## CHRISTIAN W.J. BOGMANS

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### Personal
- Nationality: Dutch
- Place of birth: Eindhoven, the Netherlands
- E-mail: cbogmans@imf.org
- Phone: +1-202-677-1581
- URL: https://sites.google.com/site/christianwjbogmans/

### Main Research Interests & Fields of Concentration
- International Trade
- Environmental and Resource Economics
- Energy Economics

### Professional Experience
- 2016 - present: Economist, IMF Research Department, Washington D.C.
- 2014 - 2016: Lecturer (Assistant professor), Department of Economics, University of Birmingham.
- 2011 - 2014: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam.

### International Experience
- April - May 2015: IMF Research Department, Washington D.C., visiting scholar.
- March - June 2013: The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, visiting scholar.

### Education
- 2007-2011: PhD in Economics, Tilburg University, the Netherlands.
  - Thesis: Essays on International Trade and the Environment.
  - Date of Defense: June 1th, 2011
- 2005-2008: Research Master degree (MPhil) in International Economics and Business (Cum Laude), University of Groningen, the Netherlands.
- 2002-2005: B.Sc. in Economics (Cum Laude), Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

### Journal Publications
- “Optimal Adaptation of Thermal Power Plants: the (Ir)relevance of Climate (Change) Information” (with G. Dijkema and M. van Vliet), Energy Economics, 2017, vol. 62, pp. 1-18.
- “Can the Terms of Trade Externality Outweigh Free-Riding? The Role of Vertical Linkages”, Journal of International Economics, 2015, vol. 95(1), pp. 115-128.
- “Climate Adaptation of Interconnected Infrastructures: a Framework for Supporting Governance” (with L.A. Bollinger, G.P.J. Dijkema, M. Snelder and others), Regional Environmental Change, 2013, pp. 1-13.
- “Does Corruption Discourage International Trade?” (joint with E. de Jong), European Journal of Political Economy, 2011, vol. 27 (2), pp. 385-398.
- “The Pollution Haven Hypothesis, a Dynamic Perspective” (joint with C. Withagen), Revue Economique, 2010, vol. 61 (1), pp. 103-130.

### Working Papers
- “The Globalization of Farmland: Theory and Empirical Evidence” (with Rabah Arezki and Harris Selod), IMF Working Paper No. 18/145. Submitted
- “Global Aquaculture Growth: Curse or Blessing?” (with Daan van Soest)

### Work in Progress
- “Historical Trends in Energy Demand in the Global Economy” (with Lama Kiyasseh, Akito Matsumoto and Andrea Pescatori)
- “The Environmental Toll of Road Construction in Rainforests” (with Gerard van der Meijden)
- “Trade and Energy, 1850-2015” (with Chinmay Sharma)
- “Urbanization versus renewable energy transition in developing countries: a spatial energy model and evidence for Indonesia.” (with Sotya Fevriera and Peter Mulder)
- “Internal and External Demand-Driven Resource Booms, 1800-2015” (w Rabah Arezki)

### Other Publications
- “Chart of the Week: A Bumpy Road Ahead for Electric Cars”. IMFBlog, August 2018. (with Lama Kiyasseh)
- “Q&A: Seven Questions on the Globalization of Farmland”, IMF Research Bulletin, September 2017.

### Policy Work (World Economic Outlook Special Features)
- “Special Feature: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts with a Focus on Recent Trends in Energy Demand”, World Economic Outlook, October 2018. (with Lama Kiyasseh, Akito Matsumoto, Andrea Pescatori and Julia Xueliang Wang)
- “Special Feature: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts”, World Economic Outlook, April 2018. (with Akito Matsumoto and Rachel Yuting Fan)
- “Special Feature: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts”, World Economic Outlook, October 2017. (with Akito Matsumoto and Rachel Yuting Fan)
- “Special Feature: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts, with a Focus on the Role of Technology and Unconventional Sources in the Global Oil Market”, World Economic Outlook, April 2017. (with Rabah Arezki, Claudia Berg and Akito Matsumoto)
- “Special Feature: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts, with a Focus on Food Security and Markets in the World Economy”, World Economic Outlook, October 2016. (with Rabah Arezki, Claudia Berg and Akito Matsumoto)
- “Special Feature: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts, with a Focus on the Energy Transition in an Era of Low Fossil Fuel Prices” (with Rabah Arezki and Akito Matsumoto), World Economic Outlook, April 2016.

### Teaching Experience
Undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision:
- 2014-2016: Environmental Economics, University of Birmingham.
- 2011-2013: Environmental Economics (lecturer), MSc and BSc thesis supervision, first-year tutor class, VU University Amsterdam.
- 2010-2011: International Macroeconomics, Radboud University Nijmegen.
- 2008-2010: Markets and Environment (teaching assistant), Tilburg University.
- 2007-2008: Comparative Public Economics (teaching assistant), Tilburg University.
- 2007-2010: BSc thesis supervision (9 students), Tilburg University.

### Other Relevant Work Experience
- May 2004-September 2007: student assistant and research assistant for various professors, Radboud University Nijmegen and University of Groningen.
- Referee for: International Economic Review; Journal of Environmental Economics and Management; European Economic Review; Oxford Economics Papers; Canadian Journal of Economics; Energy Economics; Resource and Energy Economics; Environmental and Resource Economics; Journal of International Trade and Economic Development; International Review of Economics and Finance; Environment and Development Economics; Open Economies Review; The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy; Macroeconomic Dynamics.
- Departmental roles:
  - Organizer external seminar series (2014-2016), Birmingham.
  - Director of MSc program in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (2015-2016), Birmingham.

### Conference & Seminar Presentations (selected by year)
- 2018: Land and Poverty Conference, IMF brown bag seminar, EAERE conference, US International Trade Commission.
- 2017: EAERE conference, IMF RES commodities unit seminar.
- 2015: Erasmus University Rotterdam (invited seminar), EAERE conference.
- 2014: World Bank (invited seminar), University of Manchester (invited seminar), Erasmus School of Economics, Erasmus University Rotterdam (invited seminar), University of Birmingham (2x).
- 2013: Climate Change Adaptation conference Hamburg, EAERE conference.
- 2012: Dutch Economists Conference, European Trade Study Group conference, Exeter Workshop ‘Resource Insecurity, International Trade and the Environment’ (invited), VU Eureka seminar.
- 2011: European Association for Environmental and Resource Economics conference.
- 2010: NAKE Annual Conference, Monte Verita Conference on Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics, Tilburg Economics Workshop seminar.
- 2009: Brixen Workshop on International Trade and Finance, European Association for Environmental and Resource Economics (EAERE) conference.
- 2008: Monte Verita Conference on Sustainable Resource Use and Economic Dynamics.
- 2007: EAERE summer school on ‘International Trade, Property Rights and Biodiversity’.

### Skills & Software
- Matlab, Maple, Stata, LaTeX, Scientific Workplace.

### Languages
- Dutch (native)
- English (fluent)
- German (good/moderate)
- French (basic; three years in high school)

### References
- Prof. dr. Cees Withagen — Department of Spatial Economics, VU University Amsterdam. E-mail: c.a.a.m.withagen@vu.nl. Phone: +31-20-4446093.
- Prof. dr. Sjak Smulders — Department of Economics, Tilburg University. E-mail: j.a.smulders@uvt.nl. Phone: +31 13 466 3653.
- Prof. dr. Daan van Soest — Department of Economics, Tilburg University. E-mail: d.p.van.soest@uvt.nl. Phone: +31-13-466 2072.
- Prof. dr. Brian Copeland — Vancouver School of Economics, University of British Columbia. E-mail: brian.copeland@ubc.ca. Telephone: (604) 827-0005.
- Dr. Rabah Arezki — Middle East and North Africa division, The World Bank. Email: rarezki.econ@gmail.com.

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