Aico van Vuuren
  
• First Netherlands Econometric Study Group Conference, June 17, 2005, Amsterdam
• NWO Open Competition Grants, February 2005.
  Anne Boomsma, John Einmahl, Siem Jan Koopman, Albert Menkveld, Hans Peters, Lambert Schoonbeek, Klaas Sijtsma, Arthur van Soest.
• Economen top 40, december 2004
• Econometric Game 2004 ( October 2004 )
  1. K�benhavns Universitet,
  2. Erasmus Universiteit,
  3. Vrije Universiteit.
• NWO Vidi grants, August 2004, Jos van Ommeren , Peter Grünwald
• Maarten Janssen, new General Director Tinbergen Institute, September 2004
• NWO Veni grants 2004, July 2004 : Govert Bijwaard, Edwin Leuven, Johan Seegers, Matthijs van Veelen
• NWO Open Competition Grants, February 2004
• NWO Vici grants 2003, January 2004
• NWO Veni grants 2003, December 2003
• Prof. Lans Bovenberg wins NWO Spinoza prize 2003
• Top 40 of Dutch Economists (December 2003)
• International Econometric Game Amsterdam, Oct 3-4, 2003
  • Competitors from Benelux and Denmark. Won by VU Amsterdam.
• NWO Vidi grants, October 2003: Pieter Gautier, Mark Voorneveld, Erik Plug