Dirk Bezemer
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- Wageningen University: M.Sc. in Economics (1995)
- University of Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute: Ph.D. in Economics (2001)[1]
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Dirk Bezemer in 2016 | |
| Born | 1971 (age 54–55) |
| Title | Professor |
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| Discipline | Economics and business |
| Institutions | Rijksuniversiteit Groningen |
Dirk Bezemer (born 1971) is a Dutch economist who is a professor at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. He studied at Wageningen University (M.Sc. in Economics (1995)) and University of Amsterdam & Tinbergen Institute (Ph.D. in Economics (2001)).[1] His topics of expertise include the financial sector, credit creation, credit cycles, monetary policy, and the cause of economic crises.[2][3][4] Bezemer provides commentary at the Centre for Economic Policy Research and De Groene Amsterdammer.[5] In a September 2009 opinion piece in the Financial Times he wrote that a dozen economists whom he listed had predicted the 2008 financial crisis but were ignored.[6][7][8][9][10]