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I am an assistant professor at the Department of Economics at the University of Gothenburg. My main research interests lie in the areas of environmental/climate policy and growth.  
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Contact me:
Email:        inge.van.den.bijgaart [at] gu [dot] se
Phone:       +46 31 786 1368
Visiting Address:  Vasagatan 1, room E517, 41124 Göteborg
Postal Address:    PO Box 640, 40530 Göteborg


PUBLICATIONS

van den Bijgaart, I.M., Smulders, J.A., (2017) "Does a recession call for less stringent environmental policy? A partial-equilibrium second-best analysis", Environmental and Resource Economics, 

van den Bijgaart, I.M. (2017) "The unilateral implementation of a sustainable growth path with directed technical change", European Economic Review, Vol. 91, pp. 305-327

Gerlagh R., van den Bijgaart, I.M., Michielsen T., and Nijland, N., (2016) "Fiscal policy and CO2 emissions of new passenger cars in the EU", Environmental and Resource Economics, 
    Short interview about this paper (Economisch Statistische Berichten, in Dutch)

van den Bijgaart, I.M., Gerlagh R., and Liski M. (2016) “A simple formula for the social cost of carbon”, Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Vol. 77, pp. 75–94. 
    Recipient of the 2016 JEEM best paper award

WORKING PAPERS

"Too slow a change? Deep habits, consumption shifts and transitory tax policy", CESifo working paper No. 6958 (March 2018), Link - submitted

WORK IN PROGRESS

Resource exploration vs innovation in the face of scarcity (with Mauricio Rodriguez)