dr. A. (Arjen) Mulder
Arjen Mulder is a senior lecturer of financial management at Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University. He earned his doctorate in business at Erasmus University. His teaching interests are focused in the area of corporate finance/financial management. Arjen currently teaches in the undergrad programmes, the Global Executive MBA, and in executive education (including his very popular exec. ed. course, www.rsm.nl/fnf. Since 2010, he has been awarded ten "Professor of the Year" awards (all based on student voting) for five different courses. His research interests are in corporate finance, international finance, international business, and banking. He has worked at the Netherlands Economic Institute (nowadays Ecorys) prior to taking his PhD
PhD Track Government Dilemmas in the Private Provision of Public Goods
The private provision of public goods is a much debated topic, both in the academic and the real life literature. From an academic perspective, numerous potential pitfalls exist with respect to funding, willingness-to-pay, and the free rider problem. The logical solution to these problems has therefore always been government provision of public goods. In an era where governments withdraw from the market place as active providers of goods and services, however, there is a renewed interest in the private provision of these activities. This thesis takes a governmental perspective, asking how governments can encourage investments in the private provision of public goods. Since from an economic perspective the so-called coercive measures (most noteworthy: regulation) are by definition inefficient, I focus on the non-coercive measures. Therewith, a trade-off is introduced between the efficiency and effectiveness of the government interventioncoercive measures are most predictable in their outcomes, but less efficient, whereas non-coercive measures are most efficient, but less predictable. The choice for non-coercive intervention instruments yields a number of dilemmas, illustrating the complexity of the choices to be made. The four dilemmas discussed are the Influenceability Dilemma, the Smart Governance Dilemma, the Policy Portfolio Dilemma, and the Joint Ownership Dilemma.
- Keywords
- Private provision of public goods, government incentives, investment, corporate finance, energy economics, environmental economics, public economics, fiscal economics, incentives, subsidies, public-private partnerships
- Time frame
- 2000 - 2004
Publications
Article (6)
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Academic (3)
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Mulder, A., & Tims, B. (2018). Conditioning carry trades: Less risk, more return. Journal of International Money and Finance, 85(C), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jimonfin.2018.03.003
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Mulder, A., & Westerhuis, GW. (2015). The determinants of bank internationalisation in times of financial globalisation: Evidence from the world’s largest banks (1980-2007). Business History, 57(1), 121-154. https://doi.org/10.1080/00076791.2014.977874
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Mulder, A. (2008). Do economic instruments matter? Wind turbine investments in the EU (15). Energy Economics, 30(9), 2980-2991. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2008.02.005
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Professional (3)
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Mulder, A., & van Tulder, R. (2004). PPPs: Beneficial to whom? European Business Forum, 18, 24-26. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/110579
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Mulder, A. (2003). Waar eindigt de markt? Interface, April, 26-27.
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Mulder, A., & De Jong, GPF. (2002). Geen duurzaam groenbeleid. Economisch-Statistische Berichten, 4365, 451-453. http://hdl.handle.net/1765/110581
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Doctoral Thesis (1)
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Internal (1)
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Mulder, A. (2004). Government Dilemmas in the Private Provision of Public Goods. [Doctoral Thesis, Erasmus University Rotterdam]. Erasmus University Rotterdam (EUR).
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Report (1)
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Academic (1)
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Mahieu, RJ., & Mulder, A. (2005). Pricing renegotiable debt contracts. Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), EUR.
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Research case (2)
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Academic (2)
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Yue, T., Schoenmaker, D., Mulder, A., Moolenaar, SW., Geoffroy, M. C., & Arellano Geoffroy, P., (2019). Sustainable Finance for Landscape Restoration in Spain
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Esty, BC., Baaij, M., & Mulder, A., (2017). Bayer AG: Bidding to win Merck’s OTC business
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Events (5)
Awards (11)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the BScBA course ‘Finance' (2023)
- RSM Teaching Innovation Award (2023) (2023)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the BScIBA course ‘Finance' (2022)
- The Faculty Award, for the fulltime MBA 'Financial Management' course (2019)
- The Faculty Award, for the fulltime MBA 'Financial Management' course (2018)
- The Faculty Award, for the fulltime MBA 'Financial Management' course (2017)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the BScBA course 'Corporate Finance' (2015)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the BScBA course 'Corporate Finance' (2014)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the MSc F&I core course 'Corporate Finance' (2013)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the BScIBA course 'Corporate Finance' (2012)
- Professor of the Year Award, for the BScIBA course 'Foundations of Finance and Accounting' (2010)
Address
Office: Mandeville Building T08-35
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam
Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
Netherlands
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