Publications
Schiphol Amsterdam Airport: fewer flights or becoming more sustainable?
Environmental & noise measures, including a higher air passenger tax, are much better for the broad welfare than shrinking Schiphol Amsterdam Airport. Both options reduce emissions and noise, but the effects on emissions are larger in the environment & noise variant. These positive effects outweigh the direct costs for Dutch air passengers, airlines and Royal Schiphol Group.
2023-27A
Continuity in the funding of the police, the public prosecution service and the judiciary
SEO, together with AEF, has investigated the effects of cutbacks and extra expenditure at the police, the public prosecution service and the judiciary in the Netherlands in the period 2010 - 2020.
2021-19
Review of the evaluation of the Energy Innovation Agenda
Carl Koopmans carried out an independent review of the evaluation of the Energy Innovation Agenda.
2016-84
Literature study on earthquakes and house prices
House prices in earthquake zones are strongly affected by subjective perceptions of earthquake risks. This is the outcome of a study commissioned by the Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij (NAM).
2016-27
The economic importance of childcare
What is the value of childcare for the Dutch economy? This question was posed by Brancheorganisatie Kinderopvang to SEO Amsterdam Economics.
2015-71
Costs of smoking
Smoking costs the Netherlands 21 to 43 billion euros per year. This is the outcome of a study commissioned by Stichting Eindspel Tabak, an initiative of a several directors and professionals in the healthcare sector.
2015-53
Second opinion SCBA Holwerd aan Zee
The plan Holwerd aan Zee may have added social value, but whether this is true is not yet apparent from the social cost-benefit analysis (SCBA) that was performed.
2015-10
Recouping the benefits of government aid for seaports
What are the economic benefits of government aid for Dutch seaports? And how much of the money is recouped by the government, for example through higher tax revenues?
2015-09
Economic Effects of Restricting Tobacco Outlets
What would the economic effects of restricting the number of tobacco outlets be? This report identifies the economic effects on retail outlets if they were to be banned from selling tobacco.
2014-30
Evaluation of the ‘In the Shadow of the Court’ model
The Council for the Judiciary has developed a model, 'In the Shadow of the Court', to assess the influence of various factors on the numbers of court cases and transactions. Is the model doing what it was designed for?
2014-53