In Memorian of Piet Rietveld:

http://www.feweb.vu.nl/en/news-agenda/news-archive/2013-2014/in-memoriam-piet-rietveld.asp

 

Piet studied econometrics at Erasmus University, Rotterdam (cum laude degree) and received his PhD in economics at VU University Amsterdam. He worked at the International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (Austria) and was research co-ordinator at Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana in Salatiga, Indonesia. Since 1990 he was professor in Transport Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam. He was a fellow of the Tinbergen Institute, the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) and the Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis (KiM). Furthermore, he was a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)

Piet’s funeral will be next Thursday, November 7, in Amsterdam. The time and location can be found in the text of the obituary (in Dutch). For further information on the funeral, you may contactelfie.bonke@vu.nl. 

Condolences can be sent to the following email address: CondolencesPietRietveld@vu.nl.