Personal

Home address:
Korteraarseweg 44 b,
2461 GM Ter Aar,
The Netherlands.
Phone: 031-(0)172-432036.

Office address:
Faculty of Economics and Business Administration,
Department of Econometrics,
Vrije Universiteit,
De Boelelaan 1105,
1081 HV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
Phone: 031-(0)20-5986021/5986010,
Fax: 031-(0)20-5986020,
Email: glaan@feweb.vu.nl

Date and place of birth: June 28, 1951; Dirksland, The Netherlands.
Nationality: Dutch.
Civil status: Married, three children.

Education

 Technical University Delft,
Engineer in Applied Mathematics, January 1975.

Free University, Amsterdam,
Ph.D. in Mathematics, February 29, 1980,
Dissertation: Simplicial fixed point algorithms.


Research and teaching positions

1975-1979: Junior Research Associate, Free University, Amsterdam.
1979-1980: Research Fellow, Center for Operations Research and Econometrics, Universite Catholique de Louvain, Belgium.
1980-1982: Senior Research Associate, Free University, Amsterdam.
1982-1987: Associate Professor of Mathematical Economics, Free University, Amsterdam.
1988-present: Professor of Mathematical Economics, Free University, Amsterdam.
1998-present: Head of the Department of Econometrics, Free University, Amsterdam.


Fellowships

 Fellow of NIAS (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences), Wassenaar.
Fellow of Tinbergen Institute, Amsterdam-Rotterdam.
Fellow of NAKE (Netherlands Network of Economics).
Extramural Fellow of CentER, Tilburg.


Courses Taught

Undergraduate:

  • Mathematics for econometricians.
  • Introduction to mathematical economics.
  • Price Theory.

Graduate:

  • General equilibrium theory.
  • Disequilibrium theory.
  • Noncooperative game theory.
  • Evolutionary game theory.
  • Cooperative game theory.
  • Cooperative decision making.
  • Fixed point computations.
  • Theory of externalities, public goods and club goods.
  • Industrial organisation.

Ph.D:

  • Microeconomics.
  • Topics in economic theory

Research fields

  • General equilibrium theory.
  • Game theory.
  • Mathematical methods for economic theory.

Ph.D students

  • P. Jurriens, Dissemination of Information, a Stochastic General Equilibrium Analysis, 1987.
  • O.J.C. Cornielje, Rationing and Capital Mobility in Applied General Equilibrium Models, 1990.
  • M.W. Hofkes, Modelling and Computation of General Equilibrium, 1991.
  • H. Houba, Game Theoretic Models of Bargaining, 1994.
  • W. Bolt, Theory of Negotiation, a Game-theoretic Approach, 1997.
  • R. Venniker, Transition Processes from Constrained to Walrasian Equilibrium, 1997.
  • M. Cornet, Game-theoretic Models of Bargaining and Externalities, 1998.
  • A.F. Tieman, Evolutionary Game Theory and Equilibrium Selection, 2000.
  • M. van Veelen, Survival of the Fair, Modelling the Evolution of Altruism, Fairness and Morality, 2004.
  • V. Pruzhansky, Topics in Game Theory, 2005.
  • J.J.A. Kamphorst, Networks and Learning, 2005.
  • I.V. Katsev, Solutions for Games with Restricted Cooperation, 2009.

Publications

Books
  1. G. van der Laan, with the collaboration of A.J.J. Talman, Simplicial fixed point algorithms, Mathematical Centre Tract 129, 1980.
  2. A.J.J. Talman, with the collaboration of G. van der Laan, Variable dimension fixed point algorithms and triangulations, Mathematical Centre Tract 128, 1980.
  3. G. van der Laan en A.J.J. Talman, eds., Computation and Modelling of Economic Equilibria, North-Holland, 1987.
  4. G. van der Laan, Het Spel van Algemeen Evenwicht, oratie, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1988.
  5. G. van der Laan, J.W.B. van Overhagen, I.J. Steyn en H.C. Tijms, red., Econometrie in beweging; bundel bij het afscheid van prof.dr. A.H.Q.M. Merkies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1997.
  6. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman, eds., The Theory of Markets, Proceedings of the KNAW-Colloquim The Theory of Markets and their Functioning, North-Holland, Amsterdam, 1999.
  7. G. van der Laan, Game theory: an introduction to noncooperative games and their applications, in: C. van Montfort and J.R. van den Brink (eds.), Quantitative Business Analysis, Pearson, London (2004), pp 55-83.
  8. T.S.H. Driessen, G. van der Laan, V.A. Vasil'ev and E.B. Yanovskaya (eds.), Russian Contributions to Game Theory and Equilibrium Theory, Springer, Berlin-Heidelberg, 2006.

Published papers in refereed english language journals or books
  1. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, A restart algorithm for computing fixed points without an extra dimension, Mathematical Programming 17 (1979) 74- 84.
  2. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, A restart algorithm without an artificial level for computing fixed points on unbounded regions, in H.O. Peitgen and H.O. Walther (eds.), Functional differential equations and approximation of fixed points, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 730, Springer (1979), pp. 247- 256.
  3. G. van der Laan, Equilibrium under rigid prices with compensation for the consumers, International Economic Review 21 (1980) 63-73.
  4. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, An improvement of fixed point algorithms by using a good triangulation, Mathematical Programming 18 (1980) 274-285.
  5. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, A new subdivision for computing fixed points with a homotopy algorithm, Mathematical Programming 19 (1980) 78- 91.
  6. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Convergence and properties of recent variable dimension algorithms, in W. Forster (ed.), Numerical solution of highly nonlinear problems, North-Holland (1980) pp. 3-36.
  7. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, A class of simplicial subdivisions for restart fixed point algorithms without extra dimension, Mathematical Programming 20 (1981) 33-48.
  8. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Labelling rules and orientation: on Sperner's lemma and Brouwer degree, in: E.L. Allgower, K. Glashoff and H.O. Peitgen (eds.), Numerical solution of nonlinear equations, Lecture Notes in Mathematics 878, Springer (1981) pp. 238-257.
  9. G. van der Laan, Simplicial approximation of unemployment equilibria, Journal of Mathematical Economics 9 (1982) pp 83-97.
  10. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, On the computation of fixed points in the product space of unit simplices and an application to noncooperative n person games, Mathematics of Operations Research 7 (1982) 1-13.
  11. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Interpretation of the variable dimension fixed point algorithm with an artificial level, Mathematics of Operations Research 8 (1983) 86-99.
  12. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Note on the path following approach of equilibrium programming, Mathematical Programming 25 (1983) 363-367.
  13. G. van der Laan, Note on the optimality of unemployment equilibria, Journal of Mathematical Economics 12 (1983) 185-190.
  14. G. van der Laan, On the existence and approximation of zeroes, Mathematical Programming 28 (1984) 1-14.
  15. G. van der Laan and L.P. Seelen, Efficiency and implementation of simplicial zero point algorithms, Mathematical Programming 30 (1984) 196-217.
  16. G. van der Laan, Supply-constrained fixed price equilibria in monetary economies, Journal of Mathematical Economics 13 (1984) 171-187.
  17. G. van der Laan, The computation of general equilibrium in economies with a block diagonal pattern, Econometrica 53 (1985) 659-665.
  18. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Simplicial algorithms for finding stationary points, a unifying description, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 50 (1986) 165-182.
  19. O.J.C. Cornielje and G. van der Laan, The computation of quantity- constrained equilibria by virtual taxes, Economics Letters 22 (1986) 1-6.
  20. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, A convergent price adjustment process, Economics Letters 23 (1987) 119-123.
  21. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Simplicial approximation of solutions to the nonlinear complementarity problem, Mathematical Programming 38 (1987) 1-15.
  22. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Adjustment processes for finding economic equilibria, in: A. Talman and G. van der Laan (eds.), The computation and modelling of economic equilibria, North-Holland (1987) pp. 85-123.
  23. P.H.M. Ruys and G. van der Laan, Computation of an industrial equilibrium, in: A. Talman and G. van der Laan (eds.), The computation and modelling of economic equilibria, North-Holland (1987) pp. 205-229.
  24. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman, and L. Van der Heyden, Simplicial variable dimension algorithms for solving the nonlinear complementarity problem on a product of unit simplices using a general labelling, Mathematics of Operations Research 12 (1987) 377-397.
  25. T.M. Doup, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, The (2^{n+1}-2)-ray algorithm: a new simplicial algorithm to compute economic equilibria, Mathematical Programming 39, (1987) 241-252.
  26. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, An algorithm for the linear complementarity problem with upper and lower bounds, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 62, (1989) 151-163.
  27. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Price rigidities and rationing, in: F. van der Ploeg (ed.), Advanced lectures in quantitave economics, Academic Press, London (1990) pp 124-168.
  28. G. van der Laan, General equilibrium in a closed international trade model, Nieuw Archief voor Wiskunde, Vierde Serie, Deel 8, No 3, (1990) 347-
  29. Y. Dai, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman, Y. Yamamoto, A simplicial algorithm for the nonlinear stationary point problem on an unbounded polyhedron, SIAM Journal on Optimization 1, (1991) 151-165.
  30. G. van der Laan and H. Kremers, On the existence and computation of an equilibrium in an economy with constant returns to scale production, Annals of Operations Research 44, (1993) 143-160.
  31. A. van den Elzen, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, An adjustment process for an exchange economy with linear technologies, Mathematics of Operations Research 19, (1994) 341-351.
  32. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and R.J.G. Venniker, Equilibrium adjustment of disequilibrium Prices, Journal of Mathematical Economics 27 (1997) 53-77.
  33. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z.Yang, Existence of an equilibrium in a competitive economy of indivisibilities with money, Journal of Mathematical Economics 28 (1997) 101-109.
  34. G. van der Laan and R. van den Brink, Axiomatization of a class of share functions for n-person games, Theory and Decision 44 (1998) 117-148.
  35. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Cooperative games in permutational structure, Economic Theory 11 (1998) 427-442.
  36. J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and R.J.G. Venniker, The transition from a Dreze equilibrium to a Walrasian equilibrium, Journal of Mathematical Economics 29 (1998) 303-330.
  37. G. van der Laan and A.F. Tieman, Evolutionary game theory and the modelling of economic behavior, De Economist 146 (1998) 59-89.
  38. R. van den Brink and G. van der Laan, Axiomatizations of the normalized Banzhaf value and the Shapley value, Social Choice and Welfare 15 (1998) 567-582.
  39. R van den Brink and G. van der Laan, The normalized Banzhaf value and the Banzhaf share function, in: L.A. Petrosjan and V.V. Mazalov (eds.), Game Theory and Applications IV, Nova Science Publishers, New York (1998) pp 11-31. This paper also appeared in: International Journal of Mathematics, Game Theory, and Algebra 9 (1999) 65-84.
  40. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Existence and approximation of robust solutions of variational inequality problems over polytopes, SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization 37 (1999) 333-352.
  41. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Intersection Theorems on polytopes, Mathematical Programming 84 (1999) 25-38.
  42. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Introduction to the Theory of Markets, in: P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman (eds.), Theory of Markets, North-Holland, Amsterdam (1999), pp. 1-6.
  43. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Price-quantity adjustment in a Keynesian Economy, in: P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman (eds.), Theory of Markets, North-Holland, Amsterdam (1999), pp.27-57.
  44. A.F. Tieman, H. Houba and G. van der Laan, On the level of cooperative behavior in a local interaction model, Journal of Economics 71 (2000) 1-30.
  45. G. van der Laan, V.A. Vasil'ev and R.J.G. Venniker, On the transition of mixed economies to market economies, Siberian Advances in Mathematics 10 (2000) 1-33.
  46. A.F. Tieman, G. van der Laan and H. Houba, Bertrand price competition in a social environment, De Economist 149 (2001) 33-51.
  47. R van den Brink and G. van der Laan, Core concepts for share vectors, Social Choice and Welfare 18 (2001) 759-784.
  48. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman, Z. Yang, Existence of balanced simplices on polytopes, Journal of Combinatorial Theory, Serie A, 96 (2001) 288-302.
  49. V.A. Vasil'ev and G. van der Laan, The Harsanyi set for cooperative TU-games, Siberian Advances in Mathematics 12 (2002) 97-125.
  50. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Existence and welfare properties of equilibrium in an exchange economy with multiple divisible, indivisible commodities and linear production technologies, Journal of Economic Theory 103 (2002) 411-428.
  51. G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Dynamic adjustment of supply-constrained disequilibria to Walrasian equilibrium, in: C.H. Hommes, R. Ramer, C.A. Withagen (eds.), Equilibrium, Markets and Dynamics, Springer, Berlin (2002), pp.103-116.
  52. G. van der Laan and H.Houba, One-Seller/Two-Buyer markets with buyer externalities and (im)perfect competition, International Game Theory Review 4 (2002) 141-164.
  53. G. van der Laan and R. van den Brink, A Banzhaf share function for cooperative games in coalition structure, Theory and Decision 53 (2002) 61-86.
  54. G. van der Laan and C. Withagen, General equilibrium in economies with infinite dimensional commodity spaces, Journal of Economic Dynamics and Control 27 (2003) 423-444.
  55. R. van den Brink and G. van der Laan, A class of consistent share functions for cooperative games in coalition structure, Games and Economic Behavior 51 (2005), 193-212.
  56. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, The positional power of nodes in digraphs, Social Choice and Welfare 24 (2005), 439-454.
  57. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Refinements of Stationary Points with Applications to Noncooperative Games and Economics, SIAM Journal on Optimization 16 (2006), 854-870.
  58. J. Derks, G. van der Laan and V. Vasil'ev, Characterizations of the random order values by Harsanyi payoff vectors, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research 64 (2006), 155-163.
  59. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Solving discrete zero point problems, Mathematical Programming, ser. A 108 (2006), 127-134.
  60. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Socially structured games, Theory and Decision 62 (2007), 1-29.
  61. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, The socially stable core in structured transferable utility games, Games and Economic Behavior 59 (2007), 85-104.
  62. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, A vector labeling method for solving discrete zero point and complementarity problems, SIAM Journal on Optimization 18 (2007), 290-308.
  63. R. van den Brink, G. van der Laan and V. Vasil'ev, Component efficient solutions in line-graph games with applications, Economic Theory 33 (2007), 349-364.
  64. R van den Brink and G. van der Laan, Potentials and reduced games for share functions, Discrete Mathematics 307 (2007), 2385-2399.
  65. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Computing integral solutions of complementarity problems, Discrete Optimization 4 (2007), 315-321.
  66. J.Kamphorst and G. van der Laan, Network formation under heterogeneous costs: the multiple group model, International Game Theory Review 9 (2007), 599-635.
  67. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, A fixed point theorem for discontinuous functions, Operations Research Letters 36 (2008), 89-93.
  68. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, The average tree solution for cycle-free graph games, Games and Economic Behavior 62 (2008), 77-92.
  69. R. van den Brink, G. van der Laan and V. Vasil'ev, Extreme points of two digraph polytopes: description and applications in economics and game theory, Journal of Mathematical Economics 44 (2008), 1114-1125.
  70. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan and A.J.J. Talman, Equilibria with coordination failures, Journal of Mathematical Economics 45 (2009) 23-37.
  71. G. van der Laan, Stationary points and equilibria, Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications 6 (2009) 179-205.
  72. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Combinatorial Integer Labeling Theorems on Finite Sets with Applications, Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications 144 (2010) 391-407.

Papers accepted for publication
  1. J. Derks, G. van der Laan and V. Vasil'ev, On the Harsanyi payoff vectors and the Harsanyi imputations, forthcoming in Theory and Decision.
  2. R. van den Brink, G. van der Laan and V. Pruzhansky, Harsanyi power solutions for graph-restricted games, forthcoming in International Journal of Game Theory.
  3. P.J.J. Herings, G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, The average tree solution for cooperative games with communication structure, forthcoming in Games and Economic Behavior.

Working papers
  1. G. van der Laan, P. Ruys and A.J.J. Talman, Optimal provision of infrastructure using public-private partnership contracts, 2001.
  2. G. van der Laan and V. Pruzhansky, Demand adjustment in coalitional games, 2004.
  3. J. Kamphorst and G. van der Laan, Learning in a local interaction hawk-dove game, 2006.
  4. G. van der Laan and Z. Yang, An ascending multi-item auction with financially constrained bidders, 2008.
  5. R. van den Brink and G. van der Laan, Comment on `Sharing a polluted river, 2008.
  6. R. van den Brink, Y. Funaki and G. van der Laan, Weak Exemption, Weak Exclusion, and a characterization of the Reverse Talmud rule for bankruptcy problems, 2008.
  7. R. van den Brink, I. Katsev and G. van der Laan, Computation of the nucleolus for a class of disjunctive games with a permission structure, 2008.
  8. R. van den Brink, I. Katsev and G. van der Laan, An algorithm for computing the nucleolus of disjunctive additive games with an acyclic permission structure, 2008.
  9. R. van den Brink, G. van der Laan and V. Vasil'ev, The restricted core for totally positive games with ordered players, 2008.
  10. G. van der Laan, A.J.J. Talman and Z. Yang, Solving discrete systems of nonlinear equations, 2009.
  11. R. van den Brink, I. Katsev and G. van der Laan, Axiomatizations of two types of Shapley values for games on union closed systems, 2009

Book reviews
  1. C.C. von Weiszacker, Barriers to entry, a theoretical treatment, in: Mededelingen van het Wiskundig Genootschap (1983).
  2. H.H. Muller, Fiscal Policies in a general equilibrium model with persistent unemployment, in: Zeitschrift fur National Okonomie (1985).
  3. C. Withagen, Economic Theory and international trade in natural exhaustible resources, in: Mededelingen van het Wiskundig Genootschap (1988).
  4. M. Allingham, Theory of Markets, in: Journal of Economics 53 (1991).
  5. W. Hildenbrand and A.P. Kirman, Equilibrium Analysis, Variations on Themes by Edgeworth and Walras, in: Journal of Economics 53 (1991).
  6. R. Selten, Game Theory and Economic Behaviour: Selected Essays (Vol I and II), in: De Economist 148 (2000).
  7. D. Gale, Strategic Foundations of General Equilibrium, Dynamic Matching and Bargaining Games, in: De Economist 150 (2002).

Publications in dutch language
  1. G. van der Laan en P. Terlouw, Statistics by example, Euclides, maandblad voor de didactiek van de wiskunde 51, (1975) pp. 156-160.
  2. G. van der Laan, P.H.M. Ruys en F.N. Stokman, Water is goud waard, Economisch Statistische Berichten 80, (1995).
  3. P.H.M. Ruys, G. van der Laan, W.B.G. Liebrand, J.P. Kahan en F.N. Stokman, Watervoorziening in Nederland, cooperatie en competitie. TIAS-rapport i.o.v Tilburgsche Waterleiding Maatschappij, Tilburg, 1995, 24 p.
  4. A. Verbruggen, G. van der Laan en P.H.M. Ruys, Wankelmoedig energiebeleid, Economische Statistische Berichten 81, (1996).
  5. G. van der Laan en A.J.J. Talman, Van vast punt tot evenwicht, in: Econometrie in beweging, bundel bij het afscheid van prof.dr. A.H.Q.M. Merkies, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (1997) pp. 105-121.
  6. H. Houba en G. van der Laan, Spelen met kostenallocaties en politieke machtsindices, in: Onzware ernst en droomrigheid, bundel bij het vijftigjarig bestaan van de Faculteit der Economische Wetenschappen en Econometrie, Lemma, Utrecht (1998) pp. 90-96.
  7. K. Haakman, G. van der Laan en H. Nieuwenhuijsen, Kennisoverdracht en economische groei, Economische Statistische Berichten 84, (1999).
  8. G. van der Laan, Symmetrisch Nash evenwicht en evolutionaire stabiliteit, AEnorm, blad voor studenten Actuariaat, Econometrie en Operationele Research, jaargang 8, oktober 2000, nummer 29, pp. 31-35.
  9. P. Ruys, G. van der Laan, A. Talman, Efficiente en effectieve financiering van infrastructurele projecten door middel van een licentiesysteem, in: L. Peeters, P. Mattyssens, L. Verbeek (eds.), Stakeholder Synergie, Referatenboek Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economische Congres 2002, Garant Uitgevers (2002) pp. 617-644.
  10. G. van der Laan, Politieke macht en verdeling van kosten, AEnorm, blad voor studenten Actuariaat, Econometrie en Operationele Research, jaargang 9, juli 2002, nummer 36, pp. 38-43.
  11. G. van der Laan en A.J.J. Talman, Publiek-private samenwerking, in: Wiskundig Economische Perspectieven, opstellen aan geboden aan Prof.Dr. Pieter H.M. Ruys, Redactie: R. van den Brink en R.P. Gilles, Tilburg (2003) pp. 195-206.
  12. G. van der Laan, Coöperatieve speltheorie en de verdeling van tekorten, Econometristen in actie 8, nr 2, oktober 2004, 10 p.
  13. G. van der Laan, Coöperatieve speltheorie en de verdeling van tekorten, AEnorm, blad voor studenten Actuariaat, Econometrie en Operationale Research, jaargang 12, mei 2005, nummer 47, pp. 29-33.
  14. G. van der Laan, De curator en de wiskundig econoom, Vuurwerk, jaargang 4, mei 2008, nummer 7, 30-35.