The University of Groningen (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen), founded in 1614, is one of the oldest and leading research universities in the Netherlands. It is a comprehensive university with strong programs in science, engineering, social sciences, and the humanities, and is consistently ranked among top European institutions. The university is known for its international orientation, interdisciplinary research, and close collaboration with industry and society.
Board member, Philosophy, Politics and Economics Centre, RuG
Areas of interest: post-Keynesian economics, debt, money, banking, finance, international capital flows, investment, inequality, sustainability. Empirical research, structuralist approaches, policy-relevant. Engaging in the public and policy discourses.
I am open to research collaborations or grant writing in the following area. Globally, over the last decades financing (e.g. bonds and loans) has grown faster than value-added in the economy. Much finance did not contribute to production. Why is this?
Are housing affordability crises about physical shortages? Since the market economy is monetized, a housing shortage is a shortfall in purchasing power relative to house prices. The need is for empirical research into this explanation.