Prof. Dr. Cees Withagen

1. Address

Department of Spatial Economics
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration
VU University Amsterdam
De Boelelaan 1105
1081 HV Amsterdam
Tel: +31-20-5986164
Fax: +31-20-5986004
Email: c.a.a.m.withagen@vu.nl

2. Personal

Born:  October 3, 1950;
Hobbies: Running, tennis, skiing, bridge, tango

3. Current post

4. Past posts

1968-1974

teaching assistant (student) at Tilburg University, Department of Economics

1974-1975

assistant-professor at Delft University of Technology, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences

1975-1976

lecturer at the School for Higher Economic Education, Eindhoven

1976-1982

assistant-professor at the University of Amsterdam, Department of Actuarial Sciences and Econometrics

1982-1988

assistant-professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Philosophy and Social Sciences

1986-1989

(part-time) assistant-professor at the Open University

1988-1997

associate professor at Eindhoven University of Technology, Department of Mathematics and Computing Science

1983-1997

(part-time) lecturer at the Foundation for Management Science Eindhoven

1997-2009

1997-2016

professor of environmental economics at Tilburg University, Department of Economics and Business Administration

professor of environmental economics at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Department of Economics and Business Administration

5. Degrees

6. Teaching

7. PhD activities

Committees: M. Altaghlibi (University of Amsterdam), J-C. Altamirano Cabrera (Wageningen University), Philippe Atzenhofer (Strasbourg), R. Barchiaggi (Tilburg University) , P. van Beukering (VU University Amsterdam), C. Bogmans (promotor, Tilburg University), H. Bos-Brouwer (promotor, VU University Amsterdam), C. Brink (Wageningen University), K. de Bruin (Wageningen University), I. van den Bijgaart (Tilburg University), P. Callaway (Tilburg University), L. di Corato (University of York), R. Coulomb (Paris school of Economics), J. Daubanes (Toulouse School of Economics), G. Debrezion (VU University Amsterdam), R. Dellink (Wageningen University), J. Dijk (VU University Amsterdam), T.Durmaz (Bergen University), F. Eppink (VU University Amsterdam), B. Edens (promotor, VU University Amsterdam), J. Feddersen (University of Oxford), M. Gengenbach (Wageningen University), R. Gerlagh(VU University Amsterdam), A. Halsema (VU University Amsterdam), P. Hang (Tilburg University), R. Hoekstra (VU University Amsterdam), I. Chang Hwang (VU University Amsterdam), M. Kagan (promotor, VU University Amsterdam), J. Kamphorst (VU University Amsterdam), P. Kandelaars (VU University Amsterdam), O. Kuik (VU University Amsterdam), G. Lafforgue (Toulouse School of Economics), A. van der Made (Groningen University), R. Magnusson (University of Helsinki), C. di Maria (Tilburg University), V. Martinet (Nanterre, habilitation) , G. van der Meijden (Tilburg University),  N. Moes (VU University Amsterdam), A. Mulatu (promotor, VU University Amsterdam), P. Mulder (VU University Amsterdam), V. Nannen (VU University Amsterdam), J. Noailly (promotor, VU University Amsterdam), S. Okullo (VU University Amsterdam),K. Oltmer (VU University Amsterdam), V. Otto (Wageningen University), I. Ossokina (Erasmus University Rotterdam), I. Pechoux (Toulouse School of Economics) , N. Raffin (Paris Sorbonne), K. Ryzska (promotor, VU University Amsterdam), S. Schalk (Tilburg University), H. Silva Montalva (VU University Amsterdam),X. Tieman (VU University Amsterdam), F. de Vries (University of Groningen), H. Solem (University of Trondheim), B. Vardar (Sorbonne), N. Vellinga (promotor, Tilburg University), T. Wei (University of Oslo), E. van der Werff (Tilburg University)

Present supervision:  Jacob Janssen, Benoit Othoniel.

8. Grants

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant for project “Sustainability and markets for raw materials from non-renewable natural resources”.

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant for project “Environmental Policy, Competitiveness and Location Behaviour of Firms” (duration 4 years, starting 1998). Coordinator of the project.

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant for project “Porter’s hypothesis: a theoretical and empirical investigation” (duration 2 years, starting 2001). Coordinator of the project.

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant to visit “Resources for the Future”, Washington D.C. May-August 1994.

Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research grant EURO 50,000 for Sustainability and markets for raw materials from non-renewable natural resources”.2004-2005.

Several grants up to Euro 100000 for EAERE2009

ERC Advanced Grant for "Combating Climate Change: The Political Economy of Green Paradoxes", 2011

9. Memberships and affiliations

10. Editorial activities

11. Conferences

12. Other activities

13. Publications

  1. Publications in refereed international journals

    1. "Double limit pricing", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 89, pp. 153-167 (co-authors Gerard van der Meijden and Karolina Ryszka).

    2. "International environmental agreements with support", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management online (co-authors Erik Ansink and Hans-Peter Weikard).

    3. "Frontiers of climate change economics", Environmental and Resource Economics 68, pp. 1-14, 2017 (co-authors Gerard van der Meijden and Frederick van der Ploeg).

    4. "Challenges in climate change economics", European Economic Review 99, pp. 1-4, 2017  (co-authors Gerard van der Meijden and Frederick van der Ploeg).

    5. "Assessment of life cycle impacts on ecosystem services", Environmental Science and Technology 50, pp. 1077-1092, 2016 (co-authors Enrico Benetto, Reinout Heijungs and Benoit Othoniel, Benedetto Rugani).

    6. "Unilateral climate policies: Incentives and effects", Environmental and Resource Economics 63, pp. 471-504, 2016 (co-author Karolina Ryszka).

    7. "Should the carbon price be the same in all countries?", Journal of Public Economic Theory 18, pp. 709-725, 2016, (co-authors Antoine d'Autume and Katheline Schubert).

    8. "Optimal abatement of carbon emission flows",  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 74, pp. 55-70, 2015 (co-author Michel Moreaux).

    9. "Battle for Climate and Scarcity Rents: Beyond the Linear-Quadratic Case", Dynamic Games and Applications 5, pp. 493-522 (co-authors Mark Kagan and Rick van der Ploeg).

    10. "Interactions between agricultural economics and environmental economics in European research: Insights from the theory of non-renewable resources", Review of Agricultural and Environmental Studies, pp. 167-185, 2015 (co-authors Philippe Bontemps, Vincent Martinet and Gilles Rotillon).

    11. "The Green Paradox", Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, 9, pp. 285-303, 2015 (co-author Rick van der Ploeg).

    12. "The potential of green gas in the Dutch transport sector", International Journal of Global Energy Issues 37, pp. 236-252, 2015  (co-authors Harry Geerlings, Patricia van Hemert, Vincent Marchau and Peter Nijkamp).

    13. "International Capital Markets, Oil Producers and the Green Paradox", European Economic Review 76, pp. 275-297, 2015  (co-authors Gerard van der Meijden and Rick van der Ploeg).

    14. "Growth theory and 'green growth' ", Oxford Review of Economic Policy 30, pp. 423-446, 2014 (co-authors Sjak Smulders and Michael Toman).

    15. "The climate change, migration and conflict nexus", Environment and Development Economics 19, pp. 324 - 327, 2014

    16. "Growth, renewables and the optimal carbon tax",  International Economic Review 55, pp. 283-311, 2014  (co-author Rick van der Ploeg).

    17. "On the relevance of Green Paradoxes",  Research in Management Economics and Finance  October, 2013 (co-author Rick van der Ploeg).

    18. "Optimal emission-extraction policy in a world of scarcity and irreversibility",  Resource and Energy Economics 35, pp. 637-658, 2013  (co-authors Fabien Prieur and Mabel Tidball) .

    19. "Characterizing the sustainability problem in an exhaustible resource model", Journal of Economic Theory  148, pp. 2164-2182, 2013 (co-authors Tapan Mitra, Geir Asheim and Wolfgang Buchholz).

    20. "Cartel-versus-fringe models", in Jason F. Shogren (ed.),  Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics , volume 2, pp. 260-267, 2013, Amsterdam, Elsevier.

    21. "Green Growth, Green Paradox and the Global Economic Crisis", Environmental  Innovation and Societal Transitions 6, pp. 116-119, 2013 (co-author Rick van der Ploeg).

    22. "Tax competition leading to strict environmental policy", International Tax and Public Finance 20, pp. 434-449, 2013 (co-author Alex Halsema).

    23. "Preparing for catastrophic climate change", Journal of Economics, DOI 10.1007/s00712-012-0331-3, 2012 (co-author Yacov Tsur).

    24. "Is there really a green paradox?", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 64, pp. 342-363, 2012 (co-author Rick van der Ploeg).
    25. "On price taking behavior in a nonrenewable resource cartel-fringe game", Games and Economic Behavior 76, pp. 355-374, 2012 (co-author Hassan Benchekroun).
    26. "Cartel-fringe models of the oil market: a quantitative assessment",  International Journal of Technology Management 60, pp. 61-80, 2012  (co-author Alex Halsema).
    27. "Inciting protocols",  Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 64, pp. 45-67, 2012  (co-authors Thijs Dekker, Herman Vollebergh and Frans de Vries) .
    28. "La taxe carbone doit-elle etre la meme dans tous les pays?", Annales d'Economie et de Statistique, Special Issue on Economics, Environment and Future Generations, pp. 213-228, 2012 (co-authors Antoine d'Autume and Katheline Schubert).
    29. "Too much coal, too little oil", Journal of Public Economics , vol. 96, pp. 62-77 , 2012 (co-author Rick van der Ploeg).
    30. "The optimal depletion of exhaustible resources: A complete characterization", Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 33, pp. 612-636, 2011 (co-author Hassan Benchekroun).
    31. "Preface to the Special Issue on Climate Change and distribution", Scandinavian Journal of Economics 113, pp. 755-757 , 2011|(co-author Geir Asheim)
    32. “The pollution haven hypothesis, a dynamic perspective”,  Revue Economique 61, pp. 93-114, 2010 (co- author Christian Bogmans).
    33. "When additional resource stocks reduce welfare”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 59, pp. 109-114, 2010 (co-authors Hassan Benchekroun and Alex Halsema).
    34. “On nonrenewable resource oligopolies: the asymmetric case”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, 33, pp. 1867-1879, 2009 (co-authors Hassan Benchekroun and Alex Halsema).
    35. “Local and global interactions in an evolutionary resource game”, Journal of Computational Economics 33, pp. 155-173, 2009 (co-authors Joëlle Noailly and Jeroen van den Bergh).
    36. “Spatial patterns of biodiversity conservation in a multiregional general equilibrium model”, Resource and Energy Economics 31, pp. 75-88, 2009 (co-author Florian Eppink).
    37. Local and global interactions in an evolutionary resource game”, Journal of Computational Economics 33, pp. 155-173, 2009 (co-authors Joëlle Noailly and Jeroen van den Bergh).
    38. “Managing multiple fishery pools: property right regimes and market structures”, Environment and Development Economics, vol.13. pp.775-794, 2008 (co-author Alex Halsema).
    39. “International trade and environmental policy under imperfect competition”, International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 1, pp. 151-183, 2007.
    40. “Erratum for On the sustainable program in Solow's model”, Natural Resource Modeling, vol. 20, pp. 473-475, 2007, (co-authors Geir Asheim and Wolfgang Buchholz).
    41. “Optimal environmental policy differentials under emissions constraints”, Journal of Economics, vol. 91, pp. 129-149, 2007 (co-authors Abay Mulatu and Raymond Florax).
    42. “Constant savings rates and quasi-arithmetic population growth under exhaustible resource constraints”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 53, pp. 213-229, 2007 (co-authors Geir Asheim, Wolfgang Buchholz, John Hartwick and Tapan Mitra).
    43. “Technical efficiency under alternative environmental regulatory regimes: The case of Dutch horticulture”, Ecological Economics, vol. 63, pp. 165-173, 2007, (co-authors Arno van der Vlist and Henk Folmer).
    44. “Savings growth and the path of utility”, Canadian Journal of Economics, vol. 40, pp. 703-713, 2007 (co-author Kirk Hamilton)
    45. “Spatial evolution of social norms in a common-pool resource game”, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 36, pp. 113-141, 2007 (co-authors Joëlle Noailly and Jeroen van den Bergh).
    46. “The Alberta dilemma: optimal sharing of a water resource by an agricultural and an oil sector”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 52, pp. 548-566, 2006, (co-authors Gérard Gaudet en Michel Moreaux).
    47.  "Environmental Regulation and International Trade: Empirical Results for Germany, the Netherlands and the US, 1977-1992", Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 3: no. 2, article 5, 2004, (co-authors Abay Mulatu and Raymond Florax).
    48. “International trade, species diversity, and habitat conservation”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, vol. 48, pp. 891-910, 2004, (co-authors Sjak Smulders and Daan van Soest)
    49. “The dynamics of China’s regional development and pollution”, Environment and Development Economics, vol. 9, pp. 507-537, 2004, (co-authors Henri de Groot and Zhou Minliang).
    50. “Environmental policy, population dynamics and agglomeration”, Contributions to Economic Analysis and Policy, vol. 3, no. 2, article 3, 2004, (co-author Chris Elbers).
    51. “Optimal investments in clean production capacity”, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 28, pp. 325-345, 2004, (co-authors Carolyn Fischer and Michael Toman).
    52. “Strong time-consistency in the cartel-versus-fringe model”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol.28, pp.287-306, 2003, (co-authors Fons Groot and Aart de Zeeuw).
    53. “The Hartwick rule: Myths and Facts”, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 25, pp. 129-150, 2003, (co-authors Geir Asheim and Wolfgang Buchholz).
    54. “Maximin, discounting, and separating hyperplanes”, Natural Resource Modelling, vol. 16, pp. 213-218, 2003, (co-authors Geir Asheim and Wolfgang Buchholz).
    55. “On the sustainable program in Solow’s model”, Natural Resource Modelling, vol. 16, pp. 219-231, 2003, (co-authors Geir Asheim and Wolfgang Buchholz).
    56. “Evolution of harvesting strategies, replicator and resource dynamics”, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, vol 13, pp. 183-200, 2003, (co-authors Joëlle Noailly and Jeroen van den Bergh).
    57. “Quasi-equilibrium in economies with infinite dimensional commodity spaces: a truncation approach” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol.27, pp. 423-444, 2002, (co-author Gerard van der Laan).
    58. “Endogenous growth and the environment”, Growth and Change, vol. 32, pp. 92-109, 2001, (co-author Nico Vellinga).
    59. “Complexities due to sluggish expansion of backstop capacities”, Journal of Economics, vol. 72, pp. 153-174, 2000, (co-author Franz Wirl).
    60. “Accumulative pollution, “clean technology,” and policy design”, Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 22, pp. 367-384, 2000, (co-author Michael Toman).
    61. “Open-loop von Stackelberg equilibrium in the cartel versus fringe model”, Energy Economics, vol. 22, pp. 209-223, 2000, (co-authors Fons Groot and Aart de Zeeuw).
    62. “Natural capital and sustainability,” Ecological Economics, vol. 32, pp. 445-455, 2000, (co-author Jan van Geldrop).
    63. “General equilibrium and resource economics”, Economic Theory, vol. 14, pp. 689-702, 1999, (co-author Jan van Geldrop).
    64. “Characterizing sustainability: The converse of Hartwick’s rule”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 23, pp. 159-165, 1998, (co-author Geir Asheim).
    65. “Untested hypotheses in resource economics”, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 11, pp. 623-634, 1998.
    66. “The rise, fall and sustainability of capital-resource economies”, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 100, pp. 513-527, 1998, (co-author John Pezzey).
    67. “A note on sustainability and investment rules”, Economics Letters, vol. 53, pp. 1-6, 1996.
    68. “On the concept of green national income”, Oxford Economic Papers, vol. 48, pp. 499-514, 1996, (co-author Nico Vellinga).
    69. “Optimality of irreversible pollution accumulation”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 20, pp. 1775-1797, 1996, (co-author Olli Tahvonen).
    70. “Pollution, abatement and balanced growth”, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 5, pp. 1-8, 1995.
    71. “Pollution and exhaustibility of fossil fuels”, Resource and Energy Economics, vol. 16, pp. 235-242, 1994.
    72. “General equilibrium in an economy with exhaustible resources and an unbounded horizon”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 18, pp. 1011-1037, 1994, (co-author Jan van Geldrop).
    73. “General equilibrium and international trade with exhaustible resources,” Journal of International Economics, vol. 34, pp. 341-357, 1993 (co-author Jan van Geldrop).
    74. “Local asymptotic stability of optimal steady states”, Economics Letters, vol. 40, pp. 7-11, 1992, (co-author Henri Huijberts).
    75. “Optimal management of the growth potential of renewable resources”, Journal of Economics, vol. 56, pp. 297-309, 1992, (co-author David Levhari).
    76. “Note on the open loop von Stackelberg equilibrium in the cartel versus fringe model”, Economic Journal, vol. 102, pp. 1478-1484, 1992, (co-authors Fons Groot and Aart de Zeeuw).
    77. “Optimal localized production experience and schooling”, International Economic Review, vol. 33, pp. 91-110, 1992, (co-authors Charles van Marrewijk and Casper de Vries).
    78. “Pollution control and the Ramsey problem”, Environmental and Resource Economics, vol. 1, pp. 215-236, 1991, (co-author Frederick van der Ploeg).
    79. “Existence of general equilibria in economies with natural exhaustible resources and an infinite horizon”, Journal of Mathematical Economics, vol. 20, pp. 225-248, 1991, (co-authors Jan van Geldrop and Shou Jilin).
    80. “A differential game between government and firms: comments”, Journal of Economics, vol. 52, pp. 285-290, 1990.
    81. “Mathematical economics, an introduction”, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, vol. 8, pp. 273-279, 1990, (co-author Dave Furth).
    82. “On the Negishi approach to dynamic economic systems”, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, vol. 8, pp. 295-311, 1990, (co-author Jan van Geldrop).
    83. “Trading in exhaustible resources in the presence of extraction costs, a general equilibrium approach”, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 8, pp. 197-209, 1985, (co-author Chris Elbers).
    84. “The optimal exploitation of a natural resource when there is full complementarity,” Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, vol. 6, pp. 239-252, 1983.
    85. “Reply to: the exploitation of our gas, some remarks by W. Adriaansen”, De Economist, vol. 131, pp. 93-94, 1983.
    86. “The exploitation of Dutch natural gas, an alternative approach”, De Economist, vol. 130, pp. 71-100, 1982.
    87. “The optimal exploitation of natural exhaustible resources, a survey”, De Economist, vol. 129, pp. 504-531, 1981.
  2. Monographs
    1. Economic Theory and International Trade in Natural Exhaustible Resources, Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1985.
    2. Milieubeleid en Concurrentievermogen, Inaugural Address, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam,  (in Dutch), 1998.
    3. On Green and Grey Paradoxes, Valedictory Speech, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 2016
  3. Books edited
    1. Equilibrium, Markets and Dynamics, Springer, Berlin, 2002, (co-editors Cars Hommes and Roald Ramer).
    2. The International Dimension of Environmental Policy, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2002, (co-editors Laura Marsiliani and Michael Rauscher).
    3. Environmental Policy in an International Perspective, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2003, (co-editors Laura Marsiliani and Michael Rauscher).
    4. Climate Policy and Nonrenewable Resources, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, 2014 (co-editors Karen Pittel and Frederick van der Ploeg).
  4. Publications in books (refereed)
    1. “Topics in resource economics”, in F. van der Ploeg (ed.), Advanced Lectures in Quantitative Economics, Academic Press, London, pp. 381-419, 1990.
    2. “Comments on: Economic models of optimal energy use under global environmental constraints, by Hans Gottinger”, in R. Pethig (ed.), Conflicts and Cooperation in Managing Environmental Resources, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 188-193, 1992.
    3. “Theoretical aspects of the economic modelling of sustainable development”, in J. van den Bergh and M. Hofkes (eds.), Theory and Implementation of Economic models for Sustainable Development, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 101-110, 1998.
    4. “Optimal extraction of non-renewable resources”, in J. van den Bergh (ed.), Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 49-58, 1999.
    5. “Imperfect competition in natural resource markets”, in J. van den Bergh (ed.), Handbook of Environmental and Resource Economics, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, pp. 59-67, 1999, (co-author Aart de Zeeuw).
    6. “Weak and Strong Sustainability”, in Encyclopaedia of Life Supporting Systems, UNESCO, 2001.
    7. “An Economic-Theoretical Perspective on Green and Sustainable National Income”, in Encyclopaedia of Life Supporting Systems, UNESCO, 2001.
    8. “The international dimension of environmental policy, Introduction”, in L. Marsiliani, M. Rauscher and C. Withagen (eds.), The International Dimension of Environmental Policy, Kluwer, Dordtecht, pp. 9-15, 2002, (co-authors Laura Marsiliani and Michael Rauscher).
    9. “Environmental regulation and international trade: a general equilibrium approach”, in J. List and A. de Zeeuw (eds.), Recent Advances in Environmental Economics, Edward Elgar, Camberley, pp. 98-118, 2002, (co-author Chris Elbers).
    10. “Environmental policy and Bertrand competition: a general equilibrium approach”, in C. Hommes, R. Ramer and C. Withagen (eds.), Equilibrium, Markets and Dynamics, Springer, Berlin, pp. 183-195, 2002, (co-author Chris Elbers).
    11. “Environmental policy and international trade: are policy differentials optimal?”, L. Marsiliani, M. Rauscher and C. Withagen (eds.), Environmental Policy in an International Perspective, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 2003, (co-author Chris Elbers).
    12. “Environmental regulation and Competitiveness: A meta-analysis of international trade studies”, in A. Löschl (ed.), Empirical Modelling of the Economy and the Environment, Physica Verlag, Berlin, pp. 23-55, 2004, (co-authors Abay Mulatu and Raymond Florax).
    13. “Should environmental policy discriminate between exposed and sheltered sectors?” in Ch. Böhringer and A. Lange (eds.), Applied Research in Environmental Economics, ZEW Economic Studies vol. 30, 2005. Physica Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 83-98.
    14. “Environmental policy, population dynamics and agglomeration”, in D. Fullerton (ed.), The Economics of Pollution Havens, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 28-49, 2006, (co-author Chris Elbers).
    15. "Environmental regulation and international trade: Empirical results for Germany, the Netherlands and the US, 1977-1992", in D. Fullerton (ed.), The Economics of Pollution Havens, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, pp. 247-276, 2006, (co-authors Abay Mulatu and Raymond Florax).
    16. "The Green Paradox: A mirage?", in K. Pittel, F van der Ploeg and C. Withagen (eds.), Climate Policy and Nonrenewable Resources, MIT Press, Cambridge MA, pp. 1-17, 2014 (co-authors  Karen Pittel and Fredrick van der Ploeg).
  5. Scientific publications in Dutch
    1. “De economie van uitputbare natuurlijke hulpbronnen, enige voorbeelden”, in P. Verheyen, T. Bemelmans, A. Kapteyn, J. Kriens. P. Ruys and G. van Schijndel (eds.), De Praktijk van de Econometrie, Opstellen van Tilburgse Econometristen, Stenfert Kroese, Leiden, pp. 120-133, (in Dutch), 1984.
    2. “Milieubeleid en concurrentievermogen”, Tijdschrift Milieu, 14, pp. 46-55, 1999.
    3. “Groen en duurzaam nationaal inkomen”, Economisch en Sociaal Tijdschrift, vol. 51, pp. 371-403, 1998.
    4. “Milieueconomie”, Tijdschrift Milieu, 17, pp. 186-210, 2002, (co-author Jeroen van den Bergh).
    5. “Discrete tijd benaderingen van economieën in continuë tijd”, in R. van den Brink and R. Gilles (eds.), Wiskundig Economische Perspectieven, Opstellen aangeboden aan Prof. Dr. Pieter H.M. Ruys, VAET Tilburg, pp. 45-57, 2003.
    6. “Milieubeleid, concurrentievermogen en locatiegedrag van bedrijven”, Economisch Statistische Berichten, pp. 6-7, June 2, 2005 (co-authors Henk Folmer and Henk van der Veen).
    7. “Profijt van het Mestbeleid”, Kwartaalschrift Economie September 2005, pp. 330-341 (co-author Mariken Betsema)
    8. “Milieubeleid verbetert technische efficiëntie in glastuinbouw”, Economisch-Statistische Berichten 4503, February 2007 (co-authors Arno van der Vlist and Henk Folmer)
    9. Dekker, T., Vollebergh, H., De Vries, F. en Withagen, C. (2009): "Milieuverdragen stimuleren kennistransfers", Economisch Statistische Berichten 94, 11 December
  6. Policy reports and popularising publications
    1. “Monetising Monetary Losses”, Central Bureau of Statistics LNM series 9701, pp. 1-75, 1997, (co-authored with the members of the Discussieplatform Monetarisering Milieuverliezen).
    2. “Porter’s hypothesis, a survey of the literature”, RMNO publication 140, pp. 7-43, 1999.
    3. “Environmental policy and competitiveness”, Report for the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, 1999, (co-author Joulia Ossokina).
    4. “Sustainable Development of Moerdijkse Hoek”, Report for Foundation Moerdijkse Hoek, Telos Publication, pp. 1-31, 2000 (co-authors Trudy van Gurp and Martijn Koobs).
    5. “Economics and Sustainable Development”, Position paper Committee for Sustainable Higher Education, 2000, (co-author Jeroen van den Bergh).
    6. “Porter’s hypothesis”, Efact 14, pp. 18-23, 2000.
    7. “Vrijhandel emissierechten CO2 leidt tot tweedeling”, Financieel Dagblad, 6 februari 2002.
    8. “Duurzaam inkomen”, Trouw, 5 september
    9. “Klimaatbeleid en Europese concurrentieposities”, Report for the Ministry of Finance, pp. 1-101, 2002, (co-authors Johannes Bollen, Henri de Groot, Ton Manders, Paul Tang and Herman Vollebergh).
    10. “Biodiversity Management in a Dynamic Context: A Policy Paper” 2006, (co-author Erwin Bulte), policy paper for OECD

14. Recent lectures

2008 2009 2010

2011

2012

2013

                         1. University of Haute Savoie, Annecy, January

            2. Annual Meeting of the European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Toulouse, June

             3. CESifo Area Conference on Energy and Climate Economics, Munich, October

                         1. Conference on Natural Resources, Environment, Urban Economics, International Trade and Industrial Organization, St. Petersburg, October

                         2. The Hebrew University, Rehovot, October