Partners and projects
Throughout the years, several companies have started a corporate partnership with the Amsterdam School of Economics. Find a selection of sponsored Chairs and research projects.
Sponsored Chairs
- The Chair in Risk and Insurance, sponsored by the Verbond van Verzekeraars (Dutch Association of Insurers), explores the complexity of modern insurance policies and the increasing interconnectedness of insurance risks to other forms of risk. Research done in the context of this Chair has led to further investigation into the micro- and macroeconomic aspects of insurance. The Chair is currently held by Professor Roger Laeven.
- The Chair in (Enterprise) Risk Management, sponsored by the Stichting Assurantiebeurs Amsterdam, intends to promote education and research in the field of insurance studies and enterprise risk management. This Chair is currently held by Professor Bas Koolen and the focus of research is on quantitative modelling of climate risk management for insurers.
- The Chair in Financial Policies, Institutions and Markets, sponsored by De Nederlandsche Bank (the Dutch Central Bank) studies the stability of the financial sector and the use of policy instruments such as capital buffers to achieve this objective. International interdependencies are an important aspect in this connection. The Chair is currently held by Professor Aerdt Houben, Division Director at De Nederlandsche Bank.
- The Chair in Implementatie Financieel Gedragsrecht, sponsored by NIBE-SVV, focuses on the implementation of financial law in banks and insurance companies and the relevant obstacles that both the sector and the supervisory authorities are confronted with. Current holder of the Chair is Professor Rob Schotsman. He is also the director of the UvA Academy for Banking and Insurance, a joint venture between the UvA and NIBE-SVV to provide post-Master's education to senior officials in the financial sector.
- The Chair in Project and Program Evaluation for International Development, sponsored by the Amsterdam Institute for International Development, evaluates interventions in health and education policies in developing countries. The current Chair holder is Professor Menno Pradhan.
Sponsored research projects
- The PhD project Contagion, Systemic Risk and Portfolio Choice is a joint project of the UvA and APG Asset Management. It focuses on asset allocation and asset pricing under financial contagion. The project is executed by Zhenzhen Fan.
- The project A Fair Pricing Framework Application to Public Sector DB Schemes: Making the Effects Explicit is sponsored by the Rotman International Centre for Pension Management. It aims at investigating the financial sustainability of the state and local civil servants’ defined-benefit pension arrangements in the U.S. These arrangements form an increasing threat to the subnational public sector budgets. The project is part of the PhD project of Zina Lekniute.
- Researchers from the Actuarial Science and Mathematical Finance research group of the ASE participate in the Netspar project 'Optimal intergenerational risk sharing with reference-dependent preferences'. Netspar (the Network for Studies on Pensions, Aging and Retirement) was established in 2005 and aims to stimulate collaboration between academic researchers and professionals working for pension funds, insurance companies and regulators. The coordinator for the UvA is dr. Servaas van Bilsen.
- The PhD project Contagion, Systemic Risk and Portfolio Choice (working title) conducted by Zhenzhen Fan has been set up in cooperation with pension provider APG Asset Management. Research takes place both at the section Quantitative Economics of the ASE and at APG Asset Management. The project is supervised by UvA Professor Roger Laeven and APG Head of Investment Research Dr Rob van den Goorbergh, and focuses on asset allocation and asset pricing under financial contagion.
- The PhD project Economic and Statistical Aspects of Insurance Fraud (working title) conducted by Yuan Yue has been set up in cooperation with insurance claims management specialist Van Ameyde. The research project is supervised by UvA Professor Roger Laeven, and focuses on modelling and understanding insurance fraud from an econometric perspective. During the course of the project, the research findings are disseminated in a blog on Van Ameyde's website.
- The Research Centre for Longevity Risk (RCLR) is an independent institute that researches developments in survival rates and life expectancies of the population in the Netherlands and other countries and how these are influenced by various factors. It is an initiative of the Amsterdam School of Economics and NN Group. Both parties anticipate that the RCLR will enable them to gain a better understanding of the financial and social consequences of longer lifespans and contribute to the public debate by raising people’s awareness. The partnership between ASE and NN involves a financial contribution from the insurer, initially for a period of five years. In addition, the researchers can make use of unique, anonymised data from NN. This enables them to develop new techniques to analyse such datasets. The current director of RCLR is prof. Torsten Kleinow.