CURRICULUM VITAE Mark Vancauteren September, 2012 Address: Hasselt University Campus Diepenbeek Agoralaan Gebouw D B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium Tel: (+32) 11 26 86 64 Fax: +32 11 26 87 99 e-mail: mark.vancauteren@uhasselt.be webpage: http://www.uhasselt.be/mark.vancauteren Born 27 May 1970 (Brussels, Belgium) Co-habiting with Leen Depre, 2 children: Mattias (30/08/2002), Viktor (19/04/2010) EDUCATION PhD. in Economics, Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), 2004 MA. in Economics, UCL, 2001 Coursework in Statistics, University of Minnesota, 1999 MA. in Economics, Universiteit Antwerpen (Joint European Study Program), 1998 BSc. In Economics, Metropolitan State University, Minnesota, 1995 RESEARCH FIELDS Empirical Industrial Organization (R&D, patents, market structure, regulatory regimes), Economics of Technological Change and Productivity Growth, Empirical International Trade (technical barriers to trade, gravity, off-shoring) EMPLOYMENT Lecturer (with tenure) at the Department of Economics, Hasselt University, Belgium, 2009-present. Senior researcher (20%) at Statistics Netherlands (Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, CBS), 2007-present [11/2007-03/2009, Full-Time]. Post-doctoral fellow of the Dutch organization for scientific research, at the department of econometrics & operational research, Tilburg University, 2005-2007. Visiting Lecturer at the department of economics, WHU Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, Germany, 2004-2005. Research fellow, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, 1999-2001. Market analyst, Power Systems Research, Minneapolis, 1995-1997. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Econometrics; Time Series Analysis; Econometrics of Innovation, Quantitative Economics (Undergrad., Hasselt U), 2009-present.
Multivariate Statistics (MPhil, Tilburg U), 2005-2008. Economics of European Integration (Masters-MBA, WHU), 2004-2005. Product Regulations in the EU (MBA, WHU-Carnegie-Mellon), 2004-2006. Topics in International Trade (PhD, WHU), 2004-2005. PH.D. SUPERVISING Shreosi-Sanyal, Competition and Innovation, 01/2010-present Yann De Mey, Measuring Risk in Agriculture, 09/2009-present PUBLICATIONS Dividend payout rate in private family firms: The impact of CEO status and board size, with S. Vandemaele, Journal of Small Business Management, forthcoming. The effect of EU harmonization of regulations on markups: Evidence from the Dutch food processing industry, European Review of Agricultural Economics, forthcoming. E-Commerce, in: P. Bull (ed.), Impact of Globalization on National Accounts, United Nations Publication, January 2012. From Armani to Zara: Impression formation based on fashion store patronage, with M. Brenglan, W. Janssens, S. Streukens, G. Swinnen, and K. Willems,, Journal of Business Research, forthcoming (special issue). Multifactor Productivity Growth, Imperfect Competition and Economies of Scale, with S. Amoroso, B. Melenberg and J. Plasmans, In: G. Erreygers and M. Vermeire (eds.), Macroeconomics and Beyond. Essays in Honour of Wim Meeusen, Garant Publisher, 2011. Trade policy, competition and productivity: The impact of EU harmonization in the Dutch food processing industry, with B. Henry de Frahan, De Economist, 159(4), pp.483-509, 2011. (Special Issue: Productivity and Internationalization: A Micro-Data Approach) Intra-European trade of manufacturing goods: An extension of the gravity model, with D. Weiserbs, International Econometric Review, 3(1), pp.1-24, 2011. Offshoring and global standards: Some issues, in: A. Tavidze (ed.) Progress in Economics Research, Vol.18, New York: Nova Science, 2011. Regulations, standards and international sourcing: Firm evidence from a Dutch survey, in: A.P. Faria and H. Guimarães (eds.), Product Market Integration: A Multifaceted Approach, International Business and Management Series, Vol. 26, Emerald, 2010. Measures of productivity change: Which outcome do you want?, with B.M. Balk, D. van den Bergen and E. Veldhuizen, Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute, CD Rom (14 pages), 2009. Proceedings of the 57 th Session of the International Statistical Institute. Environmental processed regulations, harmonized product regulations and trade in an enlarged Europe, with A. Mantovani, Emerging Markets Finance and Trade, 44(3), pp. 37-50, 2008.
Harmonization of food regulations and trade in the Single Market: Evidence from disaggregated data, with B. Henry de Frahan, European Review of Agricultural Economics, 33(3), pp. 337-360, 2006. Economic effects of harmonization of regulations and trade in the Single Market, Annales d Études Européennes de l'université catholique de Louvain, vol.8, pp. 285-304, 2006. Adjustment to globalization: A study of the footwear industry in Europe, with P. Brenton and A.M. Pinna, in: R. Anderton, P. Brenton and J. Whalley (eds.), Globalization and the Labour Market: Trade, Technology and Unskilled Workers, London: Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy, 2006. Technical barriers to trade in the EU: Data, trends and implications for accession countries, with P. Brenton and J. Sheehy, Journal of Common Market Studies, 39(2), pp. 241-260, 2001. Technical barriers to trade in the EU: Importance for accession countries, with P. Brenton and J. Sheehy, in R. de Mooij and B. Leeflink (eds.), The Economic Impact of EU Enlargement, OCFEB Studies in Economic Policy, 2001. Reports and miscellany Future Indicator (in Dutch), with J. Bloemen and P. Smeets, Regional Chamber of Commerce Limburg, 2011. From farm risk to socio-economic risk in farm households (in Dutch), with L. Lauwers, Y. de Mey, J. Van Meensel, S. Van Passel and E. Wauters, Report ILVO nr. 104, Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek, 2011. A volatile milk price: the effect on dairy farms' risk profile (in Dutch), with L. Lauwers, Y. de Mey, J. Van Meensel, S. Van Passel and E. Wauters, Report ILVO nr. 84, Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek, 2011. Offshoring and productivity (growth) in Dutch manufacturing and service industries: An empirical assessment, with Marjolijn Jaarsma, Paper prepared for the 31st General Conference of the International Association for Research in Income and Wealth, Zurich, 2010. Also available as a CBS discussion paper No. 09045, Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek, 2009. Trade effects of approaches intended to facilitate acceptance of results of conformity assessment: What is the evidence?, 2009 OECD Workshop and policy dialogue on technical barriers to trade: Promoting good practices in support of open markets, OECD, Paris, 2009. The volatility of agricultural income in Flanders (in Dutch), with L. Lauwers, Y. de Mey, E. Wauters, J. Van Meensel and S. Van Passel, Report ILVO nr. 68, Instituut voor Landbouw- en Visserijonderzoek, 2009. The euro-dollar exchange rate and Dutch imports and exports, with O. Lemmens, CBS discussion paper 09028, CBS, 2009. Progress report on the impact of globalization on national accounts, with P. van de Ven, United Nations Report ECE/CES/2008/32, 56 th Conference of European Statisticians, Paris, 2008
The internationalisation of production and trade (in Dutch) in: Internationaliseringsmonitor 2008, pp. 44-58, CBS, 2008 Trends in globalisation (in Dutch), with six co-authors (in Dutch) in: Internationaliseringsmonitor 2008, pp. 1-15, CBS, 2008 Globalisation and official statistics (in Dutch), with C. de Blois, Report, CBS, 2008. Employment effects of international sourcing in the Netherlands: A first look at the data, EU workshop on Innovative methodologies for measuring employment effects of value chain restructuring, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2008. U-shaped relationship between innovation and competition: Evidence from preliminary data analysis at the Dutch firm-level, Second workshop on Dynamics of Innovation, Dutch organization for scientific research, Utrecht, 2007. Dynamics of innovation, R&D cooperation, competition and productivity: A simultaneous panel study, with J. Plasmans, Defacto, 20(4), pp. 35-40, 2006. Comparative Analysis of Importance of Technical Barriers to Trade for Central and Eastern European Countries and Mediterranean Partner Countries Exports to the EU, with J. Hagemejer, J.J. Michalek, A. Pugacewicz, A. Tovias and V. Roshal, FEMISE Report 2004-2005. Elaboration of metadata for the macro-economic database Ecodata, with M.T. Van Roy and D. Weiserbs, National Institute of Statistics; Belgium, 2005. The Belgian and Luxembourg template for the EU Gold Model: An introductory manual, with B. Henry de Frahan, AG-MEMOD report, European Commission, 2002. The extent of economic integration in Europe: Border effects, technical barriers to trade & home bias in consumption, with P. Brenton, Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS), Brussels, working document 171, 2001 On the measurement and evidence of price transmission, Second AG-MEMOD Conference, Agricultural Sector in the Member States and EU: Econometric Modeling for Projections and Analysis of EU Policies on Agriculture, Forestry and the Environment, Copenhagen, 2001. Globalization and social exclusion: A study of the footwear industry in Europe, with P. Brenton and A.M. Pinna, European Commission, 2000. RESEARCH IN PROGRESS/SUBMITTED Agglomeration economies at the firm level: examining productivity gains from spatial and industrial proximity, with L. Peeters. Firm level productivity under imperfect competition in output and labor markets, with S. Amoroso, B. Melenberg and J. Plasmans. Productivity, innovation and competition, with R. Bongard, B. Melenberg and J. Plasmans. Exports, innovation and productivity, with S. Amoroso. R&D and patents in the Dutch pharmaceutical industry, with S. Sanyal, in progress.
E-commerce and productivity, with K. Willems and W. Janssens, in progress. Input-output concepts, profits and productivity growth: An application using Flemish farm level data, with L. Lauwers, Y. de Mey, S. Van Passel, F. van Winsen and E. Wauters. Increase in milk price volatility experienced by Flemish dairy farmers: A change in risk, with de Mey, Y., Van Passel, S., van Winsen, F., Wauters, E. & Lauwers, L., in progress. Paper presented at the EAAE 2011 Congress: Change and Uncertainty, Zürich, Switzerland, August 30 September 2, 2011. RESEARCH GRANTS AND MEMBERSHIP IN RESEARCH NETWORKS 2012-2016: Special Research Fund (co-financed by the National Bank of Belgium), Ownership structure and productivity (circa 180,000 euro). 2011: Flanders' Chamber of Commerce: Construction of regional indicators ; Travel Grant from the Belgian Science Foundation (FWO). 2009: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD): Trade effects of facilitating conformity assessment procedures 2005-2010: Dutch Science Foundation (NWO) Fellow: Dynamics of innovation, R&D cooperation, competition and productivity: A simultaneous panel data study ; Research collaboration with Tilburg University. 2005: European Commission, FEMISE: Comparative analysis of importance of technical barriers to trade (TBT) for CEECs and MPCs exports to the EU. Research collaboration with Warsaw University and Hebrew University. 2002-2004: Belgian Federal Science Policy Office: Thesaurus for Ecodata. 2001-2003: European Commission, RTD Program: Agricultural Sector in the member states and EU: Econometric modeling for projections and analysis of EU policies on agriculture, forestry and the environment. 2000-2001: European Commission, TSER Program: Globalization and social exclusion. 1999-2001: European Commission, ACE Research Program 1997: Accession, differentiation and the impact upon trade and investment. 1997-1998: European Commission, Socrates/Erasmus grant for study in the UK and Czech Republic. OTHER EXPERIENCE Membership, consulting Member to the Leading Group of the UNECE Working Party on The impact of globalization on national accounts, December 2007-September 2011. Consultant, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Paris, March 2009. Organization workshops Co-organized a workshop on Dynamics of Innovation, University of Antwerp, March 2010
Co-organized a workshop on Productivity and its determinants, CBS, October 2008. Co-organized a workshop on Globalization and official statistics, CBS, April 2008 Co-organized a workshop on Challenges and implications of EMU enlargement, WHU Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management, June 2005. Refereeing Agricultural Economics, Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy, De Economist, European Review of Agricultural Economics, European Agricultural Economic Association (paper selections), Family Business Review (Editorial Board), Journal of Food Products Marketing, Louvain Economic Review, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, Zeitschrift für Nationalökonomie und Statistik. Research visits regular visitor at Tilburg University/University of Antwerp (12/2007 06/2010); professeur invité (short visits) at department of agricultural economics, UCL (09/2008-09/2010) Thesis committee (Graduate) Geert Clijsters (PhD, Hasselt University); Ruud Hellemons (MPhil, Tilburg University); Ron Tempelaars (Master, Tilburg University) Yuandi Wang (PhD, Hasselt University); Manual Marcias (PhD, Université de Nantes & INRA), Sara Amoroso (PhD, Tilburg University), Alexander Kaller (PhD, Hasselt University), Kevin Poel (PhD, Hasselt University), Frederic Ang (PhD, Hasselt University & Catholic University Leuven) PRESENTATIONS 2012: Royal Economic Society Annual Conference, Cambridge, UK; 32 nd IARIW General Conference, Cambridge, USA; 2011: INRA-Rennes (invited), Second Asia-Pacific Innovation Conference, National University of Singapore; Department of agricultural economics (ECRU), UCL; International symposium on Recent developments from economic theory in measuring productivity in honor of prof. dr. Bert Balk, Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (invited). 2010: IATRC, Berkeley; 31 st IARIW, St Gallen; UNECE, Genève (session organizer); workshop on Dynamics of innovation, University of Antwerp; UNU-MERIT; international workshop on Productivity and internationalization: a micro-data approach, the Hague (invited), seminar on Trade liberalization and firm heterogeneity: conceptual issues and data needs, Statistics Netherlands. 2009: IATRC, Florida; 57 th session of the ISI International Statistical Institute, South Africa. (invited); XI European Workshop on Productivity and Efficiency, Pisa; Department of agricultural economics, UCL; Jean Monnet workshop on Product market integration in the Internal Market, University of Minho, Braga (invited) 2008: Second Annual Conference on Small Open Economies in a Globalized World, Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario; EU workshop on Innovative Methodologies for Measuring Employment Effects of Value Chain Restructuring, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
2007: CEREC, Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis, Brussels; workshop Dynamics of Innovation, Tilburg University; IATRC, Bonn University; INIR seminar on micro-econometric analysis in innovation research, ZEW Mannheim. 2005: CentER, Tilburg University; WHU, Vallendar; International workshop on TBTs, Hebrew University and Warsaw University, Warsaw (invited); CPB, Den Haag; PhD-joint seminar UCL/KUL/RUG departments of agricultural economics (invited); ETSG, Nottingham University. 2004: DG-Environment, European Commission (invited); Midwest Theory and International Economics meeting, Indiana University. 2003: Conference on Policy Modeling, ECOMOD, Istanbul. 2001: EU AG-MEMOD Conference, Copenhagen. 2000: ERSA Conference, Barcelona; Center for the Study of Globalization and Regionalism, University of Warwick. 1999: EU PHARE/ACE workshop, Bratislava. OTHER Best Conference Paper Award From Armani to Zara: Impression formation based on fashion store patronage, Global Marketing Conference, Tokyo, 2010. Participated in a Teaching training course in econometrics organized by the department of econometrics & OR and the education office, Tilburg University, 2006. Phi Theta Kappa, Honor Society, 1995. College Reading and Learning Association Certificate (awarded after 200 hours of tutoring), 1993-1995. Degree in Violin. REFERENCES Professor Joseph Plasmans Professor Bertrand Melenberg Tilburg University Tilburg University Department of Econometrics & OR Department of Econometrics & OR joseph.plasmans@ua.ac.be bertrand.melenberg@uvt.nl Tel: +32-3-220-41-49 Tel: +31-466-2730 Professor Daniel Weiserbs Professor Bruno Henry de Frahan Université catholique de Louvain Université catholique de Louvain Department of Economics Department of Agricultural Economics weiserbs@ires.ucl.ac.be bruno@primal.ucdavis.edu Tel: +32-10-68-94-19 Tel: + 1-530-754-8167