Working Group Public Economics

KRISTOF BOSMANS

Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Faculty of Economics and Applied Economics
Department of Economics
Center for Economic Studies
Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, Belgium

Room 01.31
Tel.: +32 (0) 16 32 66 51
Fax: +32 (0) 16 32 67 96
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Personalia:

Starting March 1st, 2007: Assistant professor, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Postdoctoral fellow, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, since December 1st, 2006
Research assistant, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2000-2006
PhD in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2006
Master of Science in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2000
Licentiaat Economische Wetenschappen (undergraduate studies in economics), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1999
Born on October 12th, 1977, in Diest, Belgium

Teaching:

Design of Tax Systems (2029B), Maastricht University
Information, Justice and the Political Process (3074B), Maastricht University
Seminarie actuele economische problemen (D0E18A) (Seminar on contemporary economic problems), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Research interests:

(Unidimensional and multidimensional) inequality and poverty measurement
Social choice theory
Individual choice under risk
Empirical research on opinions concerning issues in welfare economics
The claims problem

Work in progress:

Bosmans, K., Lauwers, L., 2007. Lorenz comparisons of nine rules for the adjudication of conflicting claims. CES Discussion Paper 07.05, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Bosmans, K., Lauwers, L., Ooghe, E., 2006. A consistent multidimensional Pigou-Dalton transfer principle. CES Discussion Paper 06.20, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Bosmans, K., Schokkaert, E., 2006. Equality preference in the claims problem: a questionnaire study of cuts in earnings and pensions. Mimeo.

Articles in journals:

Bosmans, K., 2007. Comparing degrees of inequality aversion. Forthcoming in Social Choice and Welfare.
Bosmans, K., 2007. Extreme inequality aversion without separability. Forthcoming in Economic Theory.
Bosmans, K., 2007. Income inequality, quasi-concavity, and gradual population shifts. Mathematical Social Sciences 53, 29-45.

Other publications:

Bosmans, K., 2006. Measuring Economic Inequality and Inequality Aversion. Doctoral dissertation, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven.
Bosmans, K., Schokkaert, E., 2004. Social welfare, the veil of ignorance and purely individual risk: an empirical examination. In: Cowell, F.A. (ed.) Research on Economic Inequality, vol. 11. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 85-114.