Albers, Ronald M.
Ronald M. Albers graduated in history from the University of Groningen and holds a PhD in economics from the same university, where he was affiliated to the Groningen Growth and Development Centre. He held positions at De Nederlandsche Bank and the European Central Bank, before moving on to the European Commission where he currently works in the Directorate General for Economic and Financial Affairs. His research interests and publications are mainly in the fields of investment and economic growth, international comparisons of productivity, business cycle analysis and the development of international capital markets. Bart van Ark is professor of economic development, technological change and growth at the University of Groningen and director of the Groningen Growth and Development Centre, an academic research group working on long-term economic growth and productivity. He is also associated with The Conference Board, a business research organization, as their consulting director for international economic research. He also consults extensively for national and international government agencies, including the Dutch Government, the European Commission and the OECD, as well as for private business. Julien Dupont studied at the University of Paris I (Panthéon-Sorbonne) where he holds a master in economics and methodology, and a PhD in economics and methodology focusing on the measurement of capital and monetary theories of the Swedish School of Economics. He has also taught courses in economics and statistics at the same university. He joined the OECD Statistics Directorate in 2000 where he is now primarily responsible for collection, verification and processing of capital services data in the OECD productivity database, and for collection, verification and processing of short-term economic indicators and methodological information for OECD non member countries (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russian Federation, South Africa) in Main Economic Indicators databases a