Carl Koopmans
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Email: c.koopmans@seo.nl
Telephone: 020-5251630
Koopmans studied econometrics in Rotterdam, working as a research assistant. After graduation he worked at SEO Economic Research and received his PhD in 1989, writing a thesis on informal labour. Next, he was a department head at the Netherlands Ministry of Housing, making forecasts for the construction sector. At the Netherlands Scientific Council for Government Policy he did research on energy taxes, the environment and decision making about large infrastructure projects. As a department head at CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy analysis he worked on energy scenarios, energy policy, infrastructure and cost-benefit analysis. Next, he worked at SEO Economic Research as a department head, working on cost-benefit analysis, road pricing and the housing market. Since 2002, he is professor of Economics, first at the University of Amsterdam and now at VU university. Between 2006 and 2009 he was managing director of KiM Netherlands Institute for Transport Policy Analysis. International publications 
Carl Koopmans (1959) is research director and section head at SEO Economic Research and professor of Economics at VU university, Amsterdam.
Refereed
Nooij, M. de, R. Lieshout, C. Koopmans (2009), Optimal blackouts: Empirical results on reducing the social cost of electricity outages through efficient regional rationing, Energy Economics, 31, (3), p. 342-347.
Annema, J.A., Koopmans, C.C., & Wee, G.P. van (2007). Evaluating transport infrastructure investments: the Dutch experience with a standardised approach. Transport Reviews, 27, (2), 125–150.
Nooij, M. de, Koopmans, C.C., & Bijvoet, C. (2007). The Value Of Supply Security: The Costs of Power Interruptions: Economic Input for Damage Reduction and Investment in Networks. Energy Economics, 29, 277–295.
Koopmans, C.C., & Velde, D.W. te (2001). Bridging the energy efficiency gap: using bottom-up information in a top-down energy demand model. Energy Economics, 23, 57-75.
Koopmans, C.C. (1998). Effects of national, OECD and world-wide energy taxes on the environment and on competitiveness. In T. Barker & J. Köhler (Eds.) International Competitiveness and Environmental Policies (pp. 171-181), Cheltenham (UK): Edward Elgar.
Beek, K.W.H. van, Koopmans, C.C., & Praag, B.M.S. van (1997). Shopping at the Labour Market: A Real Tale of Fiction. European Economic Review, 41, 295-317.
Koopmans, C.C. (1994). Direct Measurement of Hidden Labour. Applied Economics, 26, 575-581.
Wolfson, D.J., & Koopmans, C.C. (1996). Regulatory Taxation of Energy: Theory and Policy. Ecological Economics, 19, 55-65.
Koopmans, C.C., Opstal, R. van, & Theeuwes, J.J.M. (1989). Human Capital and Job Levels: Explaining the Age-Income Funnel. European Economic Review, 33, 1839-1849.
Theeuwes, J., Koopmans, C.C., Opstal, R. van, & Reijn, H. van (1985). Estimation of Optimal Human Capital Accumulation Parameters for the Netherlands. European Economic Review, 29, 233-257.