Curriculum vitae Reyer Gerlagh
Short biography
In 1999 Reyer Gerlagh received his PhD in economics. He won the "Vernieuwingsimpuls", a prestigious 5-year scholarship (2000-2005) of €650,000 by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). He visited Oslo, January-June 2006, by invitation from the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters to work at the Centre of Advanced Studies on the interaction between environmental policy and technology. From 2006 to 2009, he held a chair in Environmental Economics at the Economics Department, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester, UK. Since 2009, he is Professor of Economics at Tilburg University. From 2011 to 2014, he was coordinating lead author of the fifth assessment report of the IPCC, WGIII. He has held various associate editorships (incl. ERE, Energy Economics), and was Head of the Economics Department 2015-2019, jointly with Jan Boone, in Tilburg.
Research areas
Climate-macro economics, Fossil fuels markets and climate, Concepts of sustainability, Policy-induced technological change
Main publicationsGerlagh R. and R.J.R.K. Heijmans (2019), Climate conscious consumers and the Buy-Bank-Burn Program. Nature Climate Change, June.
Gerlagh R. and M. Liski (2018), Consistent Climate Policies, JEEA 16(1):1-44. WP version: Carbon prices for the next thousand years
Gerlagh R. and M. Liski (2018), Carbon prices for the next hundred years, the Economic Journal 128: 728-257.
Victor, D.G., R. Gerlagh, and G. Baiocchi (2014), Getting serious about categorizing countries, Science 345: 34-36.
Gerlagh R. and M. Liski (2011), Strategic Resource Dependence. Journal of Economic Theory: 146:699-727.
Papyrakis, E. and R. Gerlagh(2007), “Resource-Abundance and Economic Growth in the U.S.”, European Economic Review, 51:1011-1039. (pdf-file, 420k)
Gerlagh R. and M.A. Keyzer (2003) "Efficiency of conservationist measures; an optimist viewpoint", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46:310-333. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 120k)
Gerlagh R. and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2002) "Long-term substitutability between environmental and man-made goods", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 44:329-345. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 133k)
Gerlagh R. and M.A. Keyzer (2001) "Sustainability and the intergenerational distribution of natural resource entitlements" Journal of Public Economics 79(2): 315-341.
Click here for list of all publications.
Popular science videos and podcasts
De gevaren van klimaatverandering, De Brede Welvaart podcast, afl 4, door de ESB
Special Energiecrisis #1, #2 #3, #4, #5, Science Quest; podcast door TiU over haar wetenschappers; beschikbaar via spotify
KLimaatdromers #2, Science Quest; podcast door TiU over haar wetenschappers; beschikbaar via spotify
Intellectueel als activist, vanaf 13:20 min; Science Queset #13; podcast door TiU over haar maatschappelijk betrokken wetenschappers.
Corona uitgelegd 1. Basisbegrippen, 2. Op slot dan kleinhouden, 3. Klein houden of groepsimmuniteit , 4. Superverspreiders.
COVID-19 explained 1. Basic principles, 2. After the lock down, 3. Suppression versus herd immunity, 4. Super spreaders.
De klimaatcrash (NL) / Climate Crash (EN)
Academic metrics
54 publications in ISI Web of Science (retrieved 16 Oct 2018)
1527 citations (excl self-) in ISI Web of Science internal database of international refereed journals (retrieved 16 Oct 2018)
h-index = 26 in ISI Web of Science internal database of international refereed journals (retrieved 20 Feb 2020)
h-index = 41 in Scholar Google (retrieved 20 Feb 2020)
Teaching Experience
First, second, and third-year undergraduate macroeconomics (introduction, growth and institutions), undergraduate first and second year microeconomics (introduction, IO), undergraduate climate change economics, research masters macroeconomics, research masters environmental economics, various summer schools (Oslo 2012, Venice 2006+2011+2018, Bogota 2017+2020, Graz 2021).
Management tasks
Academic Training
Professional employment history
Prizes and Grants
Invited academic presentations (keynotes, panels, seminars)
Opening Keynote ast SURED: "Climate, technology, family size; on the crossroad between two ultimate externalities", 19 Oct 2020, Ascona
CER-ETH Seminars: "Fertility and Climate Change", 9 March 2020, ETH, Zurich
CEE-M Seminars: "Endogenous Emission Caps Always Induce a Green Paradox", 27 Feb 2020, INRA, Montpellier
Helsinki Graduate School Seminars: "Regulating Homogeneous Externalities", 10 Sep 2019, Aalto University, Helsinki
Regulation and Environment Seminars: "Family planning and climate policy", 25 Feb 2019, Paris School of Economics
Environmental Economics and Natural Resources Seminar Series: "Family planning and climate policy", 5 Feb 2019, Wageningen University
IEW keynote plenary presentation: "A Theory of Saving the Climate Policy Lessons 90 years after Ramsey", 19 June 2018, International Energy Workshop, Gothenburg
Department of Economics Seminars: "Global demographic change and climate policies", 8 May 2017, University of Gothenburg
Theory and Environment Workshop: "Cake eating with private information", 3 March 2016, University of Oslo
Value Added in Motion Seminar: "CO2 embedded in trade: trends and drivers", 14 May 2015, University of Milan
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research Seminar: "A simple formula predicts the SCC remarkably well", Oct 2013, Potsdam
Toulouse Tiger Forum: "Carbon prices for the next thousand years", 5-7 June 2013, Toulouse
Grantham Research Institute (LSE) Seminar: "A simple formula predicts the SCC remarkably well", 13 March 2013, London
Invited panellist at RIO+20 session at annual EAERE congress, 29 June 2012, Prague
Invited panellist at Discussion Round Table: Can We Afford Green Policies During an Economic Downturn?, 27 June 2012, Prague
Oxcarre Seminar Series (Oxford University), "Carbon prices for the next thousand years", 14 Feb 2012
Oslo University Seminar Series, “Public investment as commitment”, 19 September 2011.
Toulouse University Economics Department Seminar Series, “Public investment as commitment”, 11 April 2011, Toulouse
Paris Environmental and Energy Economics Seminar, “Energy abundance and industry location”, 17 March 2011, Paris
5th Energy Economics Policy Seminar on Innovation and Environmental Policy, The Hague: “Scarcity Creates Innovations; Uncertainty Breeds Evasions” , 17 June 2010.
FEEM-IEFE seminar (Bocconi University), Milan: “Energy Abundance and Industry Location” , 10 June, 2010.
Keynote speech at CESifo conference on Energy and Climate Economics, Munich, 16-17 October 2009: “Too much oil”
Invited chair at special session on discounting, EAERE annual conference, Amsterdam, 24-27 June 2009
Keynote speech at St Andrews Economic Forum, 3 May 2008: “When oil crisis meets climate change”
Seminar Series Economics Department University of Birmingham. "Strategic Oil Dependence", 12 Feb 2008
Professional and popular presentations
Gala van de wetenschap: "Climate Crash", 26 Nov 2020, International Theater Amsterdam
2-Generatie college: "Mag het een beetje warmer?", 12 juni 2019, Hoger Onderwijs Voor Ouderen, Tilburg Universiteit
Panellid: "De energietransitie en de kosteneffectiviteit van het klimaatakkoord", 18 maart 2019, Strategie Summit Energie & Utilities 2019, Santpoort
Presentatie: "De hitte de baas", 14 nov 2018, Debatcafe, 's Hertogenbosch
Kindercollege: "Lekker warm, update", 13 juni 2018, Kinderuniversiteit, Tilburg
Wim Drees Lezing: "Vergroening belastingen", 22 maart 2018, Wim Drees Fonds, Haarlem
Korte pitch: "Groen Tilburg", 8 maart 2018, Milieucafe over de verkiezingen, Tilburg
Masterclass Energy Crisis, presentation for student association at Tilburg University, 26 Feb 2016
"A simple formula for the social costs of carbon", presentation for Netwerk Groene Groei, The Hague, 8 Dec 2015
"D-day for the climate", presentation for discussion meeting organized by Tilburg Sustainability Center, Tilburg, 3 Dec 2015
"Klimaatbeleid mag wat kosten", presentation for Groen-Links, provinciale staten Noord Brabant, Den Bosch, 28 Nov 2015
"The Venus Project", presentation for Dutch United Nations Student Association, Amsterdam, 24 Nov 2015
Plenary discussion on local climate policy, 100th jubilee Milieucafe, Tilburg, 5 Nov 2014
"Heeft klimaatbeleid voor gemeenten nog zin?", presentation for municipality civil servants, Eindhoven, 24 Oct 2014
"Financing Sustainable Development", Model United Nations, Tilburg, 3 May 2014
"Too much oil", Presentation for Masterclass "I am sustainable", Tilburg, 7 Oct 2013
Lab4energy, "Climate Change", introductary first lecture in web-course for secondary school students,19 March 2013, Internet
L.S.V. Minerva (students' corps), "Lekker Warm?" (in Dutch), 26 June 2012, Leiden
Energie Event Brabant, "De Toekomstige Brabantse Energievoorziening" (in Dutch), 30 May 2012, 's Hertogenbosch
Jonge Democraten (regional youth department of political party D66), "De Toekomstige Nederlandse Energievoorziening" (in Dutch), 23 April 2012, Breda
Happy Chaos, Keynote speech (in Dutch): "Voorbij de crisis", Momentum, 15 February 2012, Amsterdam
Theresialyceum (secondary school), "Duurzame economische groei, wat is dat?" (in Dutch), 8 Feb 2012, Tilburg
Econometrics Assets (alumni corps), "Climate change policy as commitment", 8 Nov 2011, Tilburg
Inaugural address (in Dutch), “Waar eindigt duurzame groei?”, 26 november 2010, Tilburg
Kinderuniversiteit, “Lekker warm” (in Dutch), presentation for primary school children, 8 November 2010, Tilburg University.
Miscellaneous
Papers in Progress
Rational Rationing: A Price-Control Mechanism for a Persistent Supply Shock, jointly with Matti Liski and Iivo Vehviläinen, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Regulating Global Externalities, jointly with Roweno Heijmans, previous version as CentER Discussion Paper 2019-01
Rent-seeking in Climate Policy., jointly with Matti Liski.
All journal publications
Gerlagh, R and S. Smulders (2024). Shale gas revolution could paralyse the energy transition. Nature Climate Change, 14, 13-14.
Gerlagh R and E van der Heijden (2024). Going green: Framing effects in a dynamic coordination game. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 108 (102148)
Gerlagh, R (2023). Climate, technology, family size; on the crossroad between two ultimate externalities. European Economic Review, 152, 104376.
Gerlagh R., R. Heijmans and K.E. Rosendahl (2022). Shifting concerns for the EU ETS: are carbon prices becoming too high?. Environmental Research Letters, 17(5):054018, (replication package)
Gerlagh R., M. Galeotti and V. Lupi (2022). Family planning and climate change, Scandinavian Journal of Economics (doi:10.1111/sjoe.12520)
Gerlagh R., R. Heijmans and K.E. Rosendahl (2021). An endogenous emissions caps produces a green paradox. Economic Policy, doi:10.1093/epolic/eiab011 (video presentation, (replication package)
Weber, S., R. Gerlagh, N.A. Mathys, D. Moran (2021). CO2 embedded in trade: Trends and fossil fuel drivers, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, doi:10.1007/s11356-020-12178-w. (replication package)
Gerlagh R., K.E. Rosendahl and R.J.R.K. Heijmans (2020). COVID-19 tests the Market Stability Reserve, Environmental and Resource Economics 76(4), 855-865, (WP version, replication package).
Jaimes R. and R. Gerlagh (2020). Resource-Richness and Economic Growth in Contemporary US, Energy Economics 89: 104810
Gerlagh R. and R.J.R.K. Heijmans (2019), Climate conscious consumers and the Buy-Bank-Burn Program. Nature Climate Change 9: 431-433.
Graafland J. and R. Gerlagh (2019), Economic Freedom, Internal Motivation, and Corporate Environmental Performance of SMEs, Environmental and Resource Economics 74:1101-1123.
Smulders J.A., R. Gerlagh, S.L. Zhou (2019), Circulaire economie hoeft niet ten koste te gaan van groei en innovatie, ESB 104 (4770): 60-63
Dengler S., R. Gerlagh, S. T. Trautmanna, G. van de Kuilen (2018), Climate policy commitment devices, JEEM 92:331-343
Gerlagh R. and M. Liski (2018), Consistent Climate Policies, JEEA 16(1):1-44. WP version: Carbon prices for the next thousand years
Gerlagh R. and M. Liski (2018), Carbon prices for the next hundred years, the Economic Journal 128: 728-257.
Gerlagh, R., I. van den Bijgaart, H. Nijland, and T. Michielsen (2018), Fiscal policy and CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in the EU, Environmental and Resource Economics 69(1): 103-134
van Soest D., J.A. Smulders, R. Gerlagh (2018), Lessen voor het Nederlandse klimaatbeleid, Pre-adviezen KVS: 167-175
Gerlagh, R. (2017), Generous sustainability. Ecological Economics 136: 94-100
Stern, D., R. Gerlagh and P.J.Burke, (2017), Modeling the Emissions-Income Relationship Using Long-Run Growth Rates, Environment and Development Economics 22:699-724.
van den Bijgaart, I., R. Gerlagh and M. Liski (2016) A simple formula for the Social Cost of Carbon, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 77:75-94.
van der Zwaan, B.C.C., and R. Gerlagh (2016) Offshore CCS and ocean acidification: a global long-term probabilistic cost-benefit analysis of climate change mitigation, Climatic Change 137:157-170.
Gerlagh, R. and T.O. Michielsen (2015), Moving targets - cost-effective climate policy under scientific uncertainty, Climatic Change 132:519-529.
Gerlagh, R., N.A. Mathys, and T.O. Michielsen (2015), Energy abundance, trade and industry specialization”, The Energy Journal 37:27-37.
Victor, D.G., R. Gerlagh, and G. Baiocchi (2014), Getting serious about categorizing countries, Science 345: 34-36.
Gerlagh, R. and O. Kuik (2014), Spill or leak? Carbon leakage with international technology spillovers: A CGE analysis., Energy Economics 45:381-388. (GTAP scripts)
Gerlagh, R. S. Kverndokk, and K.E. Rosendahl (2014), The optimal time path of clean energy r&d policy when patents have finite lifetime, J. of Environmental Economics and Management 67: 2-19.
Gerlagh, R. (2014), Calculating the Social Costs of Carbon without knowing preferences Comment on “A rapid assessment model for understanding the social cost of carbon”, Climate Change Economics 5:1450004 [7 pages] DOI: 10.1142/S2010007814500043.
Gerlagh R. and T. Sterner (2013), Rio+20: Looking Back at 20 Years of Environmental and Resource Economics. Environmental and Resource Economics 54: 155-159.
Gerlagh, R. and T.O. Michielsen (2012), "The Green Paradox", entry 158 in "Encyclopedia of Energy, Natural Resource, and Environmental Economics", edited by De Zeeuw et al., forthcoming by Elseviers.
Van Heerden, J.H., R. Tol, R. Gerlagh, J.N. Blignaut, S. Hess, M. Horridge, M. Mabugu, R. Mabugu, M. de Wit and T. Letsoalo (2012), "Double Dividends of Additional Water Charges in South Africa", pages 254-267 in "Nature's Wealth", edited by Pieter van Beukering, forthcoming by Cambridge University Press, UK.
Gerlagh R. and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2012), Evaluating Uncertain CO2 Abatement over the Very Long Term. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 17: 137-148.
Gerlagh R. and M. Liski (2011), Strategic Resource Dependence. Journal of Economic Theory: 146:699-727.
Gerlagh R. (2011), Too Much Oil. CESifo Economic Studies 57: 79-102.
Mulatu A., R. Gerlagh, D. Rigby, and A. Wossink (2010), Environmental Regulation and Industry Location in Europe, Environmental and Resource Economics 45: 459-479.
Gerlagh R., S. Kverndokk and K.E. Rosendahl (2009),”Optimal Timing of Climate Change Policy; Interaction between Carbon Taxes and Innovation Externalities”. Environmental and Resource Economics 43:369-390.
Van der Zwaan, B. and R. Gerlagh (2009), The economics of geological CO2 storage and leakage. Climatic Change 93:285-309. DEMETER Model code and output files available (zipfile, 1.1MB). See also comment on our paper in same issue.
Pellegrini L. and R. Gerlagh, (2008), “Causes of Corruption: a survey of Cross-Country analyses and extended results”, Economics of Governance, 9:245–263.
Gerlagh R., (2008), “A Climate-Change Policy Induced Shift from Innovations in Carbon-Energy Production to Carbon-Energy Savings”, Energy Economics, 30: 425-448.
Papyrakis, E. and R. Gerlagh(2007), “Resource-Abundance and Economic Growth in the U.S.”, European Economic Review, 51:1011-1039. (pdf-file, 420k)
Gerlagh R., (2007), “ The level and distribution of costs and benefits over generations of an emission stabilization program”, Energy Economics 29: 126-131. Click here (257k) for the paper + GAMS source code of the model + Excell file with figures.
Gerlagh, R., (2007), “Measuring the value of induced technical change”, Energy Policy 35: 5287-5297.
Pellegrini L. and R. Gerlagh, (2006), “Corruption, Democracy and Environmental Policy: an Empirical Contribution to the Debate”, Journal of Environment and Development, 15 (3): 332-354. (pdf-file, 107k)
Papyrakis, E. and R. Gerlagh (2006), “Resource Windfalls, Investment, and Long-Term Income”, Resources Policy 31: 117-128, (pdf-file, 268k).
Gerlagh R. and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2006), Options and Instruments for a Deep Cut in CO2 Emissions: Carbon Capture or Renewables, Taxes or Subsidies?, The Energy Journal, 27:25-48.(pdf-file, 248k)
Van der Zwaan, B.C.C. and R. Gerlagh (2006), “Climate Sensitivity Uncertainty and the Necessity to Transform Global Energy Supply Energy”, Energy 31: 2235-2251. (pdf-file, 283k)
Pellegrini L. and R. Gerlagh, (2006), Corruption and environmental policies: what are the implications for the enlarged EU?, European Environment 16:139-154.(pdf-file, 359k)
Van Heerden, J.H., R. Gerlagh , J. Blignaut, M. Horridge , S. Hess, R. Mabugu, and M. Mabugu (2006), "Searching for triple dividends in South Africa: Fighting CO2 pollution and poverty while promoting growth", The Energy Journal, 27(2): 113-141. (pdf-file, 313kb
Gerlagh R., (2006), “ITC in a Global Growth-Climate Model with CCS. The Value of Induced Technical Change for Climate Stabilization”,The Energy Journal, Special issue on Induced Technological Change and Climate Change, 55-72. (pdf-file 1.270k)
Van Heerden, J., J. Blignaut, M. Mabugu, R. Gerlagh, S. Hess, R.S.J. Tol, M. Horridge, R. Mabugu, M. de Wit and T. Letsoalo (2006), ‘Redistributing Environmental Tax Revenue to Reduce Poverty in South Africa: The Cases of Energy and Water’, South African Journal of Economic and Management Science, 9 (4), 537-552. (paper, pdf-file, 376k)
Gerlagh R., and W. Lise (2005), Carbon taxes: a drop in the ocean, or a drop that erodes the stone? The effect of carbon taxes on technological change, Ecological Economics 54: 241-260. (paper, pdf-file, 266k)
Gerlagh R. and M.A. Keyzer (2004) "Path dependence in a Ramsey model with resource amenities and limited regeneration", Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 28: 1159-1184. (pdf-file, 382k)
Gerlagh R., B.C.C. van der Zwaan, M.W. Hofkes, and G. Klaassen (2004), “Impacts of CO2 taxes when there are niche markets and learning by doing”, Environmental and Resource Economics 28:37-394. (intro + concl, pdf-file, 120k)
Gerlagh R., and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2004), “A sensitivity analysis on timing and costs of greenhouse gas abatement, calculations with DEMETER”, Climatic Change 65:39-71.(intro + concl, pdf-file, 246k)
Papyrakis,E. and R. Gerlagh (2004), “The resource curse hypothesis and its transmissions channels”, Journal of Comparative Economics 32:181-193.(first 10 pages, pdf-file, 180k)
Pellegrini,L. and R. Gerlagh (2004), “Corruption’s effect on growth and its transmission channels”, Kyklos 57: 433-462.(intro, pdf-file, 216k)
Gerlagh R. and M.A. Keyzer (2003) "Efficiency of conservationist measures; an optimist viewpoint", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, 46:310-333. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 120k)
C. Carraro, B.C.C. van der Zwaan, and Gerlagh R. (2003), "Endogenous Technological Change in Economy-Environment Modeling, an Introduction", Guest Editors for Special Issue in Resource and Energy Economics, 25:1-10. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 65k)
Gerlagh R., and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2003), "Gross World Product and Consumption in a Global Warming Model with Endogenous Technological Change", Resource and Energy Economics, 25:35-57. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 65k) Model used available through (zipped GAMS model, 104 k)
Kuik O., and R. Gerlagh (2003), "The effect of trade liberalization on carbon leakage under the Kyoto Protocol", The Energy Journal 24(3):97-120. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 24k)
Gerlagh R. and E. Papyrakis (2003) "Are the economic costs of (non-)stabilising the atmosphere prohibitive? A comment", Ecological Economics 46:325-327. pdf-file (161 k) (extracted pages, 145k)
Gerlagh R. and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2002) "Long-term substitutability between environmental and man-made goods", Journal of Environmental Economics and Management 44:329-345. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 133k)
Gerlagh R., R. Dellink, M.W. Hofkes, and H. Verbruggen (2002), "A Measure of Sustainable National Income for the Netherlands", Ecological Economics 41: 157-174. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 75k)
van der Zwaan B.C.C., R. Gerlagh, G. Klaassen, and L. Schrattenholzer (2002), Endogenous technological change in climate change modeling, Energy Economics, 24:1-19, 2002. (first 4 pages as pdf-file, 56k) Model used available through (zipped GAMS model, 333 k)
Gerlagh R. and M.A. Keyzer (2001) "Sustainability and the intergenerational distribution of natural resource entitlements" Journal of Public Economics 79(2): 315-341.
Gerlagh R. and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2001) "The effects of ageing and an environmental trust fund in an OLG model on carbon emission reductions", Ecological Economics 36(2): 311-326.(first 4 pages as pdf-file, 72k)
Gerlagh R. and M.A. Keyzer (2001) "Limits to growth theory", Ch. 13, pp 219-232 in Coordination and Growth, Essays in Honour of Simon Kuipers, eds. G. H. Kuper, E. Sterken and E. Wester, Kluwer Academic Press, Dordrecht. (pdf-file, 161k)
Verbruggen H., R.B. Dellink, R. Gerlagh, M.W.Hofkes, and H.M.A. Jansen (2001) "Alternative calculations of a sustainable national income according to Hueting" in Economic Growth and Valuation of the Environment,edited by E.C.van Ierland, J.van der. Straaten, and H.R.J. Vollebergh. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK.
Gerlagh R. and B.C.C. van der Zwaan (2000), "Overlapping Generations versus Infinitely-Lived Agent; The Case of Global Warming", pages 301-327 in The long-term economics of climate change, Volume 3, edited by Richard Howarth and Darwin Hall, JAI Press, Stamford, Connecticut. (pdf-file, 250k)
Gerlagh R. (2000), "Discounting and sustainability in applied IAMs", pages 315-326 in Efficiency and Equity of Climate Change Policy, edited by Carlo Carraro, Kluwer, Dordrecht. (pdf-file, 46k)
Gerlagh R (1998), The efficient and sustainable use of environmental resource systems, Thela Thesis, Amsterdam. (thesis: English summary / Dutch summary)
Alcamo, J., G.J.J. Kreileman, J.C. Bollen, G.J. van den Born, R. Gerlagh, M.S. Krol, A.M.C. Toet, H.J.M. Vries (1996), "Baseline scenarios of global environmental change" in Global Environmental Change 6: 261-303.