PhD students

Matthijs Wildenbeest (homepage)

 

Tinbergen Institute, June 2007.

Thesis title: Consumer search and oligopolistic pricing: A theoretical and empirical enquiry

Placement: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) at the Kelley School of Business (Indiana, US)

Remco van Eijkel

 

University of Groningen, in progress.

Thesis topic: The economics of natural gas

 

Vaiva Petrikaite

 

University of Groningen, in progress.

Thesis topic: Consumer Search, Product Differentiation and Mergers.

 

Master students

 

Bart Voogt

Erasmus University Rotterdam, September 2006.

MA Thesis title: What’s on sale next week? Pricing and advertising strategies in retailing.

Second Prize of the ENCORE thesis awards (see www.encore.nl)!

Placement: PhD student Tinbergen Institute / Erasmus University Rotterdam

 

Meltem Bayramli

Erasmus University Rotterdam,  August 2005.

MA Thesis title: Vertical Integration and Incentives for Cost-Reducing R&D

Placement: Banking sector in Turkey

 

Saskia Weerheim

Erasmus University Rotterdam, September 2005.

MA Thesis title: Strategic Delegation and the Advantage of Early Decision Making

Placement: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Advisory at the Economics department

 

Bastiaan Berendsen

Erasmus University Rotterdam, August 2005.

MA Thesis title: Two-Sided Markets: A theoretical and empirical study

 

Matthijs Wildenbeest

Erasmus University Rotterdam, May 2003.

MA Thesis title: Market Characteristics, Consumers' Search Intensity and Competitiveness

Winner of the First Prize of the ENCORE thesis awards (see www.encore.nl)!

Placement: PhD student Tinbergen Institute / Erasmus University Rotterdam