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Benjamin Wache

Economist
CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analyis
b.wache (at) cpb.nl


About Me

Hi! I am Benjamin Wache, a researcher in the International Economics section of CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (Centraal Planbureau). I hold a PhD in Economics from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, and I am a Research Fellow of the Research Area “International Finance and Macroeconomics” at the Kiel Institute.

Research Interests

Working Papers

  1. Information Flows and Global Capital Allocation: Evidence from the Telegraph
    Updated: July 14, 2023
    [Paper]

  2. Social Connectedness and the Geography of Venture Capital
    Updated: September 20, 2023
    [Paper]

  3. The Impact of Venture Capital on Economic Growth
    (with Steven Poelhekke)
    Updated: October 08, 2023
    [Paper]

Work in Progress

  1. The (Geo-)Politics of Global Telecommunications Infrastructure
    (with Christoph Trebesch, and Michael Porcellacchia)

  2. Firm-Level Determinants of GVC Positioning and Span: Evidence from the Netherlands
    (with Loe Franssen, Merve Mavus Kütük, Daan Freeman, Oscar Lemmers, and Michael Polder)
    [Slides]

  3. Exporter Networks in the Netherlands
    (with Daan Freeman, and Mark van der Plaat)

Policy Research

  1. Geopolitical Decoupling and Integration Scenarios for World Trade
    (with Stefan Boeters, Merve Mavus Kütük, Gerdien Meijerink, Maarten van 't Riet, and Konstantin Sommer)
    CPB Publication
    Published: March 05, 2024
    [Paper]

  2. The importance of Dutch service activities in global value chains
    (with Stefan Boeters, Daan Freeman, Gerdien Meijerink, Maarten van 't Riet, and Konstantin Sommer)
    CPB Publication
    Published: February 13, 2024
    [Paper]

  3. Wederuitvoer motor achter stijging Nederlandse export
    (with Eva van der Wal, and Marco Ligthart)
    CPB Publication
    Published: August 29, 2023
    [Paper]

  4. A simulation of energy prices and corporate profits
    (with Beau Soederhuizen, Leon Bettendorf, Adam Elbourne, Bert van Stiphout-Kramer, and Gerdien Meijerink)
    CPB Publication
    Published: April 20, 2023
    [Paper]