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Warandelaan 2, Koopmans Building, room K 346
5037 AB Tilburg
Netherlands
Accepting PhD Students
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Smulders' research examines the impact of environmental and energy policies on economic growth as well as the sources of economic growth in a variety of contexts. He has analysed under what conditions economic growth can be sustained without deteriorating environmental quality. Recent work has focused on the question whether the stimulation of technological change can reduce the cost of environmental policies in general and the cost of climate change and energy conservation policies in particular. Ongoing projects study the role of consumption and habits for growth and environment. Most of the work is based on small analytical models in the endogenous growth tradition. Other interests include public economics, economic history, and international trade.
Sjak Smulders has taught Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Growth theory, Environmental economics, Trade, Economy and culture (in the Liberal Arts programm) at Bachelor, MSc, and Research Master level. He served as Academic Director of the Tilburg MSc Economics program in 2010-2017. He was also a member of the University Teaching Qualification committee.
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Thesis supervision
Mauricio Rodriguez-Acosta. Essays in Political Economy and Resource Economics. 2016. (currently at Rosario, Bogota).
Ali Motavasseli. Essays in Environmental Policy and Household Economics. 2016.
Mahsa Jahan Dideh. Essays on Public Economics. 2016.
Malik Curuk. Essays on Economic Growth and International Trade. 2014 (currently at Bogazici University).
Gerard van der Meijden. The Macroeconomic Dynamics of Trade Liberalization, Resource Exploitation, and Backstop Technologies. 2013. (Gerard is currently at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Christian Bogmans. Essays on International Trade and the Environment. 2011. (currently at IMF, Washington)
Armando Zavaleta Government, Lobbies, International Cooperation and the Environment, University of Calgary December 2011 (co-supervisor; Joanne Roberts supervisor)
Itzi Lazkano. University of Calgary, Intergenerational externalities, Economic Growth and the Environment. 2011 (co-supervisor; Francisco Gonzales supervisor; Itzi is currently at University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee).
Piotr Stryszowski. Essays on Growth and Migration. 2009. (currently at OECD, Paris).
Juan Moreno-Cruz. Essays on the economics of Geoengineering 2009 (currently at Georgia Tech)
Edwin van der Werf Climate change policy and endogenous technological change. 2008 (currently at Wageningen Research University)
Corrado Di Maria Choosing the direction: Essays on Directed Technical Change, Trade and the Environment 2006. (currently at University of East Anglia)
Martin Kahanec Essays on Social Interaction and Earnings Inequality 2006. (currently at Central European University, Budapest)
Lecturing (Universitaet Leipzig)
26 Sept 2023 → 28 Sept 2023
Guest Professorship Winter semester 2018/2019 (Universitaet Leipzig)
1 Oct 2018 → 31 Mar 2019
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Professional
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Research output: Working paper › Other research output
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Popular
Smulders, S. (Chair)
Activity: Membership types › Membership of council › Professional
Smulders, S. (Visiting researcher)
Activity: Visiting an external institution types › Visiting an external academic institution › Scientific
Smulders, S. (Keynote speaker)
Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk › Scientific
Smulders, S. A. (Editorial board member)
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity › Scientific
Smulders, S. (Consultant)
Activity: Consultancy types › Consultancy › Professional
van der Meijden, G. C. (Researcher), Smulders, S. (Tutor) & Ligthart, J. E. (Tutor)
1/09/08 → 1/09/11
Project: Research project
Bogmans, C. W. J. (Researcher) & Smulders, S. (Tutor)
1/09/07 → 1/06/11
Project: Research project
Stryszowski, P. K. (Researcher), Francois, P. (Tutor) & Smulders, S. (Tutor)
1/09/02 → 1/09/06
Project: Research project
Kahanec, M. (Researcher), Smulders, S. (Tutor) & van Ours, J. C. (Tutor)
1/08/01 → 1/08/05
Project: Research project
van der Werf, E. H. (Researcher) & Smulders, S. (Tutor)
1/08/01 → 1/08/05
Project: Research project