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Erik Verhoef (1966) 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 is now affiliated as a full professor in Spatial Economics at this same university, and as a research fellow at the Tinbergen Institute. 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.
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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Traffic congestion, static and dynamic network analysis, urban externalities, second-best regulation, efficiency and equity aspects of spatial externalities and regulation, spatial equilibrium modelling, valuation, transport economics, urban economics.
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).
European (selected projects)
Dutch (selected projects)
Advanced ERC Grant 2010 “OPTION: Optimizing Policies for Transport: accounting for Industrial Organization in Network markets”.
Elected Fellow of the Regional Science Association International (2010).
Highly Cited Author Award 2004 – 2008, Journal of Urban Economics. For the paper “The economics of airport congestion pricing”.
The Epainos Prize 1996, European Regional Science Association.
Honorable Mention for the 1996 Dissertation Prize of the Transportation Science Section of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences.
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In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, Economic Efficiency and Social Feasibility in the Regulation of Road Transport Externalities
1 Feb 1992 → 31 Jan 1996
Award Date: 25 Mar 1996
Master, Economics
1 Sept 1985 → 1 Nov 1991
Award Date: 21 Nov 1991
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Popular
Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Working paper › Professional
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Editorial › Professional
Erik Verhoef (Reviewer)
Activity: Peer review and Editorial work › Editorial work › Professional
ET Verhoef (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
Erik Verhoef (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
Erik Verhoef (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
Erik Verhoef (Speaker)
Activity: Lecture / Presentation › Professional
Verhoef, Erik (Recipient), 2009
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Verhoef, Erik (Recipient), Koster, PR (Recipient), Koomen, Eric (Recipient), Rouwendal, Jan (Recipient) & Knockaert, Jasper (Recipient), 2017
Prize / Grant: Grant › Academic
Pels, Eric (Recipient) & Verhoef, Erik (Recipient), 2009
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
Verhoef, Erik (Recipient), Turpijn, Bas (Recipient) & Verhoef, Maarten (Recipient), Jun 2022
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
Tare, Apeksha (Recipient), Nefs, Merten (Recipient), Koomen, Eric (Recipient) & Verhoef, Erik (Recipient), 16 Jun 2023
Prize / Grant: Prize › Academic
Brands, D. (Creator), Verhoef, E. (Creator), Knockaert, J. (Creator) & Koster, P. (Creator), Vrije Universiteit, 12 Jan 2022
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