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JENNY E. LIGTHART
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Georgia State University 488 Lindbergh Place #423
Andrew Young School of Policy Studies Atlanta, GA 30324
Department of Economics (+1)-404-869-0477
14 Marietta Street NW
Atlanta, GA 30303
Phone: (+1)-404-413-0228
Fax: (+1)-404-413-0244
E-mail : j.ligthart@uvt.nl
Homepage: http://center.uvt.nl/staff/ligthart/
EDUCATION
1997 Ph.D. in Economics, University of Amsterdam
Fall 1994 Visiting Scholar, Stanford University, Department of Economics
1994 M.Phil. in Economics (cum laude), Netherlands Network of
Economics (NAKE) and Tinbergen Institute
Fall 1991 Exchange Graduate Student, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
1991 M.Sc. in Economics (cum laude), University of Amsterdam
EMPLOYMENT RECORD
Current Positions
01/09–Present Visiting Professor, Georgia State University, Andrew Young School
of Policy Studies, Department of Economics
01/08–Present Full Professor of Macroeconomics, Tilburg University, Department
of Economics and CentER (on unpaid leave as of 01/09)
01/03–Present Honorary Professor of Quantitative Economics, University of
Groningen, Department of Economics
Previous Positions
10/02–12/08 Full Professor of Quantitative Economics, Tilburg University,
Department of Economics and CentER
10/02–12/08 Director, Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE), the Dutch
national graduate school
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12/02–12/07 Ministry of Finance Professor of Economics, Tilburg University,
Department of Economics
10/99–09/02 Economist (Regular Staff), International Monetary Fund,
Washington, D.C., Fiscal Affairs Department, Tax Policy Division
10/98–09/99 Economist Program (Tenure-Track Staff), International
Monetary Fund, Washington, D.C., European I Department, Central
II Division
09/97–09/98 Economist Program (Tenure-Track Staff), International Monetary
Fund, Washington, D.C., Fiscal Affairs Department, Tax Policy
Division
05/95–09/97 Assistant Professor, University of Amsterdam, Department of
Economics, International Economics Division
Spring 1996 Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, International Monetary Affairs,
Amsterdam School of International Relations (ASIR)
01/92–05/95 Lecturer, University of Amsterdam, Department of Economics,
Macroeconomics Division
Spring 1991 Internship, Dutch Central Bank, Balance of Payments Department
Editorial Positions
03/09– Co-Editor, FinanzArchiv (Public Finance Analysis)
10/02–12/08 Editor, Nake News
Professional Affiliations
01/06–Present Research Fellow, CESifo Research Network, Munich
10/02–Present Senior Research Fellow, CentER, Tilburg University
Other Professional Activities
03/08–Present Member of ad-hoc fiscal committee advising the Chair of the
Social and Economic Council of the Netherlands
02/08–07/08 Member selection committee of VIDI grants (Associate Professor
level), Dutch National Science Foundation
11/06–Present Educational Coordinator Macro Track, CentER Graduate School,
Tilburg University
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06/03–Present Consultant, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific
Research (TNO), Institute for Traffic Transport, Logistics, and
Spatial Development
12/03–Present Board Member of the Royal Netherlands Economic Association
10/03–Present Supervisory Board Member of the National Academy for Finance
and Economy, The Hague
06/03–07/07 Member of the Supervisory Board (“Central Planning Committee”)
of the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB)
10/02–Present Member of the Panel of Fiscal Experts, Fiscal Affairs Department,
International Monetary Fund
12/99–10/01 Member of the International Advisory Group on Taxation (IAGT) in
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Short-Term Visiting Positions
European Central Bank (May 2007); CESifo, University of Munich (October–
November 2005); World Bank (January 2005); International Monetary Fund (April
2004 and March 2003); Tilburg University, CentER (June 2001 and September 1996);
Groningen University (May 1999); and University College London (April 1996)
Teaching Experience
Tilburg University: BA course on Growth and Development (2006–08); MPhil
course on Open Economy Macroeconomics (2005–08); MPhil course on Dynamic
Macroeconomics (2003–04); BA course on International Economics (2002–03);
University of Amsterdam: Graduate course on Trade and Monetary Theory (1995–
1997); Graduate International Macroeconomics (1996); Graduate International
Environmental Economics (1997); MA Course on International Monetary Affairs
(1996); Intermediate and Graduate Macroeconomics (1992–1995)
International Monetary Fund: Sections of the Public Finance Course for Country
Officials (IMF Institute, 1997 and 1999–2002)
Other institutions: Principles of Macroeconomics (Georgia State University, Spring
2009); Sections of the course for Central American Central Bankers (Development
Research Institute, IVO, June 2006); Graduate Course on Macroeconomics and Fiscal
Policy (University of Munich, Fall 2005)
Technical Assistance and IMF Country Work
Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 1999–October 2001, June 2004, March 2005);
Ethiopia (July 1998); The Gambia (February 2002); Georgia (November 1998);
Kenya (May 2002–September 2002); Portugal (1999); Hungary (October 1998–
October 1999); and Turkmenistan (October 1997–October 1998)
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RESEARCH RECORD
Recent Academic Papers
[1] “Do Immigrant Networks Promote Outward Foreign Direct Investment?
Evidence from the Netherlands” (with Dorothe Singer), 2009, mimeo, Tilburg
University
[2] “The Determinants of Cross-Border Tax Information Sharing: A Panel Data
Analysis” (with Johannes Voget), 2008, mimeo, Tilburg University. Paper
presented at 2008 WZB conference
[3] “How Productive is Public Capital? A Meta-Analysis” (with Pedro Bom), 2008,
CentER Discussion Paper No. 2008-10. Paper presented at the 2008 IIPF
conference.
[4] “Currency Invoicing in International Trade: A Panel Data Approach” (with
Jorge da Silva), 2007, CentER Discussion Paper No. 07-25, Tilburg University.
Revise and resubmit, Journal of International Economics
[5] “Commodity Tax Competition Among Governments: An Empirical Analysis”
(with Jan Jacobs and Hendrik Vrijburg), 2007, Revise (minor) and resubmit,
International Tax and Public Finance
Publications in International Journals
[6] “The Transitional Dynamics of Fiscal Policy in Small Open Economies” (with
Ben Heijdra), 2009, Macroeconomic Dynamics, forthcoming
[7] “Labor Tax Reform, Unemployment, and Search” (with Ben Heijdra), 2009,
International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp. 82-104
[8] “Information Exchange under Non-Discriminatory Taxation” (with Michael
Keen), 2007, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Vol. 109, No. 3, pp. 487-504
[9] “Information Exchange for Consumption Tax Purposes: An Empirical
Exploration,” 2007, Information Economics and Policy, Vol. 19, No. 1 pp. 24-
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[10] “Fiscal Policy, Monopolistic Competition, and Finite Lives” (with Ben Heijdra),
2007, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Vol. 31, No. 1, pp. 325-359
[11] “The Macroeconomic Dynamics of Demographic Shocks” (with Ben Heijdra),
2006, Macroeconomic Dynamics, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 349-370
[12] “Incentives and Information Exchange in International Taxation” (with Michael
Keen), 2006, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 13, No. 2/3, pp. 163-
180
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[13] “Environmental Quality, the Macroeconomy, and Intergenerational
Distribution” (with Ben Heijdra and Jan Peter Kooiman), 2006, Resource and
Energy Economics, Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. 74-104
[14] “Information Sharing and International Taxation: A Primer” (with Michael
Keen), 2006, International Tax and Public Finance, Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 81-110
[15] “Coordinating Tariff Reduction and Domestic Tax Reform Under Imperfect
Competition” (with Michael Keen), 2005, Review of International Economics,
Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 385-390
[16] “Consumption Taxation in a Digital World: A Primer,” 2004, Canadian Tax
Journal, Vol. 52, No. 3, pp. 1076-1101
[17] “Savings Taxation in the European Union: An Economic Perspective” (with
Michael Keen), 2004, Tax Notes International, Vol. 3, No. 6, pp. 539-546
[18] “The Point of Collection of Single-Stage Sales Tax in a Federal System,” 2003,
Tax Notes International, Vol. 32, pp. 569-577
[19] “Coordinating Tariff Reductions and Domestic Tax Reform” (with Michael
Keen), 2002, Journal of International Economics, Vol. 56, No. 2, pp. 407-425
[20] “The Hiring Subsidy Cum Firing Tax in a Search Model of Unemployment”
(with Ben Heijdra), 2002, Economics Letters, Vol. 75, No. 1, pp. 97-108
[21] “Public Capital and Output Growth in Portugal: An Empirical Analysis” 2002,
European Review of Economics and Finance, Vol.1, No. 2, pp. 3-30
[22] “Tax Policy, Output, and Intergenerational Distribution” (with Ben Heijdra),
2002, IMF Staff Papers, Vol. 49, No. 1, pp. 106-127
[23] “Deposit-Refund on Labor: A Solution to Equilibrium Unemployment?” (with
Ben Heijdra), 2001, IMF Staff Papers, Vol. 48, No. 2, pp. 593-609
[24] “The Dynamic Macroeconomic Effects of Tax Policy in an Overlapping
Generations Model” (with Ben Heijdra), 2000, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol.
52, No. 4, pp. 677-701
[25] “Environmental Policy, Tax Incidence, and the Cost of Public Funds” (with
Frederick van der Ploeg), 1999, Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol.
13, No. 2, pp. 187-207
[26] “Fiscal Policy, Distortionary Taxation, and Direct Crowding Out under
Monopolistic Competition” (with Ben Heijdra and Frederick van der Ploeg),
1998, Oxford Economic Papers, Vol. 50, No. 1, pp. 79-88
[27] “Keynesian Multipliers, Direct Crowding Out, and the Optimal Provision of
Public Goods” (with Ben Heijdra), 1997, Journal of Macroeconomics, Vol. 19,
No. 4, pp. 803-826
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[28] “Pollution, the Cost of Public Funds, and Endogenous Growth” (with Frederick
van der Ploeg), 1994, Economics Letters, Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 351-361
[29] “Valuing Recreational King Mackerel Fishing: An Application of the
Contingent Valuation Method,” 1993, Tinbergen Institute Research Bulletin,
Vol. 5, pp. 15-28
Books and Contributions to Edited Volumes
[30] “Taxing Cross-Border Savings Income: An Economic Analysis of the EU
Savings Tax,” 2007, in Read, C. and G.N. Gregoriou (eds), International
Taxation (Amsterdam: Elsevier Science Publishers)
[31] Environment, Imperfect Markets, and Public Finance, 1997, Tinbergen Institute
Research Series No. 170 (Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers)
[32] “Optimal Government Policy, Tax Incidence, and the Environment” (with
Frederick van der Ploeg), 1996, in Carraro, Carlo and Dominico Siniscalco
(eds.), Environmental Taxation, Revenue Recycling and Unemployment
(Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press)
[33] “Environmental Quality, Public Finance and Sustainable Growth” (with
Frederick van der Ploeg), 1995, in Carraro, Carlo and Jerzey Filar (eds.), Game
Theoretic and Control Models of the Environment (Boston: Birkhauser)
[34] “Sustainable Growth and Renewable Resources in the Global Economy” (with
Frederick van der Ploeg), 1994, in Carraro, Carlo (ed.), Trade, Innovation, and
Environment (Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Press)
Publications in Refereed Dutch Academic Journals and Books
[35] “Belasten van kapitaalinkomen en globalisering” (with Ruud de Mooij), 2007,
in C.L.J. Caminada, A.M. Haberham, J.H. Hoogteijling en H. Vording (red.),
Belasting met beleid, Den Haag: Sdu, pp. 335-350
[36] “The Productivity of Public Capital: A Meta-Analysis” (with Rosa M. Martin
Suarez), 2005, Conference Proceedings, Netherlands Regional Science
Association, forthcoming
[37] “Het belasten van grensoverschrijdende spaartegoeden: inlichtingenuitwisseling
of bronbelasting?” 2003, Maandschrift Economie, Vol. 67, pp. 315-333
[38] “SIMPC: Een kritische aanbeveling” (with Hans Amman and Pieter Prins),
1990, Kwantitatieve Methoden, Vol. 35, pp. 107-112
Work in Progress
[39] “A Meta-Analysis on the Output Elasticity of Public Capital: A Nonlinear
Publication Bias Approach” (with Pedro Bom), 2008, mimeo, Tilburg
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University. Paper presented at the 2 nd Annual conference of the Portuguese
Economic Journal and Meta-Analysis workshop in Nancy
[40] “Dynamic Panel Data Models Featuring Spatially Correlated Errors and
Endogenous Interaction: A Monte-Carlo Approach” (with Jan Jacobs and
Hendrik Vrijburg)
[41] “Panel Data Models Featuring a Spatial Lag and Spatially Correlated Errors”
(with Jan Jacobs and Hendrik Vrijburg)
[42] “Dealing with Dependency in Meta-Analysis: A GLS Approach Applied to the
Output Elasticity of Public Capital” (with Pedro Bom)
[43] “Coordinated Consumption Tax and Tariff Reform: A Dynamic Approach”
(with Ben Heijdra). Draft available soon
[44] “The Distributional Consequences of Coordinated Consumption Tax and Tariff
Reform” (with Ben Heijdra and Gerard van der Meijden). Draft available soon
[45] “Intergenerational Distribution, Public Capital, and Output” (with Pedro Bom
and Ben Heijdra)
[46] “Fiscal Policy in a Labor Market Search Model of a Small Open Economy”
(with Ben Heijdra)
[47] “The Political Economy of Export Taxes” (with Manuel Oechslin)
[48] “The Determinants of Currency Invoicing in Norwegian International Trade”
(with Sebastian Werner)
[49] “The EU Savings Tax” (with Sijbren Cnossen)
[50] “The Determinants of Tax Treaties: An Empirical Analysis” (with Johannes
Voget)
[51] “The Determinants of Transfer Prices in Soccer: A Panel Data Analysis” (with
Martin van Tuijl)
[52] “The Political Economy of the Flat Tax” (with Rick van der Ploeg).
[53] “The Impact of Foreign Ownership on Capital Taxation: Evidence from US
States” (with Wolf Wagner)
Unpublished Working Papers
[54] “Optimal Fiscal Policy and the Environment,” IMF Working Paper No. 98/146
(Washington: International Monetary Fund)
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[55] “The Macroeconomic Effects of Environmental Taxes: A Closer Look at the
Feasibility of ‘Win-Win’ Outcomes,” IMF Working Paper No. 98/75, May 1998
(Washington: International Monetary Fund)
[56] “Environmental Tax Substitution: A Dynamic General Equilibrium Analysis for
the U.S. Economy” (with Kerry Krutilla and Roy Boyd), presented at the 1998
World Congress of Environmental and Resource Economists, Venice, June 25-
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Selected IMF Policy and Technical Assistance Reports
[57] “Bosnia and Herzegovina: Assessing the Distributional Impact of VAT,” (with
Samsuddin Tareq and others), Technical Assistance Report, Fiscal Affairs
Department, IMF, March 2005 (60 pages)
[58] “Bosnia and Herzegovina: A State Level VAT—Policy and Implementation
Issues” (with Emil Sunley and others), Technical Assistance Report, Fiscal
Affairs Department, IMF, August 2004 (80 pages)
[59] “The Gambia: A Program for Tax Reform” (with Emil Sunley and Lee Burns),
Technical Assistance Report, Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF, February 2002
(87 pages)
[60] “Bosnia and Herzegovina: Toward a Value-Added Tax,” (with Russell Krelove,
John Bristow, and Richard Fulford), Technical Assistance Report, Fiscal Affairs
Department, IMF, February 2001 (108 pages)
[61] “Bosnia and Herzegovina: Taxation of Consumption and Inter-Entity Trade”
(with Koen van der Heeden and Jim Walsh), Technical Assistance Report,
Fiscal Affairs Department, IMF, February 2000 (53 pages)
[62] “Ethiopia: Liberalizing Trade and Improving the Tax System” (with Michael
Keen and John Bristow), Technical Assistance Report, Fiscal Affairs
Department, IMF, August 1998 (67 pages)
[63] Various chapters in Juan Jose Fernandez-Ansola et al., 2000, Bosnia and
Herzegovina: Selected Issues, SM/00/37, February 2000 (all co-authored with
Jun Ma): “The Size and Structure of Public Finance” (Chapter 4); “Fiscal
Sustainability: Current Policies” (Chapter 5); “Fiscal Sustainability: Medium-
Term Adjustment” (Chapter 6); and “Social Insurance and Social Assistance
Programs” (Chapter 7)
[64] “Tax Reform in Hungary” in Craig Beaumont et al., 1999, “Hungary: Selected
Issues,” IMF Staff Country Report No. 99/27
[65] “Hungary: Operational Aspects of Medium-Term Expenditure Budgeting” (with
Max Watson and Cristina Daseking), mimeo, IMF, May 1999
[66] “Turkmenistan: Public Finance,” in Emine Gürgen et al., 1998, Turkmenistan:
Recent Economic Developments, IMF Staff Country Report No. 98/81
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Unpublished Academic and Policy Reports (in Dutch)
[67] “Imago-onderzoek ministerie van Financiën: In het kader van de door het
ministerie van Financiën gesponsorde leerstoel aan de Faculteit Economie en
Bedrijfswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Tilburg” (with Gerard van der
Meijden), 2007, Tilburg University
[68] “Imago-onderzoek ministerie van Financiën: In het kader van de door het
ministerie van Financiën gesponsorde leerstoel aan de Faculteit Economie en
Bedrijfswetenschappen van de Universiteit van Tilburg” (with Jan Bolle), 2004,
Tilburg University
[69] “De maatschappelijke betekenis van doorvoer (with Kuipers and others), 2003,
TNO INRO rapport 2003-36, Delft (“The Societal Impact of Re-Export Trade”)
[70] “De determinanten van de keuze van de factureringsvaluta in de internationale
goederenhandel,” 1991, M.A. thesis, University of Amsterdam (“The Choice of
Invoicing Currency in International Goods Trade”)
[71] “De determinanten van de keuze van de factureringsvaluta in de Nederlandse
goederenhandel,” 1991, bbal/SA/FO/1101, Balance of Payments Department,
Dutch Central Bank, May 1991 (“The Determinants of the Choice of Invoicing
Currency in International Goods Trade”)
Contributions to Magazines in Economics
[72] “Prijsvorming op de voetbaltransfermarkt,” Aelementair, Vol. 6, March 2007,
pp. 20-23
[73] “Trade Liberalization Under Fire?”Aelementair, Vol. 4, January 2005, p. 13
[74] “Taxing Cross-Border Savings Income in a Globalizing World,” 2004, Defacto,
Vol. 18, pp. 36-39
[75] “Ministry of Finance Sponsors Chair at Tilburg University,” VITE Bulletin, Vol.
26, p. 22-23
[76] “Professor Jenny Ligthart,” CentERpoint, Vol. 12, pp. 6-8
OTHER ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
Referee for: Canadian Journal of Economics, Economica, Economic Journal,
Economics Letters, Environment and Development Economics, Environmental and
Resource Economics, European Journal of Political Economy, FinanzArchiv,
International Tax and Public Finance, German Economic Review, Journal of
Economics and Business, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management,
Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of International Economics,
Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Public
Economic Theory, National Tax Journal, Oxford Economic Papers, Review of
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Economics and Statistics, Review of International Economics, Resource and Energy
Economics, World Development, and CESifo books
Member of the program committee of: (i) 65 th IIPF conference (in 2009); and (ii) 62 nd
IIPF conference (in 2006)
Chair of the scientific committee and organizer of the Annual NAKE Research
Conference (2002-2008)
Organizer of one-week workshops for Ph.D. students (2002-2008)
Organizer of Annual Studium Generale Economics Workshop (2002-04)
Organizer Young-KVS debating competition (2003-Present)
Member of the search committee for: (i) Arie Kapteyn Chair (Tilburg University,
January 2004); (ii) tenure-track faculty (Tilburg University, October-February 2004;
October-February 2003,); and (ii) Ph.D. students (University of Amsterdam, June
1993, May 1996)
Supervisor of the following Ph.D. students:
• Gerard van der Meijden (2008-Present)
• Peter van Oudheusden (2008-Present)
• Dorothe Singer (2008-Present); joint with Thorsten Beck
• Christian Bogmans (2007-Present); joint with Cees Withagen
• Pedro Bom (2006-Present)
• Derek Eaton (2003-Present); joint with Erwin Bulte
• Johannes Voget (2003-2008): joint with Harry Huizinga
Member of the Ph.D. committee of: Anna-Katharina Wick (December 2008); Brenda
Gonzalez-Hermosillo (May 2008); Attila Korpos (November 2006); Jardenna Kroeze-
Gil (December 2003)
Supervisor of the following M.Phil. students: Gerard van der Meijden (2008); Peter
van Oudheusden (2008); Dorothe Singer (2008); Hendrik Vrijburg (2006, 2007);
Pedro Bom (2006, 2007); Rosa Martin Suarez (2005); Valerio Ercolani (2005);
Jorge da Silva (2004); and Punnoose Jacob (2003)
Has supervised about 50 MA theses througout the years
Organizer of research seminars at: EU1 Department (1998 and 1999); and University
of Amsterdam (1995-1997)
Supervisor of various summer interns while at the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department
Software manager of the Department of Economics, University of Amsterdam (1992-
1994)
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HONORS AND GRANTS
Dutch National Science Foundation, Ph.D. grant on “Tax Competition and Tax
Evasion in a Multi-Jurisdictional World (with Lans Bovenberg), February 2004
Herman Karel Nieuwenhuis Prize awarded for the best M.Sc. thesis of 1991
Profiled in: 21 st Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in the World; 56 th and 57 th Edition of
Marquis Who's Who in America; 23 rd Edition of Marquis Who's Who of American
Women; 7 th Edition of Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Economic Association
International Institute of Public Finance
National Tax Association
REFERENCES
Michael Keen Ben Heijdra (Ph.D. advisor)
Fiscal Affairs Department Department of Economics
International Monetary Fund University of Groningen
700 19 th Street, N.W. P.O. Box 800
Washington, D.C. 20431 9700 AV Groningen
United States The Netherlands
Phone: (+1)-202-623-4199 Phone: (+31)-50-363-7303
E-mail: mkeen@imf.org E-mail: b.j.heijdra@rug.nl
Frederick van der Ploeg (main Ph.D. advisor) Jeffrey James
Department of Economics Department of Economics
Oxford University Tilburg University
Manor Road Building P.O. Box 90153
Manor Road, Oxford, OX1 3UQ 5000 LE Tilburg
United Kingdom The Netherlands
Phone: (+44)-186-528-1285 Phone: (+31)-13-466-2320
E-mail: rick.vanderploeg@economics.ox.ac.uk E-mail: m.j.james@uvt.nl
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