Jenny Ligthart, Visiting Professor
Department of Economics, International Studies Program
January 2009 - August 2009
PhD in Economics (1997), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Office: 559
Phone: 404-413-0228
E-mail: jligthart@gsu.edu
Website: http://center.uvt.nl/staff/ligthart/
Specialties:
International tax policy
Fiscal policy
Open economy macroeconomics
International economics
Jenny Ligthart holds a chair in Macroeconomics at the Department of Economics of Tilburg University, the Netherlands. She is a Honorary Professor at the University of Groningen and a Senior Research Fellow at CentER (Tilburg University) and CESifo (University of Munich). Her research focuses on the macroeconomic repercussions of fiscal policy in an international context. In addition, she analyzes the economic and welfare effects of policy instruments aimed at addressing (international) tax evasion.
During 2002-2008, Jenny Ligthart was the Director of the Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE), a graduate school in Economics in which six Dutch universities participate. Prior to joining Tilburg University, she worked for five years (1997-2002) at the IMF's Fiscal Affairs Department in Washington DC, where she was involved in advising governments on fiscal matters. Presently, she is a member of the IMF's panel of fiscal experts and occasionally a consultant for the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research. She holds MA, MPhil, and PhD degrees in Economics from the University of Amsterdam.
