CentER

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Theo Nijman

Name: Nijman, Theodoor Evert (Theo)

Date of birth: September 23, 1957

Formal training
Ph.D. in Econometrics, 1985, Free University

Major fields
Investments, Econometrics, Pension Economics

Employment history

2001 - present F. van Lanschot Professor of Investment Theory, Tilburg University
1993 - present Professor of Econometrics and Finance, Tilburg University
1988 - 1992 Senior Research Fellow Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences
1986 - 1987 Associate Professor Tilburg University
1985 Research department of the Dutch Central Bureau of Statistics
1980 - 1984 Assistant Professor Free University
1978 - 1980 Research Assistant Free University

Research keywords
Aging and Retirement, Asset Pricing, Empirical Finance, Financial Econometrics.

Refereeing
Biometrika, Econometrica, Econometric Theory, European Economic Review, European Finance Review, European Journal of Operations Research, International Economic Review, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of Econometrics, Journal of Empirical Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of International Money and Finance, Mathematical Finance, Review of Economic Studies, Review of Financial Studies, etc.

Administration

October 2004 - present Scientific Director Netspar (Network for Studies of Pensions, Aging and Retirement (see www.netspar.nl))
October 2004 - April 2009 Scientific Director and Chairman of the Board of Netspar (Network for Studies of Pensions, Aging and Retirement (see www.netspar.nl))
September 2002 - December 2009 Scientific Director Tilburg Center of Finance
March 2002 - August 2004 Vice-dean research Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Tilburg University (see www.center.nl)
March 2002 - December 2004 Scientific Director CentER for Economic Research(see www.center.nl)
August 2002 - August 2006 Member of the Board of the European Finance Association
April 2001 - April 2002 Dept. Chair Finance Department Tilburg University
January 2001 - present Academic Coordinator Inquire Europe
March 2000 - January 2001 Scientific Director CentER for Economic Research(see www.center.nl)
March 2000 - January 2001 Vice-dean research Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Tilburg University (see www.center.nl)
January 1999 - March 2000 Dept. Chair Econometrics Department Tilburg University
January 1996 - March 2000 Research Coordinator Finance Research group CentER

Investment Committees

  • Member Investment Committee St. Instituut GAK,
    August 2005 - present

  • Member Investment Committee Stichting Pensioenfonds Hoogovens,
    January 2006 - present