Gert-Jan Linders

 

 

Welcome to my homepage. I am currently employed at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, department of Spatial Economics. This page provides information on my research. All work in progress can be downloaded as PDF file. Published work is available in working paper version.

 

Fields of interest: applied international economics, technology and economic growth, meta-analysis, institutional economics, cultural economics, transaction cost economics

 

Last Update: January 2008.


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Some personalia

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Applied international trade

Economic growth and technological development

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§   Data for analysing bilateral trade patterns: database trade gravity model (for sources of data: see Stata do file; for disclaimers at data: see websites of the data     sources).

§   Problems creating a PDF file with embedded fonts? In this note you may find useful information!

§   My Ph.D. thesis (2006) is available online here.

 

Some personalia

Gert-Jan Linders (17/01/1976 - Roermond, The Netherlands)

Assistant professor – tenure track

Department of Spatial Economics, Free University Amsterdam

Ph.D. in Economics, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Tinbergen Institute

MA in Economics, Tilburg University, specialization in international macroeconomics

 

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Contact information

dr. G.J.M. Linders

Vrije Universiteit

Faculty of Economics, Business Administration and Econometrics

Department of Spatial Economics, room 4A-34

De Boelelaan 1105

1081 HV Amsterdam

The Netherlands

tel: +31 (0)20 59 86088

fax: +31 (0)20 59 86004

@: glinders@feweb.vu.nl

 

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Publications

Applied international trade

Estimation of the Gravity Equation in the Presence of Zero Flows, Tinbergen Discussion Paper 2006-072/3, Amsterdam-Rotterdam, 2006 (with H.L.F. de Groot). pdf file

Institutions, Governance and International Trade: Opening the Black Box of OECD and GDP per Capita Effects in Gravity Equations, IATSS Research (Journal of International Association of Traffic and Safety Sciences) Special Feature: Institutional Issues in the Sustainability of Cross-Border Transport, 29 (2), pp. 22-29, 2005 (with H.L.F. de Groot and P. Rietveld). An earlier version as pdf file. Paper reprints of the contribution to IATSS Research are available on request.

Cultural and Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Flows, Tinbergen Discussion Paper 2005-074/3, Amsterdam-Rotterdam, 2005 (with S. Beugelsdijk, H.L.F. de Groot and A. Slangen). pdf file

Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade: An Analysis according to Product Type, Tinbergen Discussion Paper, 05-023/3 Amsterdam-Rotterdam, 2005 (with H.L.F. de Groot and P. Rietveld). pdf file

The Institutional Determinants of Bilateral Trade Patterns, Kyklos, 57 (1), pp. 103-123, 2004 (with H.L.F. de Groot, P. Rietveld and U. Subramanian). An earlier version as pdf file

Globalisering van de Diensteneconomie?, Maandschrift Economie, 66 (3), pp. 208-225, 2002 (with A.M. Lejour). pdf file

Theory, Methodology and Descriptive Statistics on Services and Services Trade, CPB Memorandum, 10, Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague, 2001. pdf file

To be published:

Distance Decay in International Trade Patterns (with H.L.F. de Groot and R.J.G.M. Florax). pdf file

Economic growth and technological development

Economic Development, Institutions and Trust, in: R.A. Boschma and Kloosterman, R.C. (Eds.), Learning from Clusters: A critical assessment from an economic-geographical perspective, Series: GeoJournal Library, Vol. 80, Berlin: Springer, pp. 111-137, 2005 (with H.L.F. de Groot and P. Nijkamp). pdf file

Locality Matters: Myths and Facts on the New Economy', in: J. Poot (Ed.), On the Edge of the Global Economy, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp. 27-48, 2004 (with H.L.F. de Groot and P. Nijkamp). pdf file

Doorbraaktechnologie en Groei, Economisch Statistische Berichten, 87 (4361), pp. 394-395, 2002. pdf file

More information on publications

v      My SSRN Author Page.

v      ..and my RePEc Author Page.

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Research

World Bank international governance data

Dale Jorgenson (new economy growth accounting)

Andrew Rose (publicly posts his research papers and shares underlying data and programs – a.o. data on bilateral trade and gravity model variables)

People

Henri de Groot (supervisor)

Peter Nijkamp (promotor)

Piet Rietveld (promotor)

Ton van Schaik (MSc supervisor)

Leisure

Ivonne Dings

MJCA Stout Vuurland (poetry and proze)

Arend Jespers

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