CURRICULUM VITAE BAUKE VISSER Erasmus School of Economics (H 9-21) Phone: 00 31 10 40 81449 Erasmus University Rotterdam, Email: bvisser@ese.eur.nl P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam Web: http://people.few.eur.nl/bvisser/ The Netherlands March 2016 Current Employment and Professional Positions 2009 - Professor, Department of Economics, Erasmus School of Economics 2006 - Fellow, Tinbergen Institute Previous Positions 2011-2015 Director, Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam Amsterdam. 2006-2008 Universitair hoofddocent, Erasmus School of Economics 2000-2006 Universitair docent, Erasmus School of Economics 1998-2000 Royal Dutch / Shell (corporate planning, finance) 1998 Economist, Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute Education 1998 PhD in Economics, European University Institute, Florence (I) 1993 University of Groningen (NL), MSc Econometrics, Cum Laude 1991-2 Part of Maîtrise en Sciences Economiques, Université de Poitiers (F) Research I. Decision-Making Processes A. Committee Decision-Making How Committees of Experts Deal with the Outside World: Some Theory, and Evidence from the FOMC, Journal of the European Economic Association, Papers (2008), 6: 478-486 (with Job Swank and Otto H. Swank) On Committees of Experts, Quarterly Journal of Economics (2007), 122: 337-372 (with Otto H. Swank) Is Transparency to no Avail? Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2013), 115: 967-994, (with Otto H. Swank) B. Learning Learning from Others? Decision Rights, Strategic Communication, and Reputational Concerns American Economic Journal: Microeconomics (2015), 7: 109-149 (with Otto H. Swank) Endogenous Local Interaction and Multi-Product Firms, Journal of Evolutionary Economics (1999), 9: 243-263 1
C. Sequential Decision-Making The Consequences of Endogenizing Information for the Performance of a Sequential Decision Structure, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2008), 65: 667-681 (with Otto H. Swank) Organizational Communication Structure and Performance, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2000), 42: 231-252 II Managerial Behaviour Confidence Management: on Interpersonal Comparisons in Teams, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2013), 22: 744-767 (with Benoît Crutzen and Otto H. Swank) Motivating Through Delegating Tasks or Giving Attention, Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (2007), 23: 731-742 (with Otto H. Swank) On the Bad Reputation of Reputational Concerns, Journal of Public Economics (2004), 88: 2817-2838, (with Guido Suurmond and Otto H. Swank) III. Corporate and Political Governance In Defense of Boards, Journal of Economics & Management Strategy (2008), 17: 667-682 (with Silvia Dominguez Martínez and Otto H. Swank) Do Elections Lead to Informed Public Decisions? Public Choice (2007), 129: 435-460 (with Otto H. Swank) IV. Cheap Talk and Burned Money Optimal Signalling with Cheap Talk and Money Burning (with Vladimir Karamychev) working paper. V. Organizational Complexity A Cognitive Approach to Organizational Complexity, in Minati, Pessa and Abram (eds), Systemics of Emergence, Springer (2006), (with Guido Fioretti) A Cognitive Interpretation of Organizational Complexity, Emergence: Complexity and Organization (2004), 6: 11-23, (with Guido Fioretti) A New Approach to the Complexity of Decision Problems working paper Complexity, Robustness, and Performance: Trade-Offs in Organizational Design working paper 2
VI. Miscellaneous Prospective Effects of the Introduction of the Euro in Border Regions within the European Union (1999), The Robert Schuman Centre, European University Institute, Florence, (with Marc Gramberger, Benoît Friguet, Leila Talani and Kerstin Ullrich) Columns Economisch Statistische Berichten De geboeide bestuurder 27 mei 2011 Bezoek in de loopgraaf 19 augustus 2011 Italië Nederland 28 oktober 2011 Wetenschappelijke integriteit 16 maart 2012 Wat hebben we aan experts? 8 juni 2012 Lang leven de econometrie 14 december 2012 Service 2011-2015 Director Tinbergen Institute, Rotterdam Amsterdam 2012 2015 Member, then Chairman Taskforce Scientific Integrity Erasmus University Rotterdam 2013 Lead Generalist Evaluator VINNOVA Financial Markets Research, Lund, Gothenburg, Stockholm-Swedish House of Finance, Sweden 2008-2010 Coordinator Micro Sequence Tinbergen Institute 2007-2010 Member Faculty Council Erasmus School of Economics 2006-2010 Member Educational Board Tinbergen Institute 2010 Chairman Educational Board Tinbergen Institute 2004-2007 Member search committee assistant professors 2002 Staff appraisal interviews Editorial Position 2008-2010 Associate Editor, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization Fellowships and grants 2010 NWO (Dutch National Science Foundation) 200k to finance PhD student Spring 2008 Fernand Braudel senior fellowship European University Institute, Florence (I) 2007 NWO (Dutch National Science Foundation) 188k to finance PhD student 2007 Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, for TI June 2007 Workshop 2002 Trustfonds Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam Summer 1997 International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis, Young Scientists Summer Programme, Laxenburg (A) 1997 Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude te s-gravenhage 1996 Genootschap Noorthey 1996 Stiching Dr Hendrik Muller s Vaderlandsch Fonds 1993-7 Research grant, European University Institute, Florence 3
Teaching MPhil/PhD MSc MBA Bachelor Contract Theory; Organizational Decision-Making / Organizational Economics Game theory; Applied Game Theory; Organizational Economics; Organizational Decision-Making; e-economics Intermediate Microeconomics PhD thesis supervision etc. Advisor Sander Renes (2014, first position Mannheim), Rei Sayag (2014, Universitat Pompeu Fabra) Co-advisor Silvia Dominguez Martínez (2007, University of Amsterdam) Paul Steffens (2011, Oxera) Committee member Beata Bierut (2006), Stefano Ficco (2007), Aki Lehtinen (2007), Ana Babus (2008), Alexei Parakhonyak (2010), Andrei Dubovik (2010), Joeri Sol (2011), Ludo Waltman (2011), Marcel de Heide (2011), Floris Zoutman (2013), Robin Zoutenbier (2015), Zara Sharif (2016), Luis Mireles Flores (2016) Conferences and Seminars Organized 2009 Experiments in Organizations, Erasmus School of Economics, October 30 31 2007 Economics of the Workplace: using insights from social psychology and sociology to enrich economic theory, Tinbergen Institute workshop, June 15 16 2007-2008 Tinbergen Institute Organizational Economics Seminar Series 2000-2009 Tinbergen Institute Rotterdam Micro Seminar Series Visits April 2009 Kellogg School of Management, Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences, Northwestern University Seminar and Conference Presentations 2015 -Workshop on Applied Microeconomics & Microeconometrics, Alicante -Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics, Rotterdam 2014 -Political Economy: Theory meets Experiment workshop, Zurich 2013 -Humboldt University, Berlin 2012 -University of Bonn 2010 -Universitat Pompeu Fabra -Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 4
-London School of Economics and Political Science -Stockholm School of Economics -University of California, San Diego -University of California, Los Angeles -University of California, Berkeley 2009 -Tilburg University -Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference, Chicago -MEDS, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University 2008 -NHH Bergen -European University Institute -Rheinische Friedrichs-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn -Joint ECB-CFS-Bundesbank seminar Frankfurt -Universidade Nova de Lisboa -University of Zurich / ETH -University of Bologna -Econometric Society European Meeting Milan 2007 -Universitat Pompeu Fabra -Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona -Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (University of Amsterdam) -University of Essex -University of Groningen -Annual Meeting of European Economic Association, Budapest (invited paper) -3 rd Banca d Italia / CEPR conference on Money, Banking and Finance: Monetary Policy Design and Communication -Workshop Optimal Monetary Policy and Central Bank Communication in Ascona, organized by Bernouilli Center for Economics and KOF Swiss Economic Institute -ASSET meeting in Padova -Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (discussant) Before 2007 -CREED (University of Amsterdam) -Athens University of Economics and Business -Università di Bologna -European University Institute (Florence) -Erasmus University Rotterdam, Finance Group, Micro Group -NUI Manynooth -Université de Grenoble -University of Groningen -University of Utrecht -Workshop on informational herding behavior, Copenhagen -Econometric Society European Meetings in Toulouse, Lausanne, Venice -ASSET meetings in Alicante, Barcelona, Rethymno and Paphos -Second workshop on economics with heterogeneous interacting agents in Ancona -Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (discussant) 5
Refereeing American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of the European Economic Association, Journal of Law, Economics & Organization, Journal of Public Economics, NWO (Dutch national science organization), Quarterly Journal of Economics, Rand Journal of Economics, Review of Economics and Statistics, Review of Economic Studies etc. 6