T. Dekker MSc
- Telephone:+31 20 59 83990
- Room nr:b-627
- E-mail:thijs.dekker@ivm.vu.nl
- VU unit:faculteit der aard- en levenswetenschappen (dep. environmental economics)
- Position:PhD student
Summary
Thijs Dekker is a PhD student in the department of Environmental Economics of IVM Institute for Environmental Studies at the VU University Amsterdam. He has a background in International Economics from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, with a particular focus on development economics and sustainable development. His MSc thesis addressed the effect of sulfur dioxide (SO2) protocols on the development and international diffusion of clean technologies in signatory and non-signatory countries. Currently, Thijs Dekker is working on a PhD project concerning the valuation of the environmental risks of climate change in the Netherlands. This project aims at improving stated preference methodologies by examining the effect of information and uncertainties on an individual’s risk perception and risk preferences. It assesses how the valuation of the illusive concept of risk reductions can be implemented in cost-benefit analysis related to adaptation and mitigation strategies towards climate change. Thijs Dekker’s main interests are applied (Bayesian) econometrics, non-market valuation and economic growth models.
Expertise
Choice modelling, micro-econometrics, non-market valuation, preference uncertainty.
Academic training
2002-2006: | Master's degree in Economics, with a specialization in International Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam |
Professional employment history
2007- present: | PhD student, Valuation of environmental risks of climate change, Institute for Environmental Studies/Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM), VU University, Amsterdam. |
2006-2007: | Lecturer at the General Economics Department of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. Bachelor courses: Macro-economics 1 and 2 (first year), Macro-economics A (second year) |
Selected publications
Dekker, T., Vollebergh, H.R.J., Vries, F.P. de & Withagen, C. (2009). Inciting protocols – how international environmental agreements trigger knowledge transfers. Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers 09-060/3.
Dellink, R., Elzen, M. den, Aiking, H., Bergsma, E., Berkhout, F., Dekker, T. & Gupta, J. (2009). Sharing the burden of financing adaptation to climate change. Global Environmental Change, 19(4), 411-421.
Ancillary activities
