July 2003

 

Tom Coupé

 

Office Address

Economics Education and Research Consortium (EERC), Kyiv
Vul Voloska 10
04070 Kyiv
Ukraine

Tel: 044 239 2494
E-mail: tcoupe@eerc.kiev.ua
Homepage: http://homepages.ulb.ac.be/~tcoupe

Date of Birth: 08/02/1974
Place of Birth: Ghent, Belgium
Nationality: Belgian

Languages: Dutch - English - French

 

Education

1996: BA University Ghent
MA Free University Brussels (ULB)
1997-2002: PHD Free University Brussels (ULB)

Thesis: 'Essays on the Behavior of Scientists and Universities'.

Supervisor: Mathias Dewatripont

January-June 2001: visiting University College London.

 

Publications

- In Journals

 

Coupé, Tom (2003), 'Revealed Performances : Worldwide Ranking of Economists and Economics Departments, 1990-2000', Journal of European Economic Association, forthcoming.

 

Coupé, Tom (2003), 'Science is Golden: Academic R&D and University Patents', Journal of Technology Transfer, vol. 28, p. 31-46.

 

Coupé, Tom (2001) 'On the Disciplinary Structure and the Number of Belgian Universities: a Historical Perspective' Reflets et Perspectives de la vie économique, vol. 40, p. 57-64.

 

- In Books

 

Coupé, Tom (2001) 'Should Universities Be Conglomerates?' in Dewatripont et al (eds), 'The Strategic Analysis of Universities: Microeconomic and Management Perspectives', Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Brussels.

 

Coupé, Tom (2001) 'Can Peer Review Be Trusted? The UK Research Assessment on Trial.' in Dewatripont et al (eds), 'The Strategic Analysis of Universities: Microeconomic and Management Perspectives', Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Brussels.

 

Coupé, Tom (2001) 'Academic R&D and University Patents' in Dewatripont et al (eds), 'The Strategic Analysis of Universities: Microeconomic and Management Perspectives', Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles, Brussels.

 

Working Papers

 

-Economics of Economics

·        The Prize is Right? An Analysis of Best Paper Prizes (2002)

·        Incentives in Economics Departments - Part 1: Dynamic Incentives (2001)

(Joint with Valérie Smeets and Frederic Warzynski)

·        Incentives in Economics Departments - Part 2: Testing Tournament Theory (2001)

(Joint with Valérie Smeets and Frederic Warzynski)

·        What Do We Know About Ourselves? Academic Research On Economists (2000).

·        Basic Statistics for Economists (2000)

 

-Economics of Science

 

·        Science is Golden: Academic R&D and University Patents (2001)

·        Academic$: On the Salaries of UK Vice-Chancellors and Principals (2001)

·        Human, All too Human... On the Behavior of Universities and Scientists (2000).

 

-Political Economy

 

·        On Choosing not to Choose: Testing Swing Voters Theory (2001). (Joint with Abdul G. Noury)

·        Purchasing Power- On the Link between Campaign Expenditures and Electoral Success (1999).

 

Teaching Experience

 

·        EERC, Kyiv (2003): Statistics and Econometrics V (Masters)

·        EERC, Kyiv (2003): Economics of Innovation (Masters)

·        EERC, Kyiv (2003): Labor Economics (Personnel Economics) (Masters)

·        EERC, Kyiv (2002-2003): Research Workshop I-II-III-IV-V (Masters)

·        EERC, Kyiv (2002): Statistics and Econometrics II (Masters)

·        EERC, Kyiv (2002): Statistics and Econometrics I (Masters)

·        Microeconomics of Banking and Finance (2002, visiting lecturer University Ghent)

·        Advanced Labor Economics II - Exercises (2000)

 

Presentations

·        Public Choice Society, San Diego (2002)

·        Catholic University Leuven (2002)

·        Economics Education and Research consortium, Kiev (2002)

·        Workshop Université de Reims (2002)

·        Presentation before an Expert Group of the European Commission (2001)

·        University College London Student Lunch Seminar (2001)

·        'In Search of Scientific Excellence: Evaluating Research Performance by Discipline', workshop organized by the European Commission (2001)

·        'Innovations and Intellectual Property', conference, Brussels (2001)

·        Enter Jamboree - University of Mannheim (2001)

·        Enter Jamboree -University College London (2000)

·        ECARES Internal Seminar (2000)

 

Scholarships, Awards and Contracts

·        Research for 'Who's Who's in Economics (4th edition)'

·        PAI-Scholarship (Belgian Federal Government) 1997-2001

·        Marie Curie Fellowship (visit to University College London) 2001

·        'Mapping Economics' for DG Research of the European Commission (2001)

·        'Ranking Economics Departments in Europe' for the European Economic Association (2000)

 

Other

·        Referee for Empirica, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Australian Economic Papers, Journal of Economics Education and Routledge

 

References

 

Mathias Dewatripont

mdewat@ulb.ac.be

Tel: 32 02 650 42 17

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Ecares- cp 114

AV FD Roosevelt 50

1050 Brussels

Belgium

 

 

Gérard Roland

groland@econ.berkeley.edu

Tel: 510 642 4321

University of California, Berkeley
549 Evans Hall # 3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880

United States

 

Patrick Legros

plegros@ulb.ac.be

Tel: 32 02 650 42 19

Université Libre de Bruxelles

Ecares- cp 114

AV FD Roosevelt 50

1050 Brussels

Belgium