Herman Vollebergh is professor of Tax Economics at Tilburg University (Tax Economics –  Department of Economics, Tilburg Sustainability Centre and CentER), Senior Research Fellow at the PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, and CESifo Research Fellow in München. His teaching, research and consulting interests cover a broad range of topics including the design and effects of incentive mechanisms to steer major transitions, such as the net zero ambition for 2050, He extensively studied the use of (green) taxation, subsidies, tradeable permits and standards in the energy, waste and car market, cost-benefit analysis and discounting, the long run relationship between emissions and income, and the effect of environmental policy on technological change. He has worked together with the policy community at the OECD, IMF, Coalition of Finance Ministers, European Union and the Dutch government. Currently he is involved as external expert in the work of the Inclusive Framework on Carbon Mitigation Approaches by the OECD. Recently he completed studies on fossil fuel subsidies, international climate finance, and the use of standards to spur eco-innovation in the automobile industry.

For my research publications see: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1782710  or https://ideas.repec.org/e/pvo45.html#details

• Since 2024 Professor Empirical Tax Economics, Tilburg University
• Since 2013 Network Research Fellow CESifo
• Since 2010 Research Fellow Tilburg Sustainability Centre
• Since 2010 Associated Fellow CentER, Tilburg School of Economics
• 2016-2024 Professor Economics and Environmental Policy, Tilburg University
• 2007-2024 Senior Research Fellow PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Institute 
• 2005-2009 Research Fellow Tinbergen Institute Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR)
• 1989-2007 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, EUR
• 1992-2004 Research Fellow, Research Center for Economic Policy (OCFEB), EUR
• 1995-1997 Visiting Assistant Professor Environmental Economics, Tilburg University
• 1986-1989 University Teacher, Department of Social Sciences, EUR

Rik Rozendaal (2020-2024)

Victor Mylonas (2022-2026)

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