Ben
J. Heijdra
Professor of Economics
General
I joined the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Groningen in the Spring of 1998. Before going to Groningen, I held full-time academic positions at the University of Amsterdam (1993-1998), Erasmus University (1991-1993), Monash University (Australia, 1990-1991), and the University of Tasmania (Australia, 1984-1990). From August 1995 - December 1999, I was the Director of the Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE). I hold Dutch degrees from Erasmus University (Kandidaats [Bachelor], 1977; Doctorandus [Master], 1980) and obtained my doctorate from Simon Fraser University (Canada, Ph.D., 1984).
Research
My research focuses on policy-relevant theoretical macroeconomics. I am currently very interested in topics pertaining to overlapping generations, pensions, and ageing. I am a Senior Researcher and Research Coordinator of Netspar, a network dedicated to the study of ageing and pension issues. I joined the editorial board of De Economist in January 2005. Founded in 1852, De Economist is one of the oldest surviving professional economics journal in the world. Since January 2008 I am also one of the Managing Editors for the German Economic Review. My publications include articles in the American Economic Review, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, International Economic Review, Economics Letters, IMF Staff Papers, Oxford Economic Papers, De Economist, Journal of Macroeconomics, European Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, International Tax and Public Finance, Journal of Economics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Resource and Energy Economics, Macroeconomic Dynamics, and Environmental and Resource Economics.-
Curriculum Vitae including list of publications and downloadable papers.
- I am a Visiting Research Professor at the Institute
for Advanced Studies (Institut für Höhere
Studien) in Vienna, and a Fellow of the
CESifo Research Network (Munich). See my CV for further details
- Netspar research. Here you find an overview of my activities as Senior Researcher and Program Coordinator Macroeconomics of Netspar.
Teaching 2008-2009
In July 2009 the second edition of my textbook entitled Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics will be published. (Between 2002 and 2009, about 6570 copies of the first edition were sold worldwide). The second edition is accompanied by a workbook containing questions and model answers (co-authored with Laurie S.M. Reijnders and Ward E. Romp). In the near future a Chinese translation of the book will by published by Renmin University Press (they promised 2006 but so far it has not appeared yet).I am currently working on a Masters level textbook on public economics, employing a style similar to that of the macro book. This book will be published by Cambridge University Press during the latter half of 2009. My book is aimed to bridge the gap between verbal-graphical texts (such as the ones by Rosen and by Stiglitz) and the more technical journals and handbooks in the field of public economics.
- Bachelor Course (First Semester): Macroeconomics 3 (approach via Nestor,
code EWB042A05)
- Masters Course (First Semester): Macroeconomics 4 (approach via Nestor,
code EWM036A10)
Supporting Site Macro Text
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Supporting site for B.J. Heijdra and F. van der Ploeg, Foundations of Modern Macroeconomics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002)