Peter Nijkamp

Peter Nijkamp (born 26 February 1946) is a Dutch economist, Professor of Regional Economics and Economic Geography at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute and President of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Research Council (NWO). He is ranked among the top 100 economists^[1] in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc, and is by far the most prolific economist.^[2] Towards the end of his career at the VU university Nijkamp faced accusations of self-plagiarism^[3] and VU-appointed investigators have criticised referencing methods in some of his work.^[4]

^ "Economist Rankings | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org.
^ "Economist Rankings, Number of Distinct Works | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org.
^ Sahadat, Ianthe (7 January 2014). "VU verzweeg maandenlang plagiaatzaak bij economie". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2014.
^ (in Dutch) Commissie kraakt Nijkamp - VU vindt dat te hard, Advalvas, 17 March 2015.

[1] "Economist Rankings | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org.

[2] "Economist Rankings, Number of Distinct Works | IDEAS/RePEc". ideas.repec.org.

[sahadat-3] Sahadat, Ianthe (7 January 2014). "VU verzweeg maandenlang plagiaatzaak bij economie". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 12 January 2014.

[AV15-4] (in Dutch) Commissie kraakt Nijkamp - VU vindt dat te hard, Advalvas, 17 March 2015.

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