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Wilko Bolt is a Full Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, specializing in Payment Systems and serving as a principal economist in the Economics Research Division of De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). He has an extensive research background with significant involvement in institutions like the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel. His primary research areas include Payment Systems, Platform Economics, Money, and Banking, with his work published in notable academic journals such as the Journal of Political Economy, American Economic Review, and European Economic Review. Bolt is recognized for his contributions to the field, having been awarded the Hennipman Prize by the Dutch Royal Economic Association in 2007. He holds a PhD in Mathematical Economics and a Master’s degree in Econometrics, both from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Beyond research, he actively teaches a Finance Master Course focused on Economics and Payment Systems, linking his academic expertise to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
De Nederlandsche Bank • Amsterdam
Conducts research and analysis in payment systems and related economic areas.
Administered under the Department of Clinical Psychology for Master's in Clinical and Developmental Psychopathology.