Macroeconomics
Modern Macroeconomics is firmly grounded in the principles of economic theory and allows for heterogeneity, frictions and incomplete markets. A lot of the research is quantitative and uses micro data. Specific topics include: optimal taxation with climate change, public and private insurance with information frictions, understanding the implications of wage rigidities and labor market sorting.
Macroeconomics
Modern Macroeconomics is firmly grounded in the principles of economic theory and allows for heterogeneity, frictions and incomplete markets. A lot of the research is quantitative and uses micro data. Specific topics include: optimal taxation with climate change, public and private insurance with information frictions, understanding the implications of wage rigidities and labor market sorting.
Researchers in this field
Fellows and Faculty
Fellows and Faculty
PhD Students
PhD Students
Key Publications
Coerts, M., Heine, F., van Ommeren, F. and van Witteloostuijn, A. (2027). Single and multi-winner auctions with performance obligation Games and Economic Behavior, 161.
Bown, ChadP., Conconi, P., Erbahar, A. and Trimarchi, L. (2026). Trade Protection along Supply Chains American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, 18(4):273--307.
Gomes Figueiredo Varatojo Dos Santos, A., Marie, O. and Markiewicz, A. (2026). The Unequal Job Security Scars of Displacement Journal of Public Economics, 255.
Markiewicz, A. and Silvestrini, R. (2026). THE INCREASE IN TURBULENCE AND MARKET POWER Economic Journal, 136(674):507--559.
Douenne, T., Hummel, A.J. and Pedroni, M. (2026). Optimal Fiscal Policy in a Climate-Economy Model with Heterogeneous Households Economic Journal.
Discussion Papers
26-088/VI - Tariffs, Employment and the Balance of Trade
Date: October 29, 2026
26-085/VI - Does Easy Money Win Elections?
Date: October 23, 2026
26-083/VI - Austerity and Productivity: Evidence from Euro Area Regions
Date: October 20, 2026
26-084/VI - Competitive Search for Bundles
Date: October 20, 2026
26-081/VI - Sorting in a Market for Lemons
Date: October 02, 2026
Upcoming events
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
So close and yet so far: The ability of mandatory disclosure...
Mohammed Mardan (Norwegian School of Economics, Norway)
- Spatial International and Macroeconomics
Seminar
| 13:00 - 18:00
7th Tinbergen Institute Public Economics Workshop
Spencer Bastani (IFAU / Uppsala University, Sweden), Anne Brockmeyer (World Bank), Albert Jan Hummel (University of Groningen), and Marko Köthenbürger (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Seminar
| Amsterdam | 16:00 - 17:15
Title to be announced
Sebastian Merkel (University of Bristol, United Kingdom)
- Macro Seminars
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 13:00 - 14:00
Title to be announced
Elliott Weder
- Behavior Organisations and Markets Seminars, Brown Bag Seminars General Economics
Seminar
| Rotterdam | 11:30 - 12:30
Title to be announced
Kai Arvai (European Central Bank, Germany)
- Spatial International and Macroeconomics
Academic Distinctions
February 06, 2026
Igo Dobbe was awarded the Jan Brouwer Scriptieprijs 2026
Igo Dobbe
December 11, 2025
Aksel Erbahar has been awarded an NWO Open Competition SSH XS...
Aksel Erbahar
July 04, 2025
NWO Open Competition SSH M Grant
Maarten Bosker