News and events of Tilburg School of Economics and Management
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Financial Times Ranking; Master in International Management ranked 3rd worldwide in terms of value for money
05th November 2019The Master in International Management is ranked 3rd worldwide in terms of value for money, according to Financial Times. Additional, we rank 9th worldwide in terms of career progress. These results contribute to a 57th position worldwide, compared to 89th in 2017.
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The procyclicality of banking in the euro area
11th October 2019A high procyclicality of banks’ loan loss provisioning is undesirable from a financial stability perspective, as it implies that bank capitalisations are more negatively affected at the trough of the business cycle, exactly when capital market conditions for banks are at their weakest.
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Taste-based discrimination: evidence from the Netherlands
10th October 2019Stereotyping is not the sole cause of discrimination against ethnic groups applying for jobs or seeking to rent a house. According to research by Elena Cettolin and Sigrid Suetens, it is also a matter of ‘taste-based discrimination’ by employers and landlords.
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Instrumental and affective ties within the laboratory: The impact of informal cliques on innovative productivity
10th October 2019Innovation within firms is influenced by the relationships individuals create and maintain among each other. In particular, knowledge-sharing ties can provide access to diverse knowledge that can enhance their innovative performance.
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Riding the bubble on low interest rates: evidence from the South Sea
08th October 2019Over the past years, a growing number of economists have become convinced that a new era has started – one characterized by unprecedentedly low interest rates. As a result, pundits discuss many disruptive effects inherent to this evolution.
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Better alignment of pension, mortgage and home-ownership gives consumers more financial flexibility
03rd October 2019Homeowners can see their pension income grow by as much as 25% if they can use the capital that is now set in stone earlier. However, the possibilities for making such financial choices are still limited and, moreover, unknown. The opportunities and risks of different loan and sale structures are complex and difficult for consumers to oversee. These are the findings of Tilburg University researchers Dirk Brounen and Eduard Ponds, together with Niels Kortleve (PGGM pension fund) in a Netspar studie.
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Invitation/Call for papers: Netspar International Pension Workshop
03rd September 2019From January 22-24, 2020, Netspar organizes the annual International Pension Workshop in Leiden. The goal of this three day conference is to present and stimulate innovative scientific research on the subject of aging and retirement. Researchers are invited to submit their contribution in all areas of the Netspar Research Program. Deadline for submission is November 1, 2019.
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Is the EU a curious buzz?
03rd September 2019It is important that citizens trust the laws to which they are bound. This contributes to the will to comply and a lack of such confidence undermines that drive. That trust often depends on the fair and equitable functioning of the legislation, as perceived by citizens and whether it has been properly drafted so that interests have been measured and weighed up.
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A better understanding of individual behavior in complex choice situations can lead to better policies
03rd September 2019In his inaugural address, to be delivered on September 6, Professor Tobias Klein will illustrate how we can learn about individual decision making by combining models of individual behavior with (big) data and how this can in turn inform policy making.
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Grant for Data Science for Zero Hunger Lab
02nd September 2019The aim of building the Zero Hunger Lab to deliver innovative data science to achieve zero hunger by 2030, fits in the research vision of Tilburg Science with a Soul.
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Funding from NWO for research on ostracism, economies-of-scale and reducing greenhouse gas emissions
27th August 2019Three professors of Tilburg University have been awarded research funding from NWO Domain Social Sciences and Humanities: Ilja van Beest for research on ostracism, Dick den Hertog for research on economies-of-scale and Jonathan Verschuuren for research on reducing greenhouse emissions.
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NWO grant for research project "Data-inspired creativity" in collaboration with Talpa media
19th August 2019In the changing media landscape, ever-increasing amounts of digital data are being created that are being used to reach an increasingly fragmented audience. Under the leadership of Joris Ebbers, affiliated with the University of Amsterdam, 12 researchers - including the Tilburg University researcher Franceso Lelli (TiSEM) - received an NWO grant of € 630,000 for the research project "Data-inspired creativity: The use of big data in cross-media creative innovation processes".
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Manipulation of the CO2 emissions system threatens climate targets
22nd July 2019Manipulation of European Union Emissions Trading system (EU ETS) by the buy, bank, burn program compensates unregulated emissions while regulated sectors carry a large part of the burden. This distorts the balance between regulated firms and non-regulated projects, so parties outside the EU ETS can be virtuous at the cost of others. Environmental economists Reyer Gerlagh and Roweno Heijmans of the Tilburg School of Economics & Management discovered a leak in the system.
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NWO rewards 3 research proposals: on prenatal anxiety, healthier food intake and genetic disorders
16th July 2019Three NWO Veni's for researchers at Tilburg University on prenatal anxiety on mother-infant neural synchronity (Marion van den Heuvel, TSB), healthier food intake (Frans Folkvord, TSHD), and data analysis to determine the cause of genetic disorders (Marleen Balvert, TiSEM).
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Michelle Arets new Managing Director TiSEM
15th July 2019Michelle Arets has been appointed as the new Managing Director of TiSEM, effective October 1. She succeeds Mat van Essen.
