Experts & Expertise

• Economic growth
• Economics
• Environmental economics
• Growth theories
• Industrial organization
• International trade
• Macroeconomics

NEW:

"Announcing Climate Policy: Can a Green Paradox Arise without Scarcity? " CESifo working paper 3307 (co-authors: Yacov Tsur and Amos Zemel).

"Uncertain Climate Policy and the Green Paradox" The Hebrew University of Jerusalem - The Center for Agricultural Economic Research. Discussion paper 1.10. (co-authors: Yacov Tsur and Amos Zemel).

"Absolute Abundance and Relative Scarcity: Announced Policy, Resource Extraction, and Carbon Emissions" FEEM discussion paper 92.2008 (co-authors: Corrado Di Maria and Edwin van der Werf).

"How discounting and growth can be good for the environment" (presentation in Toulouse, May 2007) .
 

Economic Growth

"Varieties and the Terms of Trade" CPB discussion paper 2009-127 (co-author: Free Huizinga).

"Bonding and Bridging Social Capital and Economic Growth" CentER discussion paper 2009-27 (co-author: Sjoerd Beugelsdijk).

"Technological Distance, Growth and Scale Effects", Economic Journal, July 2002 (revised version of CentER DP 9802), co-author: Pietro Peretto.

"Monopolistic Competition and Economic growth " (with Theo van de Klundert), Forthcoming in: S. Brakman and B.J. Heijdra, Eds. The Monopolistic Competition Revolution in Retrospect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

"Convergence and the Welfare Gains of Capital Mobility in a Dynamic Dixit-Stiglitz World", Revision December 2001, forthcoming in: S. Brakman and B.J. Heijdra, Eds. The Monopolistic Competition Revolution in Retrospect. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

"The Skill Premium, Technological Change and Appropriability", Journal of Economic Growth 7, 137-156, co-author: Richard Nahuis.

"Loss of Technological Leadership of Rentier Economies" Journal of International Economics 54, May 2001, 211-231, co-author: Theo van de Klundert.

"Groei vraagt om historisch besef" ESB 23-3-2001

"Groei en Vriendschap" (Growth and Friendship, with summary in English), in: Henk Klok, Ton van Schaik and Sjak Smulders (eds) "Economologues, liber amicorum voor Theo van de Klundert", Tilburg, 2001.

"Growth Theory in Historical Perspective", Contents

Research grants

• "Academie-onderzoeker" Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), April 1999 to March 2004 (5 years full salary).
• "persoonsgerichte post-doc subsidie" NWO (Dutch Scientific Research) research grant, July 1996 - June 1998 (2 years full salary).

Thesis supervision

• Corrado di Maria "Choosing the direction: Essays on Directed Technical Change, Trade and the Environment". PhD defence October 27, 2006
• Edwin van der Werf "Climate change policy and endogenous technological change" as of September 2003
• Martin Kahanec "Essays on Social Interaction and Earnings Inequality". Defended February 2006
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Member Ph.D. dissertation committees

• Augustin Pérez-Barahona, "Economic growth and the use of non-renewable energy resources", CORE, Louvain-la-Neuve, October 2006
• Alexandra Leitao, Universidade Nova Lisboa, May 2006
• Bas Straathof, Maastricht University, April 2005
• Frédéric Tournemaine "Capital humain, financement de la recherche, fécondité et croissance économique" Université de Toulouse 1, March 2004
• Bas van Groezen "The Wealth of Generations; Ageing, Pensions, and Welfare from a Macroeconomic Perspective" Tilburg University 2003
• David Vávra "Essays in International Economics" CERGE-EI Prague, 2003.
• Luc Rougé "Ressources Non-renouvelables, Pollution et Croissance", Université de Toulouse I, 2002
• Sangeeta Bansal "Environmental Regulation in the Presence of Environmnetally Conscious Consumers", Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi, 2002
• Richard Nahuis "Knowledge and Economic Growth", Tilburg University, 2000
• Poul Schou "Endogenous Growth, Nonrenewable Resources and Environmental Problems", Copenhagen University, 1999
• Rob Aalbers "On the Implications of Thresholds for Economic Science and Environmental Policy", Tilburg University, 1999
• Erik Canton ""Economic Growth and Business Cycles", Tilburg University, 1997

Conferences organized

• International Conference "Sustainable resource use and Economic Dynamics" Ascona, Switserland, June 2004 and June 2006, in collaboration with ETH Zuerich.
• Symposium "Waarden en Normen in de economie", Tilburg, 23 March 2001.
• International conference "Dynamics, Economic Growth, and International Trade, IV", Tilburg University, in collaboration with Copenhagen Business School, July 1999. Symposium "Groei en Instituties", Tilburg, February 1997.

Invited lectures, conference and workshop presentations

• Enter Jamboree, January 2005, invited faculty presentation.
• ntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) expert meeting on emission scenarios, Washington DC January 2005, invited lecture.
• University of Durham (UK), March 2004, invited seminar.
• "Economic Integration, Innovation Dynamics and Growth" Brussels, February 2003, invited workshop presentation.
• Seminaire economique de Louvain, CORE, Louvain-la-Neuve, 20 November 2003. Invited seminar.
• TranSust workshop on implementing sustainability in economic and environmental models, Amsterdam 13 November 2003, invited lecture.
• Environmental economics seminar, Universite de Toulouse 1, 23 October 2003, invited seminar.
• Séminaire international "La croissance économique devient-elle immatérielle? Réflexion sur une voie possible du Développement Durable" Sorbonne Paris, September 2003, invited lecture.
• Workshop "Economic Dynamics and the Environment" Sevilla, July 2-3, 2003, invited lecture.
• European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists annual conference, Bilbao, Spain, June 2003.
• ETH, Zuerich, May 5, 2003, invited research seminar.
• Workshop "Social Capital and Economic Development", March 27, 2003, Tilburg University.
• Research seminar, Merit, Maastricht, February 25, 2003.
• International conference "Environmental and Technology Policy, Energy Use and Technological Change" Amsterdam, November 2002, discussant.
• Workshop "Scarcity and growth in the new millennium", invited lecture, Resources for the Future, Washington, November 2002. ? European Economic Association, 17th Annual Congress, Venice, August 2002.
• Invited Research Seminar, CERGE_EI, Prague, Czech Republic, November 2001
• Invited lecture, Zeuthen Workshop "Growth and Competition", Copenhagen University, Denmark, November 2001
• Keynote lecture, European Association of Environmental and Resource Economists annual conference, Southampton, UK, June 29, 2001.
• Environmental economics Seminar, Gothenburg University, Sweden, June 8, 2001.
• Macroeconomics Seminar, University of Amsterdam, May 10, 2001
• Invited Economics Seminar, University Maastricht, February 1, 2001
• NWO-Pret Workshop, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, January 2001.
• International Workshop "Economic Modelling of Environmental Policy and Endogenous Technological Change", Amsterdam,The Netherlands, November 2000.
• International Conference "The Monopolistic Competition Revolution after 25 years", Groningen, The Netherlands, October, 2000. 

J.A. Smulders teaches the following subjects:

• Macroeconomics 2 (CentER) (230335) Further information
• Society, Culture, and Economy (840003) Further information
• MSc Thesis Economics (390303) Further information
• Macroeconomics 4 for EBE: Growth and Institutions (30K301) Further information
• Macroeconomics 4 for ECO: Growth and Institutions (30L207) Further information
• Seminar Development and Growth (330075) Further information