Peter Nijkamp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Nijkamp

Dutch economist

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1946

Place of Birth: Dalfsen, Overijssel, Netherlands

Profession: economist, university teacher

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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 in the world according to IDEAS/RePEc, and is by far the most prolific economist.
Towards the end of his career at the VU university Nijkamp faced accusations of (self)plagiarism and VU-appointed investigators have criticised referencing methods in some of his work.