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Nils Kok is Professor in Real Estate Finance at Maastricht University, the Netherlands, where he also directs the Maastricht Center for Real Estate.

His research interests range from urban economics to institutional real estate investments, with a strong focus on the economics of energy efficiency and sustainability in the real estate sector.

Previously, he was a non-executive board member and Chief Economist at GeoPhy, which was sold to Walker & Dunlop in 2022. Nils was also the founder and CEO of GRESB, a global ESG rating company for real estate and infrastructure investments, which was sold to GBCI in 2014 and subsequently sold to Summit Partners in 2021.

Nils’ research has appeared in leading academic journals, including the American Economic Review, Review of Economic and Statistics, the RAND Journal and the Journal of Public Economics, and is frequently cited in newspapers and industry publications.

Nils received his PhD from Maastricht University (Netherlands) and, after a 4-year stint in Westport, Connecticut, currently lives in Maastricht, the Netherlands, with his wife, Lian, and his three kids.

The Impact of Financial Incentives on Technology Adoption: Evidence from Random Allocation of Solar PV Subsidies

Linde Kattenberg, Erdal Aydin, Dirk Brounen, Nils Kok

14-07-2023

Clean Electricity, Dirty Electricity: The Effect on Local House Prices

Mike Langen, Piet Eichholtz, Nils Kok, Daan van Vulpen

10-12-2021

Getting Low from Getting High? The External Effects of Coffee Shops on House Prices

Piet Eichholtz, Nils Kok, Mike Langen, Erdal Aydin

16-08-2019

Dirty Electricity, Clean Electricity, and Local House Prices

Nils Kok, Mike Langen, Piet Eichholtz, Daan van Vulpen

12-07-2019

Environmental Performance and the Cost of Debt: Evidence from Commercial Mortgages and REIT Bonds

Nils Kok, Rogier Holtermans, Erkan Yönder, Piet Eichholtz

01-11-2019

10 Top Academic Insights to Begin the Year

Linde Kattenberg, Alexander Carlo, Nils Kok, Dongxiao Niu, Alex Xudong Sun, Stefany Moreno Burbano, Philibert Weenink, Minyi Hu

29-01-2024

10 Takeaways from the AREUEA Conference (Cambridge)

Dirk Brounen, Linde Kattenberg, Dongxiao Niu, Alex Xudong Sun, Nils Kok, Minyi Hu, Paulo Rodrigues, Stefan Flagner, Alexander Carlo, Jonas Wogh

25-07-2023

AREUEA Conference 2022 Recap

Martijn Stroom, Linde Kattenberg, Alexander Carlo, Nils Kok, Piet Eichholtz

14-07-2022

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