New research should increase affordability of sport
In the SPRINTS project (Sports Pricing Research to INcrease Sport Participation), the HAN, Radboud University and the Mulier Institute are investigating how prices influence sports and physical activity participation.
EURAM grant for research project: Navigating Gender Biases and Network Brokerage in the Workplace.
Researchers Gabriela Contreras and Katarzyna Burzynska have been awarded an EURAM grant, providing valuable insights and practical solutions to address gender biases in the workplace.
EenVandaag: Natascha Wagner on Taxation of Asian Webshops
Professor Natascha Wagner contributes to EenVandaag on the taxation of Asian E-commerce.
Publication in Experimental Economics: A study by Sara Arts, Qiyan Ong and Jianying Qiu on Measuring Decision Confidence
Sara Arts, Qiyan Ong and Jianying Qiu examined how to reliably measure decision security. The paper is published in Experimental Economics.
Four researchers from Economics & Business Economics receive NWO Open Competition SSH XS Grant
Four researcher from the department of Economics and Business Economics of Nijmegen School of Management received a NWO Open Competition SSH XS Grant.
(Past) Research Seminars
The Department of Economics and Business Economics organizes a weekly research seminar that relates to the main research areas covered in the department with distinguished external scholars from all over the world.
Former PhD candidates successful in making further career steps
Four PhD candidates from the department Economics and Business Economics have found new jobs after their PhD recently.
Computer game does not attract more participants for risk survey
Dr Jorgo Goossens, assistant professor of Financial Economics, and Bart Kuijpers, a member of APG's research department, examine whether the presentation format in risk research attracts more participants.
Economists' Parade 2023: no fewer than 6 researchers on the cover
The ESB's annual Economists’ Parade (in Dutch) highlighted researchers from the department of Economics and Business Economics who have been appointed in 2023. No fewer than six of our researchers feature on the cover of the Economists' Parade.
Dissertation on influencing moral values by socio-economic environment
On Thursday 1 February, PhD candidate Annemiek Schilpzand defends her thesis on influencing moral values by our socio-economic environment.
Worlding Classrooms: Bridging Borders for Sustainable Education
Students from Radboud University and four international partners come together in online ‘Worlding Classrooms’ where they are offered a theme related to the academics’ field of expertise, with the overarching theme of sustainability.
Why we risk it? Kim Fairley in podcast ‘In a nutshell’
Kim Fairley, assistant professor of Business Economics with specialisation in behavioural economics, tells in the podcast ‘In a nutshell’ of VOX all about risking it.
Jorgo Goossens and Stefan Zeisberger receive Netspar Theme Grant
Researchers Jorgo Goossens and Stefan Zeisberger received the Netspar Theme Grant of €350,000 for their research on “Understanding, measuring, and applying sustainability preferences”.
Highlighted Publications
The members of the Department of Economics and Business Economics regularly publish in top and top field journals and other outlets. A selection of impactful journal publications (since 2017) is listed below, in chronological order.
Same data and research question: different outcome
Sascha Füllbrunn, Utz Weitzel, Sven Nolte and Stefan Zeisberger from Nijmegen School of Management (Economics and Business Economics) worked on a large innovative research project that was recently accepted for publication in the Journal of Finance.
'Money whitens': why people are more likely to change ethnicity
Changing your ethnicity multiple times throughout your life: that's not all that absurd for millions of people worldwide. For them, ethnicity is not a congenital, rigid notion, but something that changes to correspond with how your place in society changes.
European Central Bank can bring inflation down faster if governments move along
The European Central Bank can bring inflation down faster with an interest rate hike if governments move in the same direction in their fiscal policy.
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