Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Name: Klaassen, F.J.G.M.

First name: Franc
Date&place of birth: 25 March 1971, Weert, The Netherlands
Citizenship: Dutch
Marital status: Single
Address: Fellinilaan 350, 1325 TX Almere, The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-36-5369477
Office address: Amsterdam School of Economics, University of Amsterdam
Visitors: Roetersstraat 11, room E3.66, 1018 WB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mail: PO Box 15867, 1001 NJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Telephone / fax: +31-20-5254191 / +31-20-5254254
E-mail: f.klaassen@uva.nl
Homepage: www.uva.nl/profile/f.j.g.m.klaassen

Education

1983-1989 V.W.O. with Latin (pre-university education).

1989-1993 Tilburg University, graduated in Econometrics (cum laude)

Masters degree from the CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University
Thesis: Wealth composition of Dutch households.

1993-1995 Tilburg University, graduated in Economics (cum laude)

Masters degree from the CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University
Thesis: Effects of exchange rate risk on exports.

1995-1999 CentER for Economic Research, Tilburg University, Ph.D.

Dissertation: Exchange rates and their effects on international trade.

Professional Experience

1992-1995 CentER Applied Research, part-time research assistant

CentER AR conducted research and consultancy for companies and the government.
Activities:
- Advising concerning marketing strategy VSB-bank
- Forecasting future national consumption
- Cleaning and summarizing large data sets.

1995-1999 Tilburg University, departments of Econometrics & Economics, Ph.D. student

Activities:
- Empirical research on, e.g., exchange rates, international trade and tennis
 - Teaching Econometrics and International Economics to undergraduates
- Visiting conferences and external presentations
- Member of committee for Masters program at CentER.

1999-2003 University of Amsterdam, postdoctoral researcher

Activities: subset of list below.

2003-2012 University of Amsterdam, associate professor

Activities: subset of list below.

2012 to date University of Amsterdam, professor and director of MInt (about 30 colleagues)
Teaching activities:
- Teaching, development, quality control, and coordination of courses (Dutch and
English) in International Economics for undergraduate students, Tinbergen
Institute Ph.D. students, Master in International Finance, and for Master of
Business Administration
- Good student evaluations
- Basic Teaching Qualification awarded (May 2013).
- Introduction of educational innovations
- Thesis and internship supervision of undergraduate and Ph.D. students
- Member of Ph.D. & MPhil committees, evaluation of external research proposals.
Research:
- Empirical research on, e.g., exchange rates, international trade, fiscal policy, tennis
- Fellow of Tinbergen Institute
- Research visit to University of Wisconsin-Madison (2 months)
- Participation in pan-university research project funded by the EU
- Visiting conferences and external presentations
- Refereeing papers for Econometric Theory, Economic Policy, Journal of
Econometrics, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control, Journal of
International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance, Review of
Economic Studies, Review of Economics and Statistics, among others.
Management:
- Director of MInt section: finance, HRM, research, teaching
- Coordinator of MSc track International Economics & Globalization
- Member of committee setting the strategy of Amsterdam School of Economics
- Member of committee on restructuring BSc of Economic and Business
- Contribution to coordination and restructuring of teaching program of department
- Recruitment
- External funding
- Organization of international seminar series, workshops, and conference session.

Publications

Articles (both single and co-authored) have been published in Econometric Theory, Economic Policy,
European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Business and Economic Statistics, Journal of
Econometrics, Journal of International Economics, Journal of International Money and Finance,
Journal of the American Statistical Association, Journal of the European Economic Association, New
Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, and
Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv, among others.

Book: Analyzing Wimbledon - The Power of Statistics (Oxford University Press).

An up-to-date list of publications is available at my homepage.

Skills

Computer: Various programs, including Excel, Latex, Matlab, Pascal, SAS, Scientific
WorkPlace, Word and WordPerfect.

Languages: Dutch, English.

Non-academic Interests

- Tennis: Participated in training of Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association for nine years.
Several times captain of tennis teams.

- Football and sports in general.

References

Available upon request.