National Economics Olympiad 2021

What is NEO?
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NEO is a problem-solving competition for Bachelor and Master students in Economics, organized by the study association AEclipse and the Royal Dutch Economic Association (KVS) in close collaboration with Erasmus School of Economics and the Dutch Journal on Policy Economics (ESB).

The prestigious competition has participants from all over the Netherlands competing for the fame of the title ‘best economics students of the Netherlands' and a monetary price of €300. Moreover, the best team will be invited for a special inhouse day at Group Economics at ABN Amro.

This year’s edition of NEO took place on the 5th of March 2021 and was held completely remote. We are already planning next years Olympiad and will update this page with new information soon!

Professors from all around the Netherlands send in knowledge-intensive questions from their field of expertise

Academically-talented students work in teams of three (3) on solving the questions, with the opportunity to show off their talent

Three highest-scoring teams receive a winner certificate and a monetary reward up to €300 per team

NEO 2021 Question Contributors