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"It's such a ****", everyone thought to themselves while studying microeconomics… and they were right. To some extent at least. Although the models mi...
I strongly believe that in the case of any econometric student this is the motto of our student life. Why? Well, because any day of our mundane liv...
Throughout our lives, we encounter a whole spectrum of "smart" people - from those annoyingly smart to ones who are barely interactive. Let us now tak...
A couple months ago, the Estimator had the privilege of interviewing the Sijbren Cnossen Professor of Public Economics at ESE, Bas Jacobs. And as of J...
Isn’t it mind boggling how one can pay an x amount for a pair of sneakers and then walk out of the store, only to see its value quadruple, if not more...
Who hasn’t heard of blockchains, cryptocurrencies, bitcoins or NFTs? Have you ever wondered what they really mean and what the hype is all about? Don’...
You couldn’t have missed it around the Campus. Posters with a simple slogan and a face that screams for attention. Politicians pull out all the stops ...
In your daily life, negotiations happen all around you. If you buy something second-hand or cooperate in a team, there is always a game of give and ta...
Year 2021 was a good year for the stock market. The stabilisation of financial markets and a strong institutional backing of governmental recovery pla...
Art has played a paramount role in our (pseudo-) society since time immemorial. Whether it is music, dance, poetry, painting or even graffiti, the bes...
The end of their bachelor degree will have econometric students facing a very wide and complex variety of career options: from getting a job to taking...
A tumultuous year for Royal Dutch Shell has nearly passed. Following their loss from the lawsuit waged against them by a Dutch environmentalist group,...
Climate change can sometimes make us feel hopeless. Just think of global warming, rising sea levels, glaciers melting and increasingly frequent extrem...
What a month it has been for Facebook, or shall we say Meta at this point. Starting with a network shut down, which made all the social media influenc...
Climate change is a challenge that is constantly hanging over everyone’s head. No matter how much we try to avoid thinking about it, one cannot avoid ...
Jan Tinbergen, the founding father of econometrics Jan Tinbergen is undoubtedly a name we encounter a lot at EUR. Besides having a building and in...
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has not only been a major threat to global health, but also a large-scale socioeconomic disaster. Beyond the immediate tragedi...
With the ESE Faculty Council elections being held until Tuesday, the future of Erasmus School of Economics is in your hands! But with twelve eligible ...
Four weeks ago, student council members Robbert Rog and Younes Assou submitted an open letter to the Executive Board asking the board members to recon...
Last week The Estimator interviewed Jan Paternotte, member of the House of Representatives of The Netherlands (de Tweede Kamer). Specialising in Educa...
With the exams only a week away, students are desperately trying to find a quiet place to study. This year however, libraries are closed and there are...
The pandemic may have resulted in a lot of students being unable to go on exchange, especially outside of the EU. However fourth year BSc2 student Sea...
Teacher Talk is back, and this time we talk to Professor Julian Emami-Namini, lecturer for the double degree bachelor course International Economics a...
Covid-19 has altered the workplace significantly, and possibly in a permanent manner. While the world’s attention has been fixated on the medical and ...
In our latest article we discussed some tips for beginners in stock investment, but what is it like to do that for a living? We talked to Alain Faddeg...
Here’s a brief picture: you’re sitting at home during quarantine, wondering about quick and easy ways to make some small-time money. You don’t want th...
In this edition of Estimator, we interview Peter, a Quantitative Finance student at ESE, and an incoming University of Edinburgh student. We also inte...
Thinking of doing a minor in your final bachelor year? With the minor application deadline coming soon, you might be in a bit of a pickle choosing the...
In this edition of Teacher talk, we decided to talk to Assistant Professor Ana Figueiredo, who teaches Macroeconomics to first-year Bachelor students....
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