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Erik Ansink

Associate Professor, School of Business & Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Research Fellow, Tinbergen Institute
Faculty member, Amsterdam University College

Editor-in-Chief, Water Resources & Economics
Editor, Cambridge Prisms: Water

Expertise: Environmental economics, water management, game theory, conflict & cooperation, experimental economics.

Teaching: I teach both at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Amsterdam University College. Courses include "Introduction to Economics", "Environmental Economics", "Economics of Environmental Policy", and "Grand Challenges for Sustainability".

Contact:
VU Main Building, Office 9A-92
Email: erik.ansink@vu.nl

Recent publications and working papers are listed below. Please contact me if you do not have access. Download my publication list (pdf) or see my Google Scholar page for a complete overview of my publications.

Last update: July 2025

Recent Publications

"Agreeing on public goods or bads"
with Hans-Peter Weikard
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2025)
[published version] [preprint]

"How to pollute a river if you must"
with Yuzhi Yang and Jens Gudmundsson
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2025)
[published version] [preprint]

"Market power in California's water market"
with Françeska Tomori, Harold Houba, Nick Hagerty and Charles Bos
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2024)
[published version] [preprint] [replication files]

"Crowdfunding conservation (and other public goods)"
with Jetske Bouma, Dominic Hauck, Mark Koetse and Daan van Soest
Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (2022)
[published version] [preprint] [replication files]

"No clue about bioplastics"
with Louise Wijk and Frederiek Zuidmeer
Ecological Economics (2022)
[published version] [preprint]

"Common pool resources with support"
with Hans-Peter Weikard
Natural Resource Modeling (2020)
[published version] [preprint]

"International environmental agreements with support"
with Hans-Peter Weikard and Cees Withagen
Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2019)
[published version] [preprint]


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Other publications are listed in my publication list (pdf) or see my Google Scholar page.

Working Papers

"Evaluating connectivity metrics for biodiversity conservation"
with Jelmer van 't Veer
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper

"Plant-based meat complements"
with Zhaoxin Liu and Jetske Bouma
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 24/046 (revision)
[download]

"Towards fully decentralized environmental regulation"
with Jens Gudmundsson and Jens Hougaard
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 24/035
[download]

"Technology vs information to promote conservation: Evidence from water audits"
with Carmine Ornaghi and Mirco Tonin
Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper 21/014
[download]


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