Harro van Heuvelen

We introduceren twee nieuwe instrumenten om internationale handel beter te begrijpen. Met de handelskostenindex berekenen we de totale handelskosten van een waardeketen. Met het nieuwe zwaartekrachtmodel, dat ook handel... →

Bedrijven hebben te maken met verschillende handelskosten die hun internationale concurrentiepositie beïnvloeden. Naast directe tariefkosten op importen en exporten zijn er ook indirecte tariefkosten die elders in de... →

Capital buffers help banks to absorb financial shocks. This reduces the risk of a banking crisis. However, on the other hand capital requirements for banks can also lead to social costs, as rising financing costs can lead to higher interest rates for customers. In this research we make an exploratory analysis of the costs and benefits of capital buffers for groups of European countries. →

This paper analyses the declining firm dynamism in the Netherlands, which may explain part of the slowdown in productivity growth. We use a rich microdata set including nearly all corporations in the Netherlands during... →

Contrary to other studies, we find no robust effect of an increase in trade with China and Central European (CEE) countries on local employment, wages and inequality in the Netherlands.... →