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Fellowships & Honors

Fellowships

Honors

Honorable mention (second place) in the fifteenth annual competition for outstanding doctoral dissertations in government finance and taxation of the National Tax Association - Tax Institute of America (September 1985).

Erik Kempe prize for best scientific article in environmental economics in 1996-1997 (together with Larry Goulder) (June 1998).

Publicity Prizes for economist at Tilburg University 1999 and 2001.

Elected as best Dutch economist by professors at Dutch universities in FEM de Week (March 2000)

Education prize for best course in International Economics and Finance program at Tilburg University, course Institutions and Incentives (December 2002) (with Jan Boone).

Spinoza premium 2003

Elected as one of the three most entrepreneurial scientists in the Netherlands (the most entrepreneurial one in the social sciences) by Science Alliance, June 2006.

Elected by the Dutch weekly HP-de Tijd as one of the hundred most influential Dutch citizens.

Hudig-Langeveldt Prize for scientific contributions on pension insurance, May 2007.

Honorary Doctorate, Ghent University, March 2008.

Places in top-20 of Dutch economists (based on publications): 14 (1987-1991); 17 (88-92); 8 (89-93); 8 (91-95); 5 (93-97); 3 (94-98); 5 (95-99); 14 (00-04).

Places in top-20 of Dutch economists (based on h-index): 4 (2006).

Places in Top 30 of Dutch economists (based on citations): 30 (87-91), 18 (88-92), 8 (89-93), 10 (90-94); 11 (91-95); 9 (92-96); 8 (93-97); 8 (94-98); 4 (97-99); 2 (99-00); 14 (00-04): 16 (01-05).

Places in top-20 of Dutch economists (based on citations and publications): 4 (2004); 4 (2005).

Places in Top 30 of Dutch economists (based on citations in Dutch journals): 1 (1992); 1 (92-95); 1 (92-96); 1 (93-97); 1 (94-98); 2 (98-99); 1 (98-00); 1 (98-01); 1 (99-03); 1 (01-05).

Place 40 (fourth European) in Top 200 of wordwide ranking of Economists and Economic Departments ('Revealed Performances' by Tom Coupé (ECARES, Université Libre de Bruxelles) (based on period 1994-1998).

Place 66 in Top-100 of most cited scientists in economics and business during 1993-2003, Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) (best ranked Dutch economist).

Places in media performance top at Tilburg University all departments (economics department): 2 (1) (2001); 3 (1) (2002); 1 (1) (2003); 1 (1) (2004); 2 (2) (2005); 1 (1) (2006).