Policy contributions and (Dutch) press publications
- Alle kleine beetjes helpen wel degelijk in de klimaatcrisis. Trouw, 25 Augustus, 2021.
- Slimme mensen gevoeliger voor mispercepties. Economisch Statistische Berichten, April 2021.
- De gedragseconomie is groot geworden. TPE Digitaal, 2019, 13(1). Met Arthur Schram.
- Herverdeling in het laboratorium. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 99(4698), November 2014.
- Verstandig kuddegedrag: Kredietcrisis ontstaat door rationele keuze. Financieel Dagblad Weekend, 6 Februari 2010. With Jaap Jelsma (my father).
- Sociale interacties en de economie van de misdaad. Economisch Statistische Berichten, 94(4572), November 2009.
- De wortel, de stok en de ondergang van het fatsoen. Vrij Nederland, March 2007. With Rick van der Ploeg.
- Verlicht schulden onvoorwaardelijk. Financieel Dagblad, April 4, 2006.
Blogging
- I write a regular column on behavioral economics that appears on Economie.nl. Together with the columns of Eva van den Broek, they form the series “Kiezen en Delen“, which is published on weblogs Sargasso and Sciencepalooza.
- Here you find a blogpost by Zack Grossman and myself on the blog of Oxford University Press, on “Ignorance as an Excuse”, related to our JEEA paper ( [.pdf] ).
- Here you find my guest entry on self-deception on the blog of the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale. (Dan Kahan tells me that his blog has 14 billion unique hits a day, so surely you have heard of it).
- In 2013-2014 I wrote the weekly economic column “Duopolie” for the website sargasso.nl together with Mark Dijkstra.
Other essays
- Path dependencies and the case for debt relief. (2005) Won the 3rd price at the essay contest of the Humanities department of George Mason University.
- Why should we use mathematics in the social sciences? Written for colleagues from other disciplines who wonder what’s up with all the maths in economics.
- Nederland in 2090. An essay I wrote about the future of the Netherlands for an essay contest of the ministry of foreign affairs.