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1 Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Contact and Personal Details Office Address: Bezuidenhoutseweg 30, 2594AV, The Hague Mobile telephone: website: Born in San José, Costa Rica the 2 nd of May of Nationalities: Costa Rican and Dutch Publications Journals: Potential economic effects of TTIP for the Netherlands, forthcoming De Economist, DOI: /s Melting ice caps and the economic impact of opening the Northern Sea Route, coauthored with Eddy Bekkers and Joseph Francois, forthcoming The Economic Journal, DOI: /ecoj Identifying hubs and spokes in global supply chains using redirected trade in value added, coauthored with Arjan Lejour and Paul Veenendaal. Economic Systems Research, 29(1): Melting Ice Caps: Implications for Asian Trade with North America and Europe, coauthored with Amanda C. Countryman and Joseph Francois, International Journal of Trade and Global Markets, 9(4): , A stochastic indicator for sovereign debt sustainability, coauthored with Jasper Lukkezen, FinanzArchiv: Public Finance Analysis, 72(3): , Technology, offshoring and the task-content of occupations: Evidence from the United Kingdom, coauthored with Semih Akcomak and Suzanne Kok, International Labour Review, 155(2): , Stochastic Debt Sustainability Indicators, coauthored with Jasper Lukkezen, Revue de l OFCE / Debates and polices, 127: , Household Inequality, Social Welfare, and Trade, coauthored with Joseph Francois, Journal of Development Economics, 96(2): , Exports and Productivity Selection Effects for Dutch Firms, coauthored with Henk Kox. De Economist, 158(3): , Opening Services Markets within Europe: Modelling Foreign Establishments in a CGE Framework, coauthored with Arjan Lejour and Gerard Verweij. Economic Modelling, 25: , Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Page 1 of 6

2 Book chapters: A Value-added Trade Perspective on Recent Patterns in World Trade, coauthored with Paul Veenendaal, Arjan Lejour and Henk Kox. In Hoekman, B. (ed.), The Global Trade Slowdown: A New Normal? VoxEU.org ebook. Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), pp , 2015 Human capital formation and the linkage between trade and poverty: The cases of Costa Rica and Nicaragua coauthored with Luis Rivera. In Durán, J., M. LaFleur, and A. Pellandra (eds.), Trade, poverty and complementary policies in Latin America. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), United Nations, Santiago de Chile, Análisis de impacto sobre la sostenibilidad (AIS) ante un acuerdo de asociación entre la Unión Europea y Centroamérica, coauthored with Luis Rivera. In Heieck, S., R. Matarrita and D. Polo-Cheva (eds.), Política comercial en Centroamérica: Perspectivas del acuerdo de asociación con la Unión Europea y Retos para las pequeñas y medianas empresas, INCAE Business School, Costa Rica, Essays on Trade and Equity. Doctoral dissertation, Erasmus University Rotterdam. Tinbergen Institute Research Series, book No Thela Thesis, Working papers: Literature survey on the economic impact of TTIP, co-authored with Eddy Bekkers. CPB Background Document, May Paper under review in journal. Brexit Costs for The Netherlands Arise from Reduced Trade, co-authored with Johannes Bollen and Gerdien Meijerink. CPB Policy Brief 2016/17. June Trade effects of Brexit for the Netherlands. CPB Background Document, June Causes and policy implications of the Dutch current account surplus, coauthored with Albert van der Horst. CPB Policy Brief 2015/05, May Facts and figures on the Dutch current account surplus, coauthored with Cees Jansen. CPB Background Document, April Literature survey on the theoretical explanations and empirical determinants of current account balances, co-authored with Ona Ciocyte. CPB Background Document, April Bilateral trade balances for the Netherlands and eight selected countries: Comparing gross and value added trade statistics and data sources. CPB Background Document, April The effects of technology and offshoring on changes in employment and task-content of occupations, coauthored with Semih Akcomak and Suzanne Kok. CPB Discussion Paper 233, February Early-warning indicators for debt sustainability, coauthored with Casper van Ewijk and Jasper Lukkezen. CPB Policy Brief 2013/08, October Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Page 2 of 6

3 A study on the economic effects of the current VAT rates structure, as leader of the CPB research consortium. Final Report, TAXUD/2012/DE/323. October, When is debt sustainable? coauthored with Jasper Lukkezen. CPB Discussion Paper 212, June The origins of value in global production chains, coauthored with Arjan Lejour and Paul Veenendaal. Final Report for DG Trade, European Commission, May Wage inequality in trade-in-tasks models, CPB Discussion Paper 196, December Formación de Capital Humano y el Vínculo entre Comercio y Pobreza. Los Casos de Costa Rica y Nicaragua, coauthored with Luis Rivera. Colección Documentos de Proyecto No. 358, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), December, Firm-level exports and productivity in The Netherlands: Report on the SFGO database. CPB Memorandum 250, May Modelling human capital formation in WorldScan. CPB Memorandum 244, April The relation between competition and innovation: Empirical results and implementation into WorldScan, coauthored with Clovis Hopman. CPB Memorandum 242, March Exports and productivity selection effects for Dutch firms, coauthored with Henk Kox. CPB Discussion Paper 143, March Trade barriers and productivity: Empirical evidence from firm-level data. CPB Memorandum 216, March Does employment affect productivity?, coauthored with Albert van der Horst and Leon Bettendorf. CPB Discussion Paper 119, February Trade costs, Openness and Productivity: Market access at home and abroad, coauthored with Arjan Lejour, Víctor Rodríguez, Carlos Montalvo and Frank van der Zee. European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry. Industrial Policy and Economic Reform Papers No. 10, January Reassessing the relationship between inequality and development, coauthored with Joseph F. Francois. CPB Discussion Paper 107. June International spillovers of domestic reforms: The joint application of the Lisbon Strategy in the EU, coauthored with Arjan Lejour. CPB Discussion Paper 105. May Economic Perspectives for Central America after CAFTA: A GTAP-based Analysis, coauthored with Joseph F. Francois and Luis Rivera. CPB Discussion Paper 99, February India and the Dutch Economy: Stylised Facts and Prospects, edited by Wim Suyker, Henri de Groot and Piet Buitelaar. CPB Document No Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Page 3 of 6

4 November 2007 Economic Implications of an Association Agreement between the European Union and Central America, coauthored with Luis Rivera. IIDE Discussion Paper October Will Corporate Tax Consolidation Improve Efficiency in the EU?, coauthored with Albert van der Horst and Leon Bettendorf. CPB Document 141 and Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI /2. September Productivity Effects of FDI Inflows: A Literature Review. CPB Memorandum 170. December Foreign Direct Investment in Applied General Equilibrium Models: Overview of the Literature, coauthored with Arjan Lejour. CPB Memorandum 169. December China and the Dutch Economy: Stylised Facts and Prospects, edited by Wim Suyker and Henri de Groot. CPB Document No September Modelo de sostenibilidad intertemporal del déficit en cuenta corriente basado en la identidad básica de la balanza de pagos, coauthored with Hernán Fonseca Documento de Investigación DIE-DM DI. Banco Central de Costa Rica. Equity, Welfare, and the Setting of Trade Policy in General Equilibrium, coauthored with Joseph F. Francois World Bank Policy Research Working Paper The Construction and Interpretation of Combined Cross-Section and Time- Series Income Inequality Datasets, coauthored with Joseph F. Francois CEPR Discussion Paper no. 5214, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI /2 and World Bank Policy Research Working Paper Household Inequality, Welfare, and the Setting of Trade Policy, coauthored with Joseph F. Francois Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI /2, CEPR Discussion Paper 4624 and IIS Discussion Paper 81. Trade Policy and the Household Distribution of Income, coauthored with Joseph F. Francois Tinbergen Institute Discussion Paper TI /2 and CEPR Discussion Paper Education Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Page 4 of 6

5 Doctor in Economics Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam The Netherlands Research topic: Trade Liberalization and Income Distribution Thesis: Essays on Trade and Equity Supervisor: Prof. Joseph Francois Doctoral Committee: Joseph Francois (EUR), Bernard Hoekman (World Bank), Jean-Marie Viaene (EUR), and Charles van Marrewijk (EUR). Graduated January Master of Philosophy in Economics Tinbergen Institute The Netherlands Bachelor in Economics University of Costa Rica Costa Rica Employment 2006-present CPB Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis The Hague Economic Researcher Macroeconomic Analysis Department Web Page: Central Bank of Costa Rica Costa Rica Economic Researcher Economist at the Department of Economic Research and the National Accounts Department. Research topics included Macroeconomic Modeling and International Finance International Cultural Youth Exchange (ICYE), Costa Rican Chapter. Executive Director National program coordination and program enhancement Development of ecological projects 1997 and Central Bank of Costa Rica Costa Rica Assistant Economist Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Page 5 of 6

6 Professional activities Private consultant for Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), World Bank, OECD, UNCTAD, UNDP, ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), WIIW (Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies) and INCAE Business School (Costa Rica and Central America). Referee for China Economic Review, De Economist, Economic Change and Restructuring, Economic Modelling, Empirical Economics, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of International Trade and Economic Development, FinanzArchiv, Review of Development Economics, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, and World Development. Professional interests International trade, trade policy and CGE modelling, trade and inequality, globalization and labour markets, trade in value-added and global supply chains, debt sustainability and current account topics. Computer Software Languages GAMS, STATA, GEMPACK, LaTex, MSOffice. Spanish (mother tongue), English (fluent), Dutch (intermediate level). Hugo Rojas-Romagosa Page 6 of 6