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Personal data
| Name : | Gijsbert Zwart | ![]() |
| Sector : | Competition and regulation | |
| Telephone : | +31 70 33 86 116 | |
| Fax : | +31 70 33 83 350 | |
| E-mail : | G.T.J.Zwart@cpb.nl |
Research interests
- Economics of electricity and gas markets
- Competition economics
Publications
- Reinforcing buyer power: Trade quotas and supply diversification in the EU natural gas market, CPB Discussion Paper 147, April 2010, and TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2010-018 (with Svetlana Ikonnikova, Univ. of Texas at Austin).
- Falende Corporate Governance: Waarom Banken Verslaafd zijn aan Risico, Kwartaalschrift Economie, Nummer 4, 2009 (with Michiel Bijlsma).
- Selective contracting and foreclosure in health care markets, CPB Discussion Paper 140, February 2010, and TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2009-045 (with Michiel Bijlsma and Jan Boone, Tilburg University).
- Market performance and distributional effects on renewable energy markets, CPB Document 190, August 2009 (with Paul Koutstaal, Michiel Bijlsma, and Xander van Tilburg and Özge Özdemir from ECN).
- Onderhandelingen op de Europese gasmarkt, AElementair, volume 8 nr. 3, May 2009.
- European natural gas markets: resource constraints and market power, The Energy Journal, Volume 30, Special Issue, 2009.
- Competition for Access: Spectrum Rights and Downstream Access in Wireless Telecommunications, CPB Discussion Paper 123, March 2009, and TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-037, October 2008 (with Michiel Bijlsma).
- European natural gas markets: resource constraints and market power, CPB Discussion Paper 116, and TILEC Discussion Paper No. 2008-043, December 2008.
- Static efficiency in Dutch supermarket chain, CPB Document 163, April 2008 (with Harold Creusen, Arno Meijer and Henry van der Wiel).
- Vertical foreclosure: a policy framework, CPB Document 157, January 2008 (with Michiel Bijlsma, Viktória Kocsis and Victoria Shestalova).
- Vertical separation of the Dutch energy distribution industry: an economic assessment of the political debate, Intereconomics, 6, 2007 (with Machiel Mulder and Victoria Shestalova).
- The economics of promoting security of energy supply, EIB Papers, volume 12 no. 2, 2007 (with Arie ten Cate and Machiel Mulder).
- Allocatie van radiospectrum: vergunningen versus vergunningvrij, CPB memorandum 175, February 2007.
- Liberalisation of European energy markets: challenges and policy options, CPB Document 138, December 2006 (with Machiel Mulder, Victoria Shestalova, and Astrid Dannenberg, Tim Mennel and Ulf Moslener from ZEW).
- Second opinion maatschappelijke kosten en baten uitbreiding H-gastransportnet, CPB Notitie, September 2006 (with Machiel Mulder).
- Kwantitatieve verkenning welvaartseffecten splitsing energiebedrijven, CPB Notitie, March 2006 (with Machiel Mulder, Victoria Shestalova and Mark Lijesen).
- Government involvement in liberalised gas markets; a welfare-economic analysis of Dutch gas-depletion policy, CPB Document 110, February 2006 (with Machiel Mulder).
- Overheid te zuinig met gas, Economisch Statistische Berichten, nr. 4482, 24 maart 2006 (with Machiel Mulder).
- NATGAS: a Model of the European Natural Gas Market, CPB memorandum 144, February 2006 (with Machiel Mulder).
- Market failures and government policies in gas markets, CPB memorandum 143, February 2006 (with Machiel Mulder).
- Modelling in the Dutch electricity market, in: Simulation models for merger cases, ed. P. van Bergeijk et al., Edward Elgar, 2005 (with J. de Maa).
- Op zoek naar een onzichtbaar vangnet; hoe geven we de publieke rol in leveringszekerheid vorm zonder de markt te verstoren? CPB Document 89, May 2005 (with Mark Lijesen).
- Efficiency and sufficiency in power generation capacity, Oxford Energy Forum, 59, 2004 (with Mark Lijesen).
- The liberalized Dutch green electricity market: lessons from a policy experiment, De Economist, 151, 2004 (with E. van Damme).
- Regulatory issues surrounding merchant interconnection, in Methods to regulate unbundled transmission and distribution business on electricity markets, Proceedings Market Design Conference, 2003 (with K.J. Kuijlaars).
- Eigen stroom eerst, Economisch Statistische Berichten, nr 4390, 2002 (with E. van Damme)
- Performance Meting en Risico Management voor de Value Based Manager, Banking Review, 2001 (with M. Bijlsma and T. Tjin).
- Lessen uit Californië, Economisch Statistische Berichten, nr 4300, 2001 (with T. Tjin).
Work experience
| 2005- | Researcher, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC), Tilburg University, The Netherlands |
| 2004- | Researcher, sector Competition and Regulation, CPB, Netherlands' Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, The Hague, The Netherlands |
| 2002-2004 | Economic staff to Market Surveillance Committee, DTe (Dutch energy regulator), the Hague, the Netherlands |
| 2000-2002 | Consultant, Ernst & Young Treasury and Financial Risk Management, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
Education
| 1995-1999 | PhD in Theoretical Physics, Utrecht University, the Netherlands |
| 1990-1995 | Master in Physics (cum laude), Utrecht University, the Netherlands |

