Short bio
Since 2010, Frank van der Horst is working partly as a researcher and partly as a policy advisor at the Cash Policy Department of De Nederlandsche Bank. Topics that Frank primarily is engaged in are: public perception research, counterfeit banknotes, banknote recirculation framework and banknotes issuing. Before 2010, Frank worked at the Human Resources Department advising about collective labor agreements, social plans and pension schemes. Some of his other activities are: confidential advisor at DNB and mediator.
Education
2022 – Ph.D. at the Faculty of Behavioural and Movement Sciences of the Vrije Universiteit. Download Ph.D. thesis
1994 – Master’s Social Psychology, University of Amsterdam
Research interests
- Payment behavior
- Public perception of banknotes
- Decision making
Working papers
Effects of payment instruments on unhealthy purchases (with Jelle Miedema, Daniël Schreij and Martijn Meeter), DNB Working Paper No. 582, 2018. Download
Publications in refereed journals
Frank van der Horst, Joshua Snell and Jan Theeuwes (2021), Enhancing banknote authentication by guiding attention to security features and manipulating prevalence expectancy, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 6(73). Download
Frank van der Horst, Joshua Snell and Jan Theeuwes (2020), Finding counterfeited banknotes: the roles of vision and touch, Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications 5(40). Download
Carin van der Cruijsen and Frank van der Horst (2019). Cash or card? Unravelling the role of socio-psychological factors, De Economist 167(2), 145-175. Download
Van der Horst, F. and J. Miedema (2018), Effects of card payments on supermarket purchases, IBDA INSIGHT 15, 77-78. Download
Van der Horst, F., M. Eschelbach, S. Sieber and J. Miedema (2017), Does banknote quality affect counterfeit detection? Experimental evidence from Germany and the Netherlands, Journal of Economics and Statistics 237(6), 469-497. Download
Van der Horst, F., H. de Heij, J. Miedema and M. van der Woude (2017), Perception of public security features on euro banknotes; a qualitative study on confidence and authenticity, IBDA INSIGHT 13, 53-55. Download
Van der Horst, F. (2016), The halo effect of banknotes — Arguments for good banknote design, IBDA INSIGHT 11, 62-63. Download
Other publications
Cruijsen, C., and F. van der Horst (2016), De relatie tussen aankoopbedrag en betaalgedrag (The relationship between purchase amount and payment behavior), Economisch Statistische Berichten 101(4725), 16. Download
Van der Horst, F., and E. Matthijsen (2013). The irrationality of payment behavior. DNB Occasional Studies 11(4). Download
Van der Horst, F., M. Meeter, J. Theeuwes, and M. van der Woude (2011). What is a fit banknote? The Dutch public responds. DNB Occasional Studies 9(4). Download
Middeldorp, T., and F. van der Horst (2006), Beloningsverschil telt tussen sectoren niet (Differences in wages do not count between sectors), Het Financieele Dagblad, 21 december 2006.
Van der Horst, F., and M. de Vor (1996), Internationale gulden-emissies (International guilder issuance), Economisch Statistische Berichten 81(4056), 412-414.
Latest update: October 2022