Working Group Public Economics

TOM TRUYTS

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

Room 02.120
Tel.: +32 (0) 16 32 68 16
Fax: +32 (0) 16 32 67 96
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Personalia
Research interests
Papers & publications
Varia

Personalia:

Born on November 3, 1976 in Lier, Belgium
Licentiaat Geschiedenis (History), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 1999
Licentiaat Economische Wetenschappen (Economic Sciences), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2002
Master of Science in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2003
Ph.D. in Economics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2008
Title: "Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend: Five Essays on the Economics of Social Status" Short summary (in Dutch)
Research assistant since October 1, 2002

Research activities and interests:

Social Interactions in Economic Models
Game Theory
Public Economics
The Economics of Poverty and Inequality
The Economics of Group Conflicts
The Economics of the Welfare State and Solidarity
Evolutionary theory

Publications:

"Social Status in Economic Theory", Journal of Economic Surveys (2010) Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 137–169. [working paper]
(with Maarten Van Dijck) "Ideas, Interests and Politics in the Case of Belgian Corn Law Repeal, 1834-1873", Journal of Economic History (2011), Vol. 71, No. 1, pp.185 – 210. [long web version of this paper]
"Signaling and Indirect Taxation", Journal of Public Economics (2012), 96 (3-4), 331-340. [working paper]

Working papers:

Stochastic Signaling: Information Complements and Substitutes CES DPS12.04 and CORE Discussion Paper 2012/22.

Work-in-progress:

Solidarity and Social Structure (with Erik Schokkaert)
On Big Fishes in Small Ponds: Network Formation with Relative Concerns (with Friederike Mengel)

Other:

"Networks, Group Identity and Poverty", Reflets et perspectives de la vie économique, forthcoming. [working paper]
"Het toenemend gebruik van psychofarmaca", Metaforum Visietekst 1, 28p. (with Minne Casteels, Stephan Claes, Marina Danckaerts, Jan De Lepeleire, Koen Demyttenaere, Gert Laekeman, Patrick Luyten, Bart Pattyn and Erik Schokkaert).
"Personenmobiliteit in Vlaanderen", Metaforum Visietekst 4, 56p. (with Stef Proost, Johan Driesen, André Loeckx, Benoit Nemery, Thérèse Steenberghen, Chris Tampère, Eric Van den Bulck)

Varia:

Memberships

Member of the Steering Group of Metaforum, the interdisciplinary think tank of the university of Leuven.
Active member of HEBEN (Human Evolution and Behaviour Network)

Press: Interview & opinions

"Economisch baltsgedrag" in De Standaard 27 februari 2008