CentER

Daan van Soest

I. BIOGRAPHICAL DATA

 

Name

Van Soest, Daniël Pieter

Date of birth

September 26th, 1969, Leiden, The Netherlands

Nationality

Dutch

Marital status

Married, two children (Anouk, 16-8-2003; Lennart, 29-4-2006)

Telephone

+31 13 466 2072

Fax

+31 13 466 3042

E-mail

d.p.vansoest@uvt.nl

II. WORKING EXPERIENCE

Appointments:

Since January 2009

Professor of Environmental Economics (0.6fte) at VU University Amsterdam

June 2006 - present:

Associate Professor (0.4 fte since January 2009) at Tilburg University

July 1998 - May 2006:

Assistant Professor at Tilburg University; tenured since Jan. 1, 2004.

October 1997 - June 1998:

Economic Advisor to the General Secretary of ATIBT, Association Technique des Bois Tropicaux, Paris. Coordination of sustainable forest management implementation projects in the tropics

September 1993 - September 1997:

Ph.D. student at the Faculty of Economics at Groningen University (The Netherlands)

Visiting scholar

  • LERNA, Université de Toulouse, Toulouse (France), December 2008;
  • Department of Economics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain), December 2006 and March 2008;
  • Department of Economics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg (Germany), May 2006;
  • Department of Economics, European University Madrid, Madrid (Spain), March 2006;
  • Department of Economics, University of Victoria, Victoria (Canada), October 2004;
  • Department of Economics, University of Nottingham, Nottingham (UK), June 2004;
  • Department of Economics, Facultés Universitaires Notre–Dame de la Paix, Namur (Belgium), December 2003;
  • Department of Economics, Ecole Nationale Supérieure Agronomique Montpellier, Montpellier (France), February-March 2003;
  • Agricultural and Resource Economics Department, University of Maryland , College Park (Maryland, USA), December 2001;
  • Department of Economics and Business Administration, University of Central Florida, Orlando (Florida, USA), December 2001;
  • Department of Economics and Finance, University of Wyoming, Laramie (Wyoming, USA), September 2000.

III. EDUCATION

1993-1997:

Ph.D: Groningen University and Netherlands Network of Economics (the Netherlands); Ph.D. received on January 29, 1998

1992-1993:

Selected Master’s courses in Economics at Bristol University (United Kingdom)

1987-1993:

Undergraduate studies (Bachelor's and Master's, Cum Laude) in Economics at Groningen University (the Netherlands)

IV. TEACHING

  • Advanced environmental economics (MPhil, second year NAKE);
  • Seminar Environmental Economics, Capita Selecta (MSc Economics, Tilburg University);
  • Environmental economics (intermediate; BSc Economics, Tilburg University);
  • Micro economics and the environment (BSc Economics, Tilburg University);
  • Micro economics (Principles; BSc Economics and BSc International Economics and Finance, Tilburg University);
  • Guest lectures (European University Madrid 2006, Wageningen University 2000–2002 and Groningen University 1995–1997).

    • V. MANAGEMENT

    • Head of the Educational Board of Economics and International Economics and Finance (since July 2006)
    • Member of the Educational Board of Economics and International Economics and Finance (2003-2006)
    • Member of the Educational Committee of the Faculty of Economics (2002-2004)
    • Member of the Department management team (teaching allocation and research; 1999-2002)
    • Program leader NWO-Evolution and Behavior (2006-2010)
    • Project coordinator NWO/NOVEM project on energy efficiency in SME (2000-2005)

    VI. EDITORIAL MATTERS

    Associate Editor, Environmental and Resource Economics, September 2007 – present.

    VII. RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Natural resource economics, environmental economics, energy economics, development economics

    VIII. RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

    Publications in refereed journals:

    28. Arguedas, C. and D.P. van Soest, "On Reducing the Windfall Profits in Environmental Subsidy Programs", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 58(2): 192–205.

    27. Aalbers, R., E. van der Heijden, J. Potters, D.P. van Soest and H. Vollebergh (2009), “Technology Adoption Subsidies: An Experiment with Managers”, Energy Economics 31(3): 431-442.

    26. Kuper, G.H., J.P.A.M. Jacobs and D.P. van Soest (2009), "Threshold Effects and Energy Price Changes", Applied Economics 41(27): 3483 – 3490.

    25. Bouma, J., E.H. Bulte and D.P. van Soest (2008), “Trust and Cooperation: Social Capital and Community Resource Management”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 56(2): 155–166.

    24. Vyrastekova, J. and D.P. van Soest (2008), “On the (In)effectiveness of Rewards in Sustaining Cooperation”, Experimental Economics 11(1): 53–65.

    23. Erdlenbruch, K., M. Tidball and D.P. van Soest (2008), “Renewable Resource Management, User Heterogeneity, and the Scope for Cooperation”, Ecological Economics 64(3): 597–602.

    22. Bouma, J., D.P. van Soest and E.H. Bulte (2007), "How Sustainable is Participatory Watershed Development in India?", Agricultural Economics 36(1): 13-22.

    21. Van Soest, D.P., J.A. List and T. Jeppesen (2006), "Shadow Prices, Environmental Stringency, and International Competitiveness", European Economic Review 50(5): 1151-1167.

    20. Van Soest, D.P., S.G. Gerking and F.G. van Oort (2006), "On the Spatial Impact of Agglomeration Externalities", Journal of Regional Science 46(5): 881–899.

    19. Kuper, G.H. and D.P. van Soest (2006), "Does Oil Price Uncertainty affect Economic Activity?", Energy Journal 27(1): 55-78.

    18. Dijkstra, B. and D.P. van Soest (2006), "Higher Environmental Damage, More Lenient Environmental Policies?”, Journal of Economics 89(3): 267-284.

    17. Van Soest, D.P. (2005), "The Impact of Policy Instruments on the Adoption of Energy-Saving Technologies under Uncertainty", Resource and Energy Economics 27(3): 235-247.

    16. Smulders, J.A., D.P. van Soest and C. Withagen (2004), "International Trade, Species Diversity and Habitat Conservation", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 48(2): 891-910.

    15. Van Soest, D.P., S.D. Gerking and F.G. van Oort (2004), "Knowledge Transfer and the Location of New ICT Firms", International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management 4(1): 11-19.

    14. Vyrastekova, J. and D.P. van Soest (2003), "Centralized Common Pool Management and Local Community Participation", Land Economics 79(4): 500-514.

    13. Kuper, G.H. and D.P. van Soest (2003), "Path-dependency and input substitution: Implications for energy policy modelling", Energy Economics 25(4): 397-407.

    12. De Nooij, M., R. van der Kruk and D.P. van Soest (2003), "International comparisons of domestic energy consumption", Energy Economics 25(4): 359-373.

    11. Van Soest, D.P., E.H. Bulte, A. Angelsen and G.C. van Kooten (2002), "Opening Pandora's Box? Technological Change and Deforestation", Environment and Development Economics 7(2): 73-84.

    10. Wassenaar, M.C. and D.P. van Soest (2002), "Local Fiscal Strategies in the Netherlands: An Empirical Analysis", Local Government Studies 28(2): 88-100.

    9. Bulte, E.H., D.P. van Soest, G.C. van Kooten and R. Schipper (2002), "Forest Conservation in Costa Rica when Nonuse Benefits are Uncertain but Rising", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 84(1): 150-160.

    8. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (2001), "Environmental Degradation in Developing Countries: Explaining the Environmental Kuznets Curve", Journal of Development Economics 65(1): 225-236.

    7. Van Soest, D.P. and E.H. Bulte (2001), "Does the Energy-Efficiency Paradox exist? Technological Progress and Uncertainty", Environment and Resource Economics 18(1): 101-112.

    6. Van Soest,D.P. andB.W. Lensink (2000), "Foreign Transfers and Tropical Deforestation: What Terms of Conditionality?", American Journal of Agricultural Economics 82(2): 389-399.

    5. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1999), "A Note on Soil Depth, Failing Markets and Agricultural Pricing", Journal of Development Economics 58(1): 245-254.

    4. Van Soest, D.P. and C.J. Jepma (1997), "Certification and Tropical Deforestation: Micro Monitoring without Macro Conditions?", Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 2(4): 241-254.

    3. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1996), "Tropical Deforestation, Timber Concessions and Slash-and-Burn Agriculture: Why Encroachment may promote Conservation of PrimaryForests", Journal of Forest Economics 2(1): 55-66.

    2. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1996), "A Note on High Discount Rates and Depletion of Primary Forests", Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 21(2): 341-350.

    1. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1996), "International Transfers, Price Uncertainty and Tropical Deforestation", Environment and Development Economics 1(3): 281-287.

    Articles in non-refereed journals:

    9. Van Soest, D.P. (2007), "De aanpak van het subsidie-freerider probleem [Increasing the effectiveness of subsidies]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4513: 407–409.

    8. Van Soest, D.P. (2005), "De Kosten van Ontkoppeling [The costs of delinking]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4461: D27-D29.

    7. Van Soest, D.P. (2003), "De Poorten Dicht voor een BeterMilieu? [Trade Barriers and the Environment]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4392: 18.

    6. Van Soest, D.P., F.G. van Oortand S.D. Gerking (2001), "Kennisexternaliteiten in Nederland [Knowledge Externalities in the Netherlands]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4289: 14-17.

    5. Van Soest, D.P. and M. de Nooij (1999), "Van Zola naar efficiënte beloningen [Via Zola towards efficient incentive structures]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4210: 495.

    4. De Groot, H.L.F. and D.P. van Soest (1999), "Investeren onder Onzekerheid [Investment under Uncertainty]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4196: 230-232.

    3. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1999), "De Bescheiden EconomischeWaarde van Biodiversiteit [The Modest Economic Value of Biodiversity]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4190: 124-127.

    2. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1997), "Beleggen in Teakhout: Een Tweesnijdend Kapmes? [A Critical Assessment of the Double Dividend arising from Investments in Teak Plantations]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4093: 132-134.

    1. Bulte, E.H. and D.P. van Soest (1995), "Ontbossing en de Handel in Tropisch Hardhout [Deforestation and the Tropical Timber Trade]", Economisch Statistische Berichten 4034: 1044-1047.

    Books and book chapters:

    20. Van Soest, D.P. and H. Vollebergh (2008), “Energy Investment Behavior: Heterogeneity and Subsidy Design”, Chapter XXX in Florax, R.J.G.M., H.L.F. de Groot and P. Mulder (eds.), Energy Efficiency and Technology Adoption, forthcoming.

    19. Van Soest, D.P. and H.L.F. de Groot (2008), “On the Environmental Impact of Energy Market Liberalization”, Chapter XXX in Florax, R.J.G.M., H.L.F. de Groot and P. Mulder (eds.), Energy Efficiency and Technology Adoption, forthcoming.

    18. Vyrastekova, J. and D.P. van Soest (2007), “The effectiveness of centralized and decentralized institutions in managing biodiversity: Lessons from economic experiments”, Chapter 15 in Kontoleon, A., U. Pascual and T. Swanson, Frontiers in Biodiversity Economics, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 481–500.

    17. Vyrastekova, J., Y. Funaki and D.P. van Soest (2007), “Coalition Formation in a Common Pool Resource Game: An Experimental Approach”, Chapter 3 in M. Kohno and T. Saijo (eds), New Developments in Political-Economic Experiments and Behavioral Research, Tokyo: Keisoshobo.

    16. Vyrastekova, J. and D.P. van Soest (2007), “A Note on Peer Enforcement by Selective Exclusion”, in Oda, S.H. (ed.), Developments on Experimental Economics: New Approaches to Solving Real-World Problems, Berlin: Springer Verlag: 187-192.

    15. Van Soest, D.P. and J. Vyrastekova (2006), “Peer Enforcement in CPR Experiments: The Relative Effectiveness of Sanctions and Transfer Rewards, and the Role of Behavioral Types”, Chapter 6 in J.A. List (ed.), Using Experimental Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar: 113–136.

    14. Vyrastekova, J. and D.P. van Soest (2006), “Local Community Participation in Renewable Resource Management: A Closer Look at the Role of Information and Expectations”, Chapter 7 in SPSE (eds), A Political Economic Analysis to Institution and Order, Waseda University: School of Political Science & Economics.

    13. Van Oort, F.G., D.P. van Soest and S.D. Gerking (2006), “Agglomeratievoordelen en de Locatie van Nieuwe ICT Bedrijven in Zuid-Holland [Agglomeration Economies and the Location of ICT Firms in the Dutch Province of South Holland]”, in Atzema, O. and P, Louter (eds.), Lokale Daadkracht in de Digitale Doolhof, Assen: van Gorkum.

    12. Bouma, J., D.P. van Soest and E.H. Bulte (2005), “Participatory Watershed Development in India: A Sustainable Approach”, Chapter 8 in B.R. Sharma, J.S. Samra, C.A. Scott and S.P. Wani (eds), Watershed Management Challenges: Improving Productivity, Resources and Livelihoods, Colombo: International Water Management Institute (IWMI)/Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR)/International Crops Research Institute for Semi–Arid Tropics (ICRISAT): 129–143.

    11.Vyrastekova, J. and D.P. van Soest (2005), "Selective Exclusion in Common Pool ResourceUse: An Experimental Study", Proceedings of the Experimental Economics Week in Honour of Dr Vernon L. Smith, Kyoto and Okayama, Japan, 13-17 December 2004, Berlin: Springer Verlag.

    10. Van Oort, F.G., D.P. van Soest and S.D. Gerking (2004), “Dynamic Information Externalities and Employment Growth in the Netherlands”, in R. Boschma and R. Kloosterman (eds), Technological change and regional development Liber Amicorum prof. Jan Lambooy, Kluwer.

    9. Aalbers, R.F.T., E.C.M. van der Heijden, A.G.C. van Lomwel, J.H.M. Nelissen, J.J.M. Potters and H.R.J. Vollebergh (2005), "Naar een OptimaalDesignvoor Investeringssubsidies in Milieuvriendelijke Technieken [The Optimal Design of Investment Subsidies to Stimulate the Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Technologies]", OCFEB Studies in Economic Policy 15, Rotterdam.

    8. Van Soest, D.P. (2004), “Stimuleren van Adoptie van Milieubesparende Technologieën: Welk Instrument, Wanneer? [Stimulating the Adoption of Environmentally Friendly Technologies: When, and How?]”, Chapter 4 in H. Vollebergh, W. van Groenendaal, M. Hofkes and R. Kemp (eds.), Milieubeleid, Technologische Ontwikkeling in de Nederlandse Economie [Environmental Policy, Technological Progress and the Dutch Economy], The Hague: SDU.

    7. Beckers, T, J. Dagevos, F. van Aalst, P. van Dijk, A. Ekelenkamp, F. Hermans, H. de Kuper, L. Mostard, T. Reesink and D.P. van Soest (2003), Vernieuwend Duurzaam? Een Analyse van de Plannen voor Moerdijkse Hoek [Sustainability of Industrial Zones: AnAnalysis], Tilburg: Telos.

    6. Angelsen, A., D.P. van Soest, D. Kaimowitz and E.H. Bulte (2001), "Technological Change and Tropical Deforestation: A Theory Overview", Chapter 2 in A. Angelsen and D. Kaimowitz (eds.), Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation. Oxon: CABI Publishing: 19-34.

    5. Bulte, E.H., D.P.van Soest and G.C. van Kooten (2000), "Economics, Endangered Species and BiodiversityLoss: The Dismal Science in Practice", Chapter 9 in G.C. van Kooten, A.T. Sinclair and E.H. Bulte (eds.), The Future of Biodiversity: Merging Economic, Ecological and Ethical Viewpoints, Ashgate Publishers: 123-142.

    4. Van Soest, D.P. (2000), “Milieu en Technologie in Nederland [Environment and Technology Choice in the Netherlands]”, Chapter 6 in Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, Background Report for the Evaluation of the EET Program , The Hague: 73–84.

    3. Landrot, J.J., D.P. van Soest and J. Maxin (eds., 1999), Road Infrastructures in Tropical Rainforests: Road to Development or Road to Destruction?, FAO/ATIBT,Rome: Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.

    2. Van Soest, D.P. (1998), Tropical Deforestation: An Economic Perspective, Theses on Systems, Organisations and Management, Ridderkerk: Labyrinth Publications.

    1. Hoogeveen, J.A.M. and D.P. van Soest (1993), Tropical Rainforest Degradation in Cameroon and Ecuador: A Socio-Economic Approach, Development and Security 41, Groningen: University of Groningen.

    Book reviews:

    1. Dudley, N., J.P. Jeanreneaud and F. Sullivan (1995), Bad Harvest? The Timber Trade and the Degradation of the World's Forests, WWF/Earthscan Publications, London, reviewed for Journal of Tropical Forest Products 3(2), 1997.

    Work currently under review:

    1. Van Soest, D.P. and J. Vyrastekova, “Economic Ties and Social Dilemmas: An Economic Experiment”, CentER Discussion Paper 2004–55, Tilburg. Revised and resubmitted (second round) to the Economic Journal.

    2. Gebreegziabher, Z., G.C. van Kooten and D.P. van Soest, “Land Degradation in Ethiopia: What do Stoves have to do with It?”, revised and submitted (third round) to Environment and Development Economics.

    3. Van Soest, D.P. and J. Vyrastekova, “Higher Fines, Lower Conviction Probabilities, and the Support for Government Regulation”, submitted to the Journal of Law, Economics and Organization.

    4. Van Soest, D.P. and A. Kontoleon, “Stop flushing down the Environment: The Feasibility of introducing a New Waterless Toilet”, submitted to Journal of Environmental Management.

    Work in progress:

    1.Stoop, J., D.P. van Soest and J. Vyrastekova, “Two Carrots and No Stick: The Effectiveness of Second-Order Rewarding in Social Dilemma Situations”, Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    2. Funaki, Y., J. Vyrastekova and D.P. van Soest, “Cooperative Solutions to Social Dilemma Situations: An Economic Experiment”, Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    3. Arguedas, C., G. Meijerink and D.P. van Soest, “Biodiversity Conservation, Asymmetric Information and the Role of Fixed Costs”, Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    4. Bulte, E.H., P. Francois and D.P. van Soest, “Formal Institutions versus Informal Institutions: On the Role of Culture in Economic Development”, Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    5. Van Soest, D.P. and C. Arguedas, “How to Increase the Effectiveness of Environmental Subsidy Schemes”, Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    6. Urrusti Frenk, L.M.S. and D.P. van Soest, “Institutions Revised: Inequality and Economic Development”, Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    7. Richter, A., J. Grasman and D.P. van Soest, “Temptation versus norm compliance in a social dilemma situation when behavior is contageous", Tilburg: Tilburg University.

    Reviewed papers for the following journals:

    Environment and Development Economics, Environment and Resource Economics, Journal of Public Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Oxford Economic Papers, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, European Review of Agricultural Economics, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Journal of Development Economics, Journal of Economic Geography, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Empirical Modeling, Ecological Economics, Review of International Economics, Energy Economics.



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