- Peter Nijkamp
Professor Dr. Peter Nijkamp (born 1946 in
Dalfsen ) is the professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at theVrije Universiteit ,Amsterdam , theNetherlands , a fellow of theTinbergen Institute and President of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO). He holds an MSc (1970) inEconometrics and Regional Economics and a PhD (1972) in Regional Economics, both from theErasmus University ,Rotterdam , theNetherlands .Peter Nijkamp is ranked among the [http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.all.html best 100 economists] in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc, and is by far the most prolific economist. [ [http://ideas.repec.org/top/top.person.dnbworks.html IDEAS/RePEc Number of Distinct Works] ] He is a fellow of many societies, is on the editorial board of many journals, and has served on numerous national and international committees. He is an advisor to government of the Netherlands, the
European Commission , theWorld Bank ,Academia Sinica , theOECD , and many other bodies. He has honorary doctorates from theVrije Universiteit Brussel and theNational Technical University of Athens . He is a winner of theSpinozapremie (1996), the European Prize in Regional Science, and Founder's Medal of the Regional Science Association International.His books include "Social Change and Sustainable Transport" (with William Black, 2002, Indiana University Press), "Public Facilities Planning" (with Lili Kiminami and Kenneth Button, 2007, Edward Elgar) and "Spatial Dynamics, Networks and Modelling" (with Aura Reggiani, 2006, Edward Elgar). His journal papers include "Second-best congestion pricing: The case of an untolled alternative" (with Eric Verhoef and
Piet Rietveld , 1996, Journal of Urban Economics), "Qualitative multicriteria analysis for environmental management" (with Guiseppi Munda andPiet Rietveld , 1994, Ecological Economics), and "Price and income elasticities in residential water demand" (with Jasper Dalhuisen, Raymond Florax and Henri de Groot, 2003, Land Economics).References
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