How we work

Understand what your need is

We are convinced that we only come to useful solutions if we really understand what your need is. That is why we take the time to understand the task and the context precisely. Then we get started.

Independent and involved

You want us to think along, but not for us to be carried away. With intensive involvement, and with an independent view, we help you to tackle problems without tunnel vision.

Solutions that help further

To us, results of advanced analyses are not an end, but a means to an end. We ensure that analytical results are of help to you. By converting them into practical solutions with feasible plans. And by helping with the implementation. We can also make experts available for to help you with the implementation.

Our work does not stop with a report

Our involvement does not stop with a report. A report that matters gets things moving. Moreover, during implementation of recommendations, you will need reflection. That is why we are also there for you when the assignment is completed.

Bulletins

Evaluation of the Competition law and authority in Curaçao: achieved results and future improvements

Amsterdam Bureau for Economics evaluated the Lvic and the FTAC in the period 2016-2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Development of Curaçao. The evaluation shows that the FTAC is an active, professional competition watchdog that has done a lot in its young existence in educating the private sector and the population, providing information and developing internal and external procedures. Partly because of its short existence and declining budgets, hard results that are noticeable to the population have so far been limited.

Diseconomies of scale in Small Island Developing States

During a lunch seminar at Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties, Paul Tauxe, analyst at Economisch Bureau Amsterdam / Amsterdam Bureau for Economics and student at the Toulouse School of Economics, presented the results of his research into diseconomies of scale/lack of economies of scale in Small Island Developing States.

Home ownership remains attractive for income tax purposes

Although the schemes that encourage home ownership through income tax have been (slightly) phased out in recent years, home ownership remains fiscally attractive. Martijn Mak (Amsterdam Bureau for Economics) shows this with a time series in ESB.

Our people

Amsterdam Bureau for Economics employs experienced economists and econometricians who have distinguished themselves in research, policy, management and implementation.
Koert van Buiren

Koert van Buiren

Managing partner

Koert van Buiren is managing partner of Amsterdam Bureau for Economics (EBA) and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). Koert has 25 years of experience in economic research and consultancy in the Netherlands and abroad.

Cees van Gent

Associate partner

Cees van Gent is associate partner of Amsterdam Bureau for Economics. He has over forty years of experience in policy research, development and implementation in competition, economic regulation, and health care, both nationally and internationally.

Matthijs Gerritsen

Matthijs Gerritsen

Associate partner

Matthijs Gerritsen is senior data scientist at Amsterdam Bureau for Economics. Matthijs assists in projects with econometric analysis and development of tools and models. He is the founder and owner of the development agency Sofiris. Matthijs is an applied econometrician and specializes in making the story behind the numbers tangible; in models, dashboards and tools.

Saskia de Rijke

Associate partner

Saskia de Rijke has over 20 years of experience as an organizational consultant. Amsterdam Bureau for Economics and Saskias company Connect Business Advisory work together in the field of interim management, secondment and executive search & recruitment specifically aimed at financial and economic (top) management positions.

Martijn Mak

Martijn Mak

Consultant

Martijn Mak works as a consultant at Amsterdam Bureau for Economics. He has carried out several EBA research and consultancy projects, especially in the Caribbean part of the Dutch Kingdom or in the field of state aid assessments. He also manages and develops the Caribbean Analytics and Statistics (CAS) data tool.

Kaan Bronkhorst

Kaan Bronkhorst

Consultant

Kaan Bronkhorst has been working as a consultant at Amsterdam Bureau for Economics since September 2023. Kaan graduated with a master’s degree in Economics from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), specializing in Monetary Policy & Banking. Kaan previously obtained two bachelor’s degrees from the UvA.

Contact us

Located in the center of Amsterdam, however we work throughout the Netherlands and internationally. Would like to know more? Please contact us.

Visit us

Herengracht 514, 1017 CC Amsterdam

Call us

+31-(0)6-125 05 395