Curriculum Vitae of Peter T. Dijkstra
Born on December 7th 1983, in Groningen (the Netherlands).
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Areas of Interest
Work Experience
Phone
+31 (0)50 363 4001
Secretary +31 (0)50 363 7018
Experimental Economics
Competition Policy
Behavioral Economics
Industrial Organization
Microeconomics
Game Theory
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Teacher at the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen
(part-time; Sep. 2012 –Aug. 2015)
Researcher at the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of Groningen
(part-time; Sep. 2012 –Aug. 2015)
Research Project on the regulation of energy markets for the Netherlands Authority for Consumers
& Markets (ACM) at the University of Groningen (1 day per week; Sep. 2012 – Dec. 2013)
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Publications
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Research Projects
[email protected]
www.rug.nl/staff/p.t.dijkstra
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Education
E-mail address
Website
LinkedIn
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PhD student at the Department of Economics, Econometrics and Finance, University of
Groningen (Sep. 2008 – Aug. 2012)
- Title: Collusion, Antitrust Policy and Leniency Programs – Experiments and Theory
- Supervisors: prof. L. Schoonbeek, prof. J.L. Moraga-González and dr. M.A. Haan
- Defense: October 13, 2014
- Abstract: This dissertation tries to increase our understanding of collusion, antitrust policy and
leniency programs. First, we investigate in an experiment whether, and if so when, price
leadership facilitates tacit collusion. Second, we study theoretically and experimentally the
degree of collusion for different industry structures that are subject to regulation by means of
yardstick competition. Third, we examine in an experiment the effectiveness of such a program
when firms are allowed to communicate freely and can apply for leniency after observing
whether the antitrust authority has started a cartel investigation. Fourth, we investigate in a
theoretical model the effectiveness of Amnesty Plus, under which a firm may receive lower
fines for one cartel if it is the first to report another cartel on another market.
Research Master (MSc) in Economics & Business at the University of Groningen (Aug. 2008)
- GPA 8.10/10
- Track: Economics & Econometrics.
- Specialization: Industrial Organization
Bachelor (BSc) in Econometrics & Operations Research at the University of Groningen (Aug.
2005)
- GPA 8.23/10, cum laude (top 5%)
- Specialization: Industrial Organization
- Honors Program (2003-2005): guided research with faculty members
- Bachelor honor’s thesis “Incompatibility may harm Consumers: Compatibility Decisions with
and without Network Externalities” nominated by the faculty for ENCORE Master’s thesis
award.
Dijkstra, P., M. Haan en M. Mulder (2013), Samenspanning bij maatstafconcurrentie,
Economische Statistische Berichten 98 (4669): 590-593.
Haan, M.A., S.G. Dijkstra en P.T. Dijkstra (2005), Expert Judgment versus Public Opinion Evidence from the Eurovision Song Contest, Journal of Cultural Economics 29 (1): 59-78.
Price Leadership and Unequal Market Sharing: Collusion in Experimental Markets
- Received a minor revise and resubmit at International Journal of Industrial Organization
- Job market paper
Industry Structure and Collusion with Uniform Yardstick Competition: Theory and Experiments
(with Marco Haan and Machiel Mulder)
Leniency Programs and the Design of Antitrust: Experimental Evidence with Rich Communication
(with Marco Haan and Lambert Schoonbeek)
Multimarket Contact, Collusion and Amnesty Plus (with Lambert Schoonbeek)
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Conference
Presentations
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Conference and
Workshop
Attendance
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Teaching
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Honors and
Awards
Internships and
Visiting Position
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Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) (2011, 2013,
2014)
European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) (2009, 2011, 2013)
“Behavioral Competition and Regulation”, organized by Amsterdam Center for Law and
Economics (ACLE) (2012)
Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy Workshop (2012)
Jornadas de Economía Industrial (2010, 2012)
International Industrial Organization Conference (2011)
Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) (2011)
Netherlands Network of Economics (NAKE) Research Day (2010, 2011)
Competition workshop “System Competition and the Need for a World Competition Agency”
organized by CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis, CentER/TILEC and the
Ministry of Economic Affairs (2010)
Conference “Information, Communication and Competition” organized by Amsterdam Center for
Law and Economics (ACLE) (2010)
Conference “To Enforce and Comply: Incentives inside Corporations and Agencies” organized by
Amsterdam Center for Law and Economics (ACLE) (2009)
“2nd Dolomites Summer School on "Antitrust for Networks: focus on vertical restraints"”,
organized by the University of Verona (2009)
“14th Annual Visiting Graduate Student Workshop in Experimental Economics”, organized by
International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) at Chapman
University (2009)
Master Class on “Econometric Analysis of Collusion” by Professor Patrick Bajari (University of
Minnesota) organized by Economics Network for Competition and Regulation (ENCORE) (2008)
Summer School on Competition Law Enforcement by Professor Vivek Ghosal (Georgia Tech)
organized by Economics Network for Competition and Regulation (ENCORE) (2006)
Courses at the University of Groningen:
- Intermediate Mathematics – Static and Dynamic Optimization Techniques: 2nd year Bachelor
Economics (from 2009-2010 till now)
- Statistical Modeling for EOR – Actuarial Sciences: 1st year Bachelor Econometrics &
Operations Research (from 2009-2010 till now)
- Games and Industrial Organization – Game theory and competition policy: Master Economics
(from 2012-2013 till now)
- Microeconomics for E&BE: 1st year Bachelor Economics & Business Economics (2014-2015)
- Introduction to Mathematical Economics – Mathematical models on producer and consumer
theory: 2nd year Bachelor Econometrics & Operations Research (2012-2013 and 2014-2015)
- Empirical Research Paper for Economics: 2nd year Bachelor Economics (2014-2015)
- Game Theory: 3rd year Bachelor Econometrics & Operations Research (2013-2014)
- Wiskunde II Bedrijfseconomie - Mathematics course on matrix algebra and optimization
techniques: 2nd year Bachelor Business Economics (2012-2013)
- Statistics for Business: 1st year Bachelor Business Administration (2010-2011)
Course “Introduction to Discrete Choice Models” at the Netherlands Competition Authority
(NMa) (The Hague, the Netherlands; May 2009)
Top-5 most valued lecturers of the Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen
in semester 2.2 in 2010-2011 for the course Statistical Modeling for EOR.
Winner of Essay Competition 2009 of SOM Research and Graduate School of the University of
Groningen for interdisciplinary research of PhD students at the Faculty of Economics and
Business for the essay: Effects of Achievement Goals on Cartel Formation (with Roy Sijbom).
Internship at the Netherlands Competition Authority (NMa) (The Hague, the Netherlands; Mar. –
June 2008)
Internship at the Dutch Healthcare Authority (NZa) (Utrecht, the Netherlands; Sep. 2007 – Feb.
2008)
- Project title: Indicating Potential Market Power based on Quality Competition in the Dutch
Hospital Market
Visiting graduate student at the University of California, Santa Barbara (Sep. 2006 – June 2007)
- GPA: 3.97/4
- Took first-year and second-year PhD courses in Economics
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Professional
Services
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Skills
Non-Academic
Interests
References
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Committee membership:
- Member of the Educational Committee of the PhD program in Economics and Business
(University of Groningen) (Sep. 2009 – Aug. 2012)
- Chairman of the PhD Committee of the Faculty of Economics and Business (University of
Groningen); main task is to organize social events for PhD students (Aug. 2009 – Apr. 2012)
Referee:
- Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization
- TPEdigitaal (Dutch)
Discussant:
- Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) (2013,
2014)
- European Association for Research in Industrial Economics (EARIE) Conference (2013)
- Jornadas de Economía Industrial (2012)
- Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy Workshop (2012)
- Spring Meeting of Young Economists (SMYE) (2011)
- International Industrial Organization Conference (2011)
Session chair:
- Competition and Regulation European Summer School and Conference (CRESSE) (2014)
- Jornadas de Economía Industrial (2012)
- “Behavioral Competition and Regulation” organized by Amsterdam Center for Law and
Economics (ACLE) (2012)
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Experience with LaTeX, Stata, z-Tree, Matlab, Microsoft Office, EViews, HTML, JavaScript,
Delphi and Visual Basic
Languages: Dutch (native); English (proficient); and German (basic)
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Motorcycling
Music (Keyboards and Piano)
Sports (Field Hockey, Running and Bridge)
Foreign Languages (a.o. Russian and Swedish)
Lambert Schoonbeek
Professor of Applied Game Theory (University of Groningen)
+31 (0)50-363 3798
[email protected]
www.rug.nl/staff/l.schoonbeek/
José L. Moraga-González
Professor of Microeconomics (VU University Amsterdam) and Professor of Industrial Organization
(University of Groningen)
+31 (0)20-598 6981 or +31 (0)50-363 4697
[email protected]
www.tinbergen.nl/~moraga/
Marco A. Haan
Associate Professor of Microeconomics (University of Groningen)
+31 (0)50-363 7327
[email protected]
www.rug.nl/staff/m.a.haan/
Machiel Mulder
Professor of Regulation of Energy Markets (University of Groningen) and Specialist Regulatory
Economics at the Office of the Chief Economist (Netherlands Authority for Consumers & Markets)
+31 (0)6-3103 5729 or +31 (0)70-330 3321
[email protected]
www.rug.nl/staff/machiel.mulder
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