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prof. dr. ET Verhoef

Full Professor, School of Business and Economics, Spatial Economics

, Tinbergen Institute

Personal information

Erik Verhoef (1966) is full professor of spatial economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. He graduated in Economics at the University of Groningen (1991), and obtained a PhD in Economics at VU Amsterdam on a thesis entitled “The regulation of road transport externalities”. He has been Vice (Research) Dean of the School of Business and Economics, and was from 2012-2024 Head of Department of Spatial Economics, both at VU Amsterdam.

Research

Erik Verhoef's research focuses on efficiency and equity aspects of spatial externalities and their economic regulation, in particular in transport, urban and spatial systems. Important research themes include second-best regulation, network- and spatial analysis and methodological development, efficiency aspects versus equity and social acceptability, industrial organization in network markets, valuation and behavioural modelling, and policy evaluation. He has been involved in various national and international research consortia. His research is at the interface of welfare-, micro-, transport-, urban-, spatial- and environmental economics. He has published various books and numerous articles on these topics.

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Teaching

Erik Verhoef teaches, among others, courses in Environmental and Transport Economics (2nd year BA), Transport Economics (MSc), Microeconomics (MSc), and Spatial and Transport Economics at the Tinbergen Institute (M-phil).

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  • Kennisinstituut voor Mobiliteitsbeleid | Den Haag | Fellow | 2016-08-01 - present
  • Jiatong University | Beijing | | 2017-10-01 - present
  • Uitvoeringsoverleg Klimaatbeleid Mobiliteit | Den Haag | | 2023-09-01 - present
  • Etsvia Research & Advisory | Amstelveen | Directeur/eigenaar | 2026-06-02 - present
  • NWA | Den Haag | Boegbeeld NWA Route Logistiek en Transport | 2023-08-14 - present
  • De Raad voor Leefomgeving en Infrastructuur (RLI) | Den Haag | onbekend | 2020-09-01 - present

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